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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

Cut a coil and a half of and it just lowered it 1" car is 2950 with out me and has a antiroll bar what's it gonna take to get another inch lower and these are v6 springs btw.
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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cut more coils?
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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Ha Ha!...Well after cutting two and a half coil ea side on rear and one coil ea side on front here it is.......Ha Ha.......well after two and half coils cut in rear and one coil cut out of front here it is .Name:  58975239-72B5-4394-9363-E797775A4792-7198-00000902E7EEB3AF.jpg
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Old Sep 4, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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Re: CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

Originally Posted by Ingram78
Cut a coil and a half of and it just lowered it 1" car is 2950 with out me and has a antiroll bar what's it gonna take to get another inch lower and these are v6 springs btw.
How did you get the car down to 2950?
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Old Sep 4, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Re: CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

Removed: power steering pump, front and rear sway bars(added S&W antiroll bar which is heavier),fiberglass hood,no rear seats due to roll chrome moly cage, removed heater box/ac and controller, wipers arms and motor, fuel tank front and rear impact absorbers, racing seats. That's 2950 without me.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 12:57 AM
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Re: CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

man, even when these F bodies are lowered, they look like they are a 4X4 unless they've got a TA or Z28 nose on them...
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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Re: CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

Originally Posted by Ingram78
Cut a coil and a half of and it just lowered it 1" car is 2950 with out me and has a antiroll bar what's it gonna take to get another inch lower and these are v6 springs btw.
V6 springs are not very firm, any problems with bottoming out suspension after removing 1.5 coils??
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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 03:44 AM
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Re: CUT MY REAR SPRINGS

Don't know.....mostly track car lately ,the anti roll bar in rear make the rear pretty ridgid.
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