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Old 07-22-2015, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by HWYSTR455 View Post
Wait, are you saying that cutting 1" off the end of the open coil side it drops 2"? Nah, that ain't right. Maybe if you cut a full coil off it will drop 2", but not 1" of the coil end.
cutting 1" off & dropping 2" pertains to the total height of the spring. its usually a ~2:1 ratio. & on many popular gm springs that is about 1 coil. agree you should stay on the safe side unless youve done it before with that vehicle & type of spring. i've lowered all my 2nd gen cars & it is indeed about 1" cut equals 2" drop.