i have heard of guys putting coil springs out of a half ton on their trucks. i was wondering what the difference is? are they shorter, softer? whats the benefit of doing this? thanks
the coil springs out of the 1/2 tons is a softer spring and will lower the front end of the truck about a inch or two. lowering the front end will help with keeping the weight down on the front of the truck and pull more level. kinda like blocking the rear.
i was oping that was the case. are they a direct bolt up? if so i might try and get some from a salvage yard locally and see how it works. thanks
I have a 2001 4x4 dodge and i took my leveling kit out but am scared to cut my stock ones down cause as it is my track bar is so close to my diff
Did you have to replace the steel ring that was originally on top of the coil?
My truck came with the leveling kit and I want to lower it for drag racing.
The steel ring usually has to be removed because the levelling kit has the bolts attached to it. At least mine did, but there may be other kits out there that you dont.
will lower the front end of the truck about a inch or two. lowering the front end will help with keeping the weight down on the front of the truck
So, do I need to replace it to remove the lift kit or do I just take the spacer out?
While it "sounds good" while your explaining it, it doesn't appear to work that way.
The weight is still pivoting around the rear axle regardless of how low the front end is correct?
They are both starting from a 26" hitch height correct?
I am open to learning on this, but the chain doesn't care how it is hooked, all that it cares about is hitch height.
Given the same drawbar length if you pull down x inches on the back it will raise the front y inches. This is determined by wheelbase.
There are lots of other tricks to use, lowering the front end to get a different angle of attach probably isn't a big one.