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ok My age will be showing in this post....BUT I have the same problem..!
My son owns a 68 Chevelle and I purchased a basket case (for me) a few
years ago...just to get back into
playing with Non Plastic Cars (Corvettes)... I am progressing right
along...396 has been rebuilt, Trans
also... New front (ouch ) inner and outer fenders and now working on the
rear quarters...(hate to say this
but they are only going to get patch panels..) Anyway I replaced the
springs, and now I have to really
inflate the rear air shocks etc to even come close to leveling the car
out... I have not progressed to the
point yet where I am ready to do play with the cars stance...but why back
in the dark ages (I had a
51 Ford) that I took a torch to the springs and lowered that sucker down to
where it was "correct for the
times (late 50"s )... course it rode like a fricken buckboard..but was
cool as hell... AND THAT WAS MY PLAN for this car also...the car is only
going to be used as a cruiser, not really all that concerned with
the ride...has anyone used heat in the last 40-50 years to lower a car...?
Just curious...
Bob Griffiths
68 SS 396 work in progress
64 Corvette L 76 4 sp ragtop.
72 Corvette (68 327 350 ) 4 sp ragtop
76 Corvette (ZZ4 ) 4 sp coupe
79 Corvette L 82 auto. coupe
95 Corvette LT1 6 sp coupe
At 11:56 AM 7/7/01 -0500, Galen and Melissa Love wrote:
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>I haven't cut the coils, but I did install a set of Eibach springs in my
>Chevelle a few months ago. They lowered the car approximately 3/4" - 1",
>and I've been VERY happy with the improved handling. The ride is not harsh
>at all.
>
>Galen
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>Subject: [Chevelle-List] Cutting Coils to lower nose
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> > Has anyone cut their front coils to lower the nose. I want to lower the
>front
> > end of my wagon about 1-1 1/2" and I've heard people say they've cut one
>coil
> > etc. Has anyone done this and how much did they cut and how much did it
>drop.
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mark
> > 71 Chevelle
> > 83 Malibu Wagon
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