flipping a spring

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basic.green
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flipping a spring

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hi thinking of flipping second to last spring at the back. i have blocks now (2 inch) but need another inch will this do that :D
or will this be to much
i all so just looked up and sore your work trev :oops:
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As you might have read I have only used 1.5inch blocks with flipped springs and it is as low as I can go with a little suspension travel.
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basic.green wrote:hi thinking of flipping second to last spring at the back. i have blocks now (2 inch) but need another inch will this do that :D
or will this be to much
Depending on the condition of your springs it could be waaaaay to much. I run the same as Trev but are nearly half an inch lower. :confused: :twisted:
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thanks for the heads up 8)
might see about 3 inch blocks, they just sound a bit big :shock:
but we got to do what we got to do :lol:
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I would flip the spring and use smaller blocks :wink:
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Re: flipping a spring

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my mate has a mini truck, it had 4 inch blocks, they looked dangerous, till he put the 6 inch ones in, that was just scary :shock: i think its safer now its bagged.
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its not that much to get the leaf springs reset I payed $120 a spring the otherday .
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good idea Trev 8) thanks
ekstevo might look in to that as well :mrgreen:
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