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Old 11-05-2010, 08:18 PM   #7
breezy
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Palaskifield,Mo.
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Re: ? about coil drop springs

I'm new here but have sold parts my whole life. I done a little research and lowered the back of my truck 4 inches with some junk yard springs. I bet you are wondering what they are from. Well here it is. Rear springs from a ford tarus or mercury sable station wagon. Somewhere around a 96 model will work. Can't remember the exact years that are the same, but you can find out at a good yard with a Hollander lookup. Must be from wagon. They are cargo springs in the wagons. To bolt them in you can use your oem hold downs or get some smaller ones from the unibody mount bolts on a pontiac transport. They fit very well in the new springs. If you have ever priced springs for a old ford wagon you can almost get them for FREE. Nobody wants these things. Then I got some front spindles from belltech. 3" front. Truck sits real well for me and handles and drives great. Total cost with an alignment was 400 or so. You will need to center your rearend after lowering. I did this with an adjustable pan hard bar made from stock car parts. If you have a local speed shop you can usually get 2 eyelets and the piece the screw into for 30 bucks or so.You will need some spacers to center eyelets on the mounting bolts. I used some machine washers they are not as big around on the OD. Hope this helps you out. Look in welcome area for a pic of my truck. Good luck
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