Lowered front spring height.

[Paul Y]

Evening all.

Good old Woody arrived in my care sporting a very short set of lowering springs. In fact they are so short that jacking the truck up resulted in them falling out of the spring seats. Looks like they have been cut.

So about perfect then.

Converting to discs also included a 2 1/2 set of dropped spindles which means I now need a slightly taller spring.

Finally the question.

Springs I have measure 10 1/4”

Is the information available on line that gives the free height of the various springs available on the market.

Think I need 12 1/2” to 12 3/4” free height unless anybody can advise differently.

Thanks.

P.

[SkinnyG]

I would get 1-ton squarebody coil springs, and just lightly trim the ends of the pigtail until I got the ride height I wanted.

1-ton springs are stiff enough to account for the drop you are providing. They will stay in their pockets when jacked up, and are not uncomfortable to drive on. It may ride better with these than cut factory springs. Also, many aftermarket springs are not stiff enough to account for the lowering they provide.

My '77 C10 daily driver has 3" spindles, and 1-ton coils which I trimmed bit by bit until it sat right. The lower control arms are about 3" off the ground with 245/60R15 tires, and rides just fine.

[Paul Y]

Skinny,

Perfect, thank you.

I actually had a look at your site and have ordered the Moog springs you used, I am well versed in the subtle art of coil cutting, I have a box with about 10 pairs of springs that were used to fine tune the Camaro clip on my 56 PU.

According to Rock Auto they will be here on Wednesday, 2 weeks before, and half the price of my local American auto store.

Which..... should mean that after the weekend I will have an update on Woody.

P.

[SkinnyG]

Awesome!