Cut Coils Today...Couldn't be more pleased with results
#1
Cut Coils Today...Couldn't be more pleased with results
Ever since i installed the Grab-A-Trak® 620 Front Coil Springs on my 68, i was never really satisfied with the ride height. They claimed to lower 1" from stock height, which im sure they did, but they were still about an inch too high for my taste. I was patient and decided to wait to see if they would settle (as everyone was saying they would). Well after a year, they didn't settle at all. The leafs did, but not the coils.
Finally had time to pull them out and sliced 1/2 a coil off them. The results? Perfection. Take a look
And here is a before shot for comparison:
Finally had time to pull them out and sliced 1/2 a coil off them. The results? Perfection. Take a look
And here is a before shot for comparison:
#7
Yeah I had the same problem. I started off with 1/2 and eventually took off another 1/2 coil. What size wheels do you have?
You are also more patient than me, I waited a whole 2 days before I cut mine.
You are also more patient than me, I waited a whole 2 days before I cut mine.
Last edited by 1slow67; 08-30-2011 at 09:26 AM.
#8
jon - I'll have to look at your pics at home (I'm guessing they're on photobucket). I've never had problems cutting springs either.
Sometimes they do.
The rear of the Malibu in my sig dropped by well over an inch inside the first month of putting new rear springs in it, and this was clearly noticeable. The weight carried was within the springs' load rating, so it wasn't even a case of overloading that made it happen. There's a side view picture in this album that shows this car with about 1.5" worth of rear spring shimming to bring it back up from being a taildragger. It hasn't settled any further since the initial 'set' took place.
Norm
Sometimes they do.
The rear of the Malibu in my sig dropped by well over an inch inside the first month of putting new rear springs in it, and this was clearly noticeable. The weight carried was within the springs' load rating, so it wasn't even a case of overloading that made it happen. There's a side view picture in this album that shows this car with about 1.5" worth of rear spring shimming to bring it back up from being a taildragger. It hasn't settled any further since the initial 'set' took place.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 08-30-2011 at 10:47 AM.
#10
Friend of mine had car a tad to high (68 fastback with new springs), he cut, was happy, 2 weeks later he would start rubbing ... so I'd always wait for a few miles driving before I'd judge on cutting
Last edited by kalli; 08-30-2011 at 12:17 PM.