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    4/15/2016 1:13 PM  #1

    Uj-SPRT
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    From: Dallas
    Registered: 4/05/2016
    Posts: 58

    ride height

    Hi all!

    on my 66 coupe, I'm not satisfied at all with my ride height.

    I had a look to MS page on the subject and my reading is that 1" difference between front and rear measures gives a nice horizontal ride and that 1-1/2" difference gives a little more agressive look.

    my question is: what's the difference in height before and after a 1/3 coil cut? how much does it drop?

    Actually my car sits weird.
    front : 1" armin/shelby drop / 1" lowering coils / today everything has 3000 miles since full replacement.
    and I measure 14-1/2 on each side which is supposed to be the original height.
    So now I start wondering if they didn't send me regular height springs...

    rear : 4,5 leafs mid-eye / standard poly shackles
    and I measure 14-3/8

    I'm lost !
    I don't know what to do but it looks wrong.

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    4/15/2016 5:15 PM  #2

    BruceB
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    Re: ride height

    I cut my 620s 1/3 coil. Dropped about 1/2 inch.

     

    4/15/2016 7:52 PM  #3

    6sally6
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    From: Surfside Beach,SC
    Registered: 4/02/2013
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    Re: ride height

    Uj-SPRT wrote:

    Hi all!

    on my 66 coupe, I'm not satisfied at all with my ride height.

    I had a look to MS page on the subject and my reading is that 1" difference between front and rear measures gives a nice horizontal ride and that 1-1/2" difference gives a little more agressive look.

    my question is: what's the difference in height before and after a 1/3 coil cut? how much does it drop?

    Actually my car sits weird.
    front : 1" armin/shelby drop / 1" lowering coils / today everything has 3000 miles since full replacement.
    and I measure 14-1/2 on each side which is supposed to be the original height.
    So now I start wondering if they didn't send me regular height springs...

    rear : 4,5 leafs mid-eye / standard poly shackles
    and I measure 14-3/8

    I'm lost !
    I don't know what to do but it looks wrong.

    I'd start by cutting 1/3 coil........see what that gets ya.
    IF everything goes worng(which sometimes does when I do it!) you can always buy a thicker spring isolator and put it in the top of your springs. They are sold in a variety of thicknesses.
    6s6
     

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    4/19/2016 7:05 AM  #4

    Mach1_Ron
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    From: Highland Village, Texas
    Registered: 5/28/2013
    Posts: 361

    Re: ride height

    Also, remember to Final tighten\torque with the Weight on the Suspension. I know some folks will say, give it time and it will "Settle".. I don't believe this as mine sat the same for 10 years once I put in my lowered springs and such. Never got any lower... I have since upgraded to Bolt In Coil-overs up front and a 4 Link in the rear....

    "The OLDER I Get....The FASTER I Was..."
     

     

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