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**BAD HABIT** · 05-20-2011, 07:01 PM

pretty sure they are the same bud...

**Redtruck-VA** · 05-20-2011, 07:03 PM

I don't know, technically I believe the 5.7 may be heavier. But I really don't know. I was hoping someone would have some experience swapping springs.

**Redtruck-VA** · 05-20-2011, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jusjay727

pretty sure they are the same bud...

Jay, that wouldn't really surprise me either. How much do you wack it to drop an inch?

**BAD HABIT** · 05-20-2011, 08:55 PM

a full coil will give you 2, but a half coil may make it sit weird, i wouldnt do it greg, you seem to do everything the right way, and well sorry to say and no offense this is half assed...ive seen cars and trucks tires look like this when springs are cut /..\
that to me is hideous....

**Redtruck-VA** · 05-20-2011, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Jusjay727

a full coil will give you 2, but a half coil may make it sit weird, i wouldnt do it greg, you seem to do everything the right way, and well sorry to say and no offense this is half assed...ive seen cars and trucks tires look like this when springs are cut /..\
that to me is hideous....

Come on brother where is your sense of adventure. I bought a second set of springs to experiment with. The /..\ angle tires is your camber and that comes from the geometry being off from susppension height. One of the reasons I like the spindle drop over spring drop. But actually I put a little more camber into mine to get the wider tires to clear the fender lip. It is perfect as far as clearance goes with mine now as it sits. I can do full travel and not rub or scrape anything. I wish I had paid a little more attention when I had the front apart last time, but it seemed to me the bottom of the coil sits in a rubber seat and that can be turned around in the lower control arm. If that is so then cutting a 1/3 or half a coil from the top should be possible without binding the spring. I'll pull it apart in a day or so and see. Now if the 4.7 spring is shorter I'll just drop that in place of the 5.7 spring. I'll do a side by side comparison to see if there is any advantage of one spring over the other.

**BAD HABIT** · 05-20-2011, 09:34 PM

well shoot me and call me billy bob, if you got extra springs and dont mind the labor its worth a try, keep us posted...

**Redtruck-VA** · 05-20-2011, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jusjay727

well shoot me and call me billy bob, if you got extra springs and dont mind the labor its worth a try, keep us posted...

It ain't labor it's called hot rodding...... oh yeah 3/5 drop.

I may move my rear Aeon bumps to the outside of the frame and mount them a little like helper airbags. It would give me another 1 inch or so of free travel.

**OklaHemi** · 05-20-2011, 11:39 PM

that would be sweet, will you need to weld a bracket? i need to learn how to weld, i have been around it my who life but never tried

**Redtruck-VA** · 05-21-2011, 08:47 AM

Mike, I've never been a good welder. 20 years ago I did passable welds in the shop, but if I wanted it really nice I'd have one of the real welders step in. A friend of mine lets me use his shop and I'll fabricate a mount and weld it to the frame.

**SmokedRam** · 05-21-2011, 08:50 AM

I use to weld a bit when I worked as a shopping cart repair tech for Edwards Equipment Sales...one day I needed to run a few tack welds, figured I run them real quick with the mig and just close my eyes rather than use a shield...caught a case of flash in my right eye...it sucked...I have never used so much coffee creamer in my life.