rear spring cut

shane1981 · Aug 28, 2016

anybody ever cut two coils off the rear springs and then have them pop out when hitting a bump?

razor1 · Aug 28, 2016

not me, your the first I have heard of, you over achiever. Stock shocks?

shane1981 · Aug 28, 2016

it wasn't me. I asked in another forum about doing this and somebody said that they would pop out . I've never heard of that happening so I figured I'd ask where there are more people to chime in

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charonblk07 · Aug 28, 2016

I've got 4" drop springs with another 2 coils cut out and the springs can't fall out unless the shocks are removed. If you are running cut drop springs like me with stock length shocks then maybe the springs could drop out on full extension, but if you're running that low then you should be running proper length shocks anyways.

shane1981 · Aug 28, 2016

I'm just going to cut 1.5 coils. only thing I'm worried about is the rear end moving but I have clamps on it now and I don't see any issues but it's only about an inch

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Uaintlo · Aug 29, 2016

charonblk07 said:
I've got 4" drop springs with another 2 coils cut out and the springs can't fall out unless the shocks are removed. If you are running cut drop springs like me with stock length shocks then maybe the springs could drop out on full extension, but if you're running that low then you should be running proper length shocks anyways.

any pics of the truck with that much coil cut?

I just installed belltech 2/4 and I cut 1/2 coil off the front, and 1 coil off the rear, and my rear isnt low enough, its got a rake, so I need to cut more off the rear.

razor1 · Aug 29, 2016

Uaintlo said:
any pics of the truck with that much coil cut?

I just installed belltech 2/4 and I cut 1/2 coil off the front, and 1 coil off the rear, and my rear isnt low enough, its got a rake, so I need to cut more off the rear.

may want to keep a little rake, I'm sure you have very little suspension travel at that drop.

charonblk07 · Aug 29, 2016

Uaintlo said:
any pics of the truck with that much coil cut?

I just installed belltech 2/4 and I cut 1/2 coil off the front, and 1 coil off the rear, and my rear isnt low enough, its got a rake, so I need to cut more off the rear.

This is on a 4wd so the front doesn't come down as much with the strut so the front is a 4.5" drop and the rear is 6.5". I've got about 1.5" of clearance between the tire and inner fender.

Uaintlo · Aug 29, 2016

Its too raked for me,
I was thinking of I modify the rear bump stops, I could lower it more and still have some suspension travel

wstacy3 · Aug 30, 2016

shane1981 said:
anybody ever cut two coils off the rear springs and then have them pop out when hitting a bump?

I cut em on my old 09 before there was an available rear drop spring and had no issues what so ever. I had em cut at a machine shop. This time around i bought the mcgaughy 2 inch drop rears for my 14cc

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charonblk07 · Aug 30, 2016

Uaintlo said:
Its too raked for me,
I was thinking of I modify the rear bump stops, I could lower it more and still have some suspension travel

You need to cut out the bumpstop cup completely if you want suspension travel. The next place it will hit after the bumpstop cups are gone is the lower control arm on the upper arm's frame mount but you will have about 4" of compression before that happens at a 4/6 drop and then you should seriously be thinking about redoing your axle mounts to realign the rear control arms.

shane1981 · Aug 30, 2016

so how many coils equal an inch?

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charonblk07 · Aug 30, 2016

shane1981 said:
so how many coils equal an inch?

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It depends on what springs you have. On the rear progressive McGaughy's it's one full coil per inch since you cut from the top of the coil where it's wound tightest and only acts as a spacer since there's no compression in that area.

shane1981 · Aug 30, 2016

I have stock springs

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Uaintlo · Aug 31, 2016

charonblk07 said:
You need to cut out the bumpstop cup completely if you want suspension travel. The next place it will hit after the bumpstop cups are gone is the lower control arm on the upper arm's frame mount but you will have about 4" of compression before that happens at a 4/6 drop and then you should seriously be thinking about redoing your axle mounts to realign the rear control arms.

thanks for the info,
I plan to cut out the rear bump stop cups on Saturday

THETANK · Aug 31, 2016

this may catch me some flak but why do people cut springs instead of getting a proper set up???

charonblk07 · Aug 31, 2016

THETANK said:
this may catch me some flak but why do people cut springs instead of getting a proper set up???

Nobody makes a 6" rear drop spring and some people can't afford a drop kit. Also, a 2" drop spring doesn't have a better spring rate compared to a cut stock spring so there's not much gained except ease of installation.

Rlaf75 · Aug 31, 2016

I cut mine last year. Ive never had a problem. You may however run into a problem with the coils popping out if you raise the truck up on a lift if you don't use shorter shocks.

jag1886 · Sep 2, 2016

I cut 1 coil off mine and got an 1"

FlynDutchman · Sep 3, 2016

charonblk07 said:
Nobody makes a 6" rear drop spring and some people can't afford a drop kit. Also, a 2" drop spring doesn't have a better spring rate compared to a cut stock spring so there's not much gained except ease of installation.

What is the cut rate on stock springs to get a 1" drop? I plan on getting a lowering kit later but want to take some of the stinkbug out of the rear for now. If you know the front also I would appreciate the info. Thanks!

Disregard, I did some searching and found the info. Sorry to bother you. Looks like 1 coil in the rear is 1" approximately and 1 and a half coil is about 2". I am not going to mess with the front. This is a temporary thing since I will be getting a 2/4 kit when I order new wheels and tires for the Ram.

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