I want to lower my car a bit. I'm not sure exactly how much yet because I ordered new wheels/tires and will check how things fit before then. But 2" all around likely is what will work. This will be for appearance only for the time being, although going to a slightly higher spring rate seems like it won't be detrimental.
I am in Canada, and a somewhat remote part of it, so sourcing some things is either difficult, expensive, takes a long time, or some combination of those three.
The front seems easy, pull your stock coil, trim 1/2 to 3/4 of a coil off, maybe 1 whole coil if you're being adventurous, reinstall. 1 whole coil might be too much, 1/2 almost certainly would be less than 2" drop. Or, measure, remove, do the math, and cut accordingly. Obviously cut it with a thin cut off wheel, wrap the good side of the spring in a wet rag to avoid heating it. Cost of this is basically zero.
The rear is far more problematic with the stock springs being tapered on both ends. The option that keeps coming up in research is to buy some F-Body rear coils (Moog P/N CC635 I can get to my door for $100~ CAD), get F-body coil isolators, cut about 1.5 coils off (or see above, do the math or trial and error). The issue with this is that the F-Body isolator is NLA from GM. There is somebody making new ones and selling them on eBay for $70 USD/pair + shipping/fees, this works out to about $100 USD to my door. Looking through Energy Suspension's catalog there is no coil isolator of this style that is big enough. I'm not sure if going this route is then throwing good money after bad.
Is there some other rear spring option that is extremely cheap?
Or, just buy an actual lowering spring kit?
I am in Canada, and a somewhat remote part of it, so sourcing some things is either difficult, expensive, takes a long time, or some combination of those three.
The front seems easy, pull your stock coil, trim 1/2 to 3/4 of a coil off, maybe 1 whole coil if you're being adventurous, reinstall. 1 whole coil might be too much, 1/2 almost certainly would be less than 2" drop. Or, measure, remove, do the math, and cut accordingly. Obviously cut it with a thin cut off wheel, wrap the good side of the spring in a wet rag to avoid heating it. Cost of this is basically zero.
The rear is far more problematic with the stock springs being tapered on both ends. The option that keeps coming up in research is to buy some F-Body rear coils (Moog P/N CC635 I can get to my door for $100~ CAD), get F-body coil isolators, cut about 1.5 coils off (or see above, do the math or trial and error). The issue with this is that the F-Body isolator is NLA from GM. There is somebody making new ones and selling them on eBay for $70 USD/pair + shipping/fees, this works out to about $100 USD to my door. Looking through Energy Suspension's catalog there is no coil isolator of this style that is big enough. I'm not sure if going this route is then throwing good money after bad.
Is there some other rear spring option that is extremely cheap?
Or, just buy an actual lowering spring kit?
