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**ga-stepside** · 06-03-2019, 01:58 PM

One thing I learned about this the hard way. Old springs sag over time. I had 2.5" drop spindles but wanted another inch in the front. I bought 1 inch lowering springs, installed them only to find the front was now an inch higher not a inch lower. I ended up cutting a half coil to get the one inch I was looking for. No change to ride quality. So if you buy new springs make sure what you get will really give you the drop you want.

06-03-2019, 01:58 PM	#8
ga-stepside Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Sugar Hill GA Posts: 369	Re: Anyone cut coil springs on 67-72 truck? How much cut and how much drop happened? One thing I learned about this the hard way. Old springs sag over time. I had 2.5" drop spindles but wanted another inch in the front. I bought 1 inch lowering springs, installed them only to find the front was now an inch higher not a inch lower. I ended up cutting a half coil to get the one inch I was looking for. No change to ride quality. So if you buy new springs make sure what you get will really give you the drop you want. __________________ 1967 C10 Step side 1970 AMX 390 1977 Datsun 280Z highly modified with '95 LT1 power