thanks for backing me up. people always say cutting coils is bad your truck or car will ride bad, blah blah blah, and half the time they have never cut coils or been in a car with cut coils. when done the right way there is nothing wrong with cutting a coil.

 

Cutting coils will not make your ride stiffer. It will make your truck bounce more the more you cut off, but good shocks can cure that. I run 2" spindle, 2" drop springs cut 2" for 6" total and my truck feels like it rides on air...

 

im not from fullsize chevy but thanks
dezert1500
you just contradicted yourself, that stiffer ride is cause of the increased rate

cutting springs increases the spring rate, usually lowering springs have a lower rate or shorter load height, take a spring with a rate of 100lbs, cut it in half, its now a 200lb spring

anyone that knows what they are talking about will tell you the same
i didnt make this **** up, read a suspension book, or google it

 

the difference in how stiff the spring is very little after cutting only a coil and a half off. and who honestly thinks there trucks gonna ride as smooth as it did stock after you lower it. but yes kleenhall you are right, once you cut so much off a spring there will be a big change in how stiff it is.

 

Of course there's always the disclaimer you have to put in there that this is really only acceptable for a about 3" of drop. You wouldn't go slicing up stock coil springs in hopes of a free 6" front drop LOL. Use your head and if you want it lower then start combining drop parts to get where you want.

This is a good way to get that extra inch or two you need to level your truck out right or get it perfect side to side etc. Just gotta use your head about it and don't get greedy. That's when stuff gets outta whack.

KleenHall, I understand the scientific approach to this but the bottom line in this hobby a lot of times is working with what you've got in front of you to make it what you want. If you're that worried, go buy your drop springs, leave the coil trimming to us Thanks for your info.

 

my truck has a serious lean, would it be alright to cut 2 inches or so (im guessing) off of a drop coil to cure this? is it no different than cutting a stock coil?

 

 

who here is talking about cutting their springs in half?

we're talking about cutting off a max of maybe one and a half coils, we all know theres a negative side to it. in most cases lowering your truck means making it ride rougher, but you sacrifice that because it looks so freakin good.

why do people have to get on here and act like they know everything?

 

Whats company say that with their drop springs?

I have never seen that, granted I only use quality stuff on my trucks and customers trucks. I use Belltech/KWs, never have I seen in the directions to cut them, that alters the springrate.

Or you fork out the cheddah for set of coilovers and have all the adjustability you need to correct the nasty "chevy lean"

 

@silverado2000 Did you cut the top or the bottom of the coil spring? I am not a super skilled mechanic and have never taken a coil spring out before so I don't know if the flat side is the top or bottom. I know enough not to cut the flat side lol. You also said to "flip the spring and put the cut side up" so does that mean that the flat side was up from the factory? Why do you need to flip it when installing it back in after cutting it? Thanks for the help!