Cutting stock coils
10-02-2011, 01:22 PM
#11
his truck is stock height right now, he wants to cut his coils to get a 4" drop.
Derrick, you know how low my truck is and i drive through Plano everyday. and Rebeiro is right, you can flip the UCAs to get everything to align right, thats what i did.
Derrick, you know how low my truck is and i drive through Plano everyday. and Rebeiro is right, you can flip the UCAs to get everything to align right, thats what i did.
10-02-2011, 06:01 PM
#12
Oh..ok..Well definately do NOT cut more than a 2" drop out of your coils..You could run a 1/2" thick poly spring spacer with the 5" lca's/flipped uca's and be good to go..either way I will post them up in the for sale section soon..IMO 4" on the 99-06 trucks is not enough for the slammed look
10-02-2011, 06:06 PM
#13
He isn't goin for the slammed look, he's going for the lowered look. My truck rode just fine with cut coils and a flip kit/notch and shocks all around. Rode just as good as my 3/4 belltech kit does now
Everyone talks crap about cut coils because of what they've heard, not what they've experienced.
Everyone talks crap about cut coils because of what they've heard, not what they've experienced.
10-02-2011, 06:30 PM
#14
He isn't goin for the slammed look, he's going for the lowered look. My truck rode just fine with cut coils and a flip kit/notch and shocks all around. Rode just as good as my 3/4 belltech kit does now
Everyone talks crap about cut coils because of what they've heard, not what they've experienced.
Everyone talks crap about cut coils because of what they've heard, not what they've experienced.
In 16 years I have lowered truck's every which way you can think of (right and wrong)...including heating the coils in place with a torch and collapsing them, as well as cutting them.GM spends ALOT of money engineering a variable rate coil for a truck. When you cut too much you change the variable rate of the spring which affects alot more than just "how it rides". From my experience I never cut more than one full turn out of the coil +/-. The best ride/alignment/camber/handling is always going to come from a factory un-cut spring with engineered counterparts. Not saying it wont "ride good" I just would not recomend someone do it for a 4" drop, as there is more to it than how it rides
10-02-2011, 08:19 PM
#15
i didnt notice anything changing with the way it rode/handled....i took some pretty stupid corners racing while i had it too and it never really felt unstable....but i know what you mean. if he gets tight on money though cutting the coils down to a 4" drop will be fine till he can afford a set of lca's since he has an extra set of coils he got today
10-02-2011, 10:19 PM
#16
I only mention bags because I could come up off the ground as needed where a static drop that low I just couldn't do.
With the knowledge of being able to flip the uca it doesn't seem to bad of an option for that cheap of an arm. Its still a possibility I guess if I can't find anywhere/ anyone who can cut the coil correctly.
With the knowledge of being able to flip the uca it doesn't seem to bad of an option for that cheap of an arm. Its still a possibility I guess if I can't find anywhere/ anyone who can cut the coil correctly.
10-04-2011, 06:39 AM
#19
Thanks Carey that'd be great if you could, just let me know what I'll owe ya and when I can get over to your place
Dont have to worry about installation though, Garrett owes me help installing everything cuz I found him those gmc 20s with tires for 600 bucks
I bought a pair of stock coils from
Moze so I wouldn't have to take mine off the truck to do it to simplify things.
Dont have to worry about installation though, Garrett owes me help installing everything cuz I found him those gmc 20s with tires for 600 bucks
I bought a pair of stock coils from
Moze so I wouldn't have to take mine off the truck to do it to simplify things.
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