Hey everyone,

The Lemans sits a little high in the rear for my taste and I want to lop off 1/4 or 1/2 coil, whatever's necessary, to drop it a little. The '65 has an open coil at the top--can I just cut off whatever I want and expect the shortened spring to sit well in the upper pocket? It looks like I can just rotate the spring to get it oriented properly, but I want to make sure before I break out the carbide wheel...thanks guys.

Someone, I remember, did that on their Elky. I do believe it was a blue '71 :confused:

Looked sweet with that stance graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Joe

Aren't the upper sides flattened out?

I have been planning on doing this also, but figured that something would have to be done to the top to get it to sit right in the pocket.

I have heard differing answers to the questions of heating the coil to "flatten" the coil end (un-pigtail?). Some say any heat will mess up the coil, while others say if you keep the heat localized to where you are bending the coil end it should be OK.

NOTICE: I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT "TORCHING" THE COIL TO CAUSE IT TO SAG.

I would think that you could keep the lower part submerged in water while heating the spot before bending the end down would be OK, but I am far from an expert.

Anyone else do this?

We cut the springs on our 65 and the 66, just be carefull not to cut too much. We ordered lowered springs for our 65 but it still sat too high so we took 1 coil out of the front and back. On the 66 it sat higher in the front so we took 1 coil out of the back and 1 1/2 out of the front. We used a cut off disc that went through it like butter and kept the heat down.

Thanks guys. I am gonna hack off 1/2 coil and see how close that gets me. The upper end of the spring isn't flattened so I think it will fit in the pocket just fine after cutting it.

Right now the car has too much of a rake and I'm not real fond of that look. The funny thing is that this car ('65 Pontiac Lemans) has virtually NO wind noise even at triple-digit speeds (racetrack, not street!) smile.gif

I think the rake does good things for aero, but I have to compromise a little with the aesthetics!