strick 9

This is what I was going to do. Although I have a few questions before cutting the old springs. I only want to lower the rear 1/2" - 3/4". The front I'd like an 1". I thought of only cutting the front springs & using drag shocks front & rear. I was only going to do the hose trick in th rear, not cut them.

1st: Can anyone tell me if I'm asking for problems "cutting the front springs"?

2nd: What shocks are best to use for a street application?

3rd: Am I going to have good enough weight X-fer using the stock springs?

4th: Do I need to have an alingnment after doing these mods?

bayer-z28

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I ADDED the heater hose (retained isolator) on mine to bring my Pro-Kit up about a 1/2" or so in the back.. Or just the hair that I needed to get to STOP bottoming out in back.

shorty(98TA)

very helpful write up thank you

r4dio78

hey, just did the heater hose today came out looking sickk! but its slanted, the driver side is higher. i tried turning the spring but its still slanted. what should i do? should i cut the spring? but if i cut it wouldnt it be bouncing. what do you guys recommend?

ChrisRZ28

Silly question for you. Is your car on level ground and are you sure your springs are the same length? Sometimes spring length is different between pairs of springs. I tried a different rate rear springs once and after they had settled I ended up going back to my lighter ones, but what I noticed is that my heavier springs had settled/compressed to different lengths. Alot of cars have a little lean in them. It seems to be a common thing with f-bodies. As far as cutting one spring, I don't know what effect that would have or how it would effect the front ride height. I think most people just live with the leaning.

r4dio78

Yea the car was level i did it in the garage, also im on stock springs and shocks. but yea ive been searching but really couldnt find an answer for it leaning, but i guess some ppl come out level and some dnt. n mine didnt, this sucks ***. im tempted on cutting the spring a little.

WKF

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Just got done an hour ago...... for reference :
On a 98 Camaro SS with 150K on the clock.
My rear springs are the original stock springs. I cut them both 3/4 of a coil & removed the isolator which I replaced with about 12" of heater hose only.
With this done I got a 1&3/4" drop. It appears even. I needed every bit of that 1 3/4 inch drop too!! I think my SS came off the line as a special 4x4 version or something.

wav3form

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Being somewhat ignorant of this mod since I've never done it... would the front end be slightly higher than the rear? Maybe that isn't possible but it'd be a concern of mine.

Redman-Racer

Does this mod stiffen up the rear a little bit, or does it feel softer?

Blk98Vert

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You're welcome!

License2Ill

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Great mod.....but do we in fact change the pinion angle when doing this?

wav3form

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?????

Sail Hatan

Just walked in from doing the heater hose, still kinda high, and the front sits at 28 inches, the rear at 27. I want to cut a coil out of the front and half a coil from the rear. All temporary till I have enough saved for my koni/bmr set up

Don't mind my missing center cap, it's being ordered.

Daniel Richards

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wouldn't you also need an adjustable Panhard bar so as to re-center the rearend after lowering?

Guitar

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So if I wanted to raise my rear and keep the isolators, I would need just rubber hose? What kind of hose would I need? Strano Springs.

dabest09

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This thread would be helpful with pictures..

FU_I_AM_UltraZ

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So how long will the hose fit before the weight of the car splits the hose down the center length wise? I was thinking about doing this mod...

Nastyc4

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If anyone was interested in removing the isolator lowering the rear and still keeping Oem like nvh in check I make these..

https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...-interest.html

'02 WS6

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Got a set of 1LE rears and did the hose mod, still set too high so removed a coil. Great thing is on 2nd/3rd coils on 1LE rears are wrapped in rubber already so no hose required. Fronts are -1.5 coils. Sits perfect IMO, pic is with 1/4 gas.

Blk98Vert

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I had mine in for over 20K and the hose still looked new