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05-27-2012, 11:22 PM
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Dont be a hack
I was under my truck today looking at something and notice this. Only had the truck a couple of months and havent bothered to look at the springs as I have been busy fixing other hacktastic wonnabe McGyver BS. Iam going to asume this is a heat treatment drop. Just one more thing to fix which is fine but........If you cant do it right DONT DO IT at all. Dont be a dam hack LoL
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05-27-2012, 11:36 PM
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Re: Dont be a hack
This thread should be referred to when people ask about cutting or heating coils. Very Unsafe!
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05-27-2012, 11:57 PM
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Re: Dont be a hack
i will take some pics of mine your is a good job compared to how mine is. i have new springs for it i just have not replaced thhem yet. i will not drive mine till the front springs are changed.
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05-28-2012, 12:18 AM
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Damn that's ugly.
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05-28-2012, 12:32 AM
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05-28-2012, 12:36 AM
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05-28-2012, 02:58 AM
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That has the makings for a poster, Friends dont let friends torch sh#t. Look at the bright side, new springs wont break the bank..
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05-28-2012, 04:30 AM
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05-28-2012, 04:59 AM
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X2^^^^^
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05-28-2012, 08:02 AM
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DANG!! With enough stress, you can break those!! Replace them ASAP!!
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05-28-2012, 08:10 AM
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Back in the early 90's I bought a '78 SWB that had been "professionally lowered" by a shop in ATL.
Looked like somebody cut the springs a turn or two, then torched them to "fine tune" (LOL) the drop. Then they stacked about 1" of alignment shims behind the upper control arms. With real long grade 5 hardware store bolts that had been painted black. |
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05-28-2012, 08:13 AM
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05-28-2012, 05:37 PM
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  this is what i found when i llooked under my front end. i love how they put the twist in spacer because they heated the driverside to much. it had 3 in it when i first started working on it. i left this one for a pic or two.
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05-28-2012, 07:40 PM
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05-28-2012, 11:20 PM
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Re: Dont be a hack
I have seen a lot worse i started in the mini truck world,If you want a laugh i can pm you links to a few sites showing how hacked up things can be done.
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05-29-2012, 08:42 PM
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Butch that is terrible. how can those things ride well with no travel. If mine didn't have the spring it does i'd tear my frame to shreds.
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05-29-2012, 08:53 PM
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05-29-2012, 09:29 PM
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i may do things slow but i do them to the best of my ability and knowledge.
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05-29-2012, 10:55 PM
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some scarey stuff there holy cow
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05-29-2012, 10:57 PM
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I've had this in my photobucket account for over 5 years.
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05-29-2012, 11:23 PM
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Re: Dont be a hack
Wow that looks real safe haha not! That's pretty scary glad to hear that its getting fixed the right way. Coils are cheap some people these days will do anything to save a buck I swear!
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05-29-2012, 11:54 PM
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Re: Dont be a hack
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That had to be a comfortable ride.
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05-30-2012, 01:35 AM
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05-30-2012, 10:36 AM
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Re: Dont be a hack
I just love that duct tape fix.
Here is one of how my truck looked when I bought it. |
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