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i lost the rear end links lol so going to be put on hol.d

what about H&R springs for the X? 1.5 to 2 inches drop... is it worth it?

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Originally Posted by jst2878 (Post 825630)

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!

What you mean "what"? You never heard that trick before? It's the king of getto rig. I would torch and bend a spring befor I would cut one, no doutb about it.

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Originally Posted by Jordo (Post 825037)

Every single person who cuts there springs, regrets it. It will ride, and handle worse then you think it will. The better cheep way to lower it is to leave everything assembled in place. Use a torch and at the lowest point possible on the spring, get a spot cherry red with heat. The weight of the X5 will flex that section of the spring flat, resulting in lowering your X.

And to keep it a little more controlled put a jack under it at what distance you wanna lower it. Heat up one spot of the spring until the X drops and has it's weight on the jack, and repete on the other side.

Now what I said above is completely getto and your spring WILL BREAK just after that spot you got hot with the torch..... but it will take a few months for it to break tho.

This is incorrect. The last thing you want to do is heat a spring using a torch. It alters the spring rate and weakens the metal. Cutting a spring is the safest method. The trick to cutting springs is to cut 1/2 coil at a time until the desired level is achieved. And you cut the spring a the same relative location as the end of the spring. You want to use a cutting tool that does not heat up the metal. A cut off wheel or something similar is preferred. Plasma cutter, torch, etc is not preferred.

Thanks for the info but I won't be dropping truck anymore I lost the rear ends links I ordered so I dunno I've lost the desire to do it. Ad soon as I lost them and was home dreddin it a friend called and said he seen me driving and loved the way the truck sat on the 20 so I took it as a sign. Lol have a new obsession now my salt water tank at my new place I got. So thanks.

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Originally Posted by sasquatch (Post 826069)

You must have missed the last sentence of my post. I clearly say, this will cause the spring to break. But it takes a little time. So...... I am correct.

Its not the heating that causes the spring rate to change, it's the cool down that does. FYI.

how did you manage to lose your rear links??????

have you misplaced them, did they fall out of your pocket somewhere.

how do you lose them???