datsunfish Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 After our ratsun meet at the sonic burger we went back to datdougs. I needed an oilchange bad and the front suspension was uneven so I tore into it. Ended up getting a wild hare and dropped the front coilovers all the way then chopped out 1.5 coil in the rear. Set it right for sure. Never low enough. Not a fan of cutting springs but that rear had to go down. It rides a little bouncier but its not bad at all. Hooray for coil overs,maybe invest in some rear COs in the future or helper bags or air shocks. Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Much better! Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 MOAR LOWER!!! Looks good DF, get any oics of how u cut the springs? Quote Link to comment
datsunfish Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 No pics of the process but it does require alot of disassembly. Basically,jack it up HIGH...take off the wheels,remove axle shafts from rear hub,chocked,out of gear,park brake disengaged,un bolt top shock bolt and let em hang. air powered cut off wheel tool. Even with all tension off there will be some spring tension since the angle makes the springs lean against the bump stops. Try to find the top beginning of the coil wind,go down 360 degr. then 180 and start cutting. Get close to done then smack it with a hammer. Pop out the lower half...toss the 1.5 extra,force the coil back in and put the lower end back in the keeper section then reverse. Haha sorry,just the basics. I learned as I went,the second side went much faster. Took a little over an hour. Quote Link to comment
datsunfish Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Earlier that same day. Wow,nice to see some actual comparison. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Ah yeah i was mostly curious in the cutting process. Cool tho! Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 If you get the race springs I have (500lb) and cut them off about a coil and a half, they end up being just short enough to be easy to remove. You can then just add rubber spacers at the top to change ride height. I'd like to make a little metal disc that would clamp the two halves together so I could change ride height without dropping the suspension, but to get the needed slack, you still have to unbolt the halfshafts. Oh well. Quote Link to comment
DatDoug Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Looks good Benny :cool: Looks even better now that the rear has settled another 1" Take a pic now. Quote Link to comment
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