Have you though about having them professionally compressed by a spring
place? Removing them as others have mentioned can, and will, take out your
whole front end, it is not designed to handle that weight, sort of like a
fat chick in back seat of the Gremlin. The photo you see here is what
happened when she sat in back of the car after ordering six swap meet
sauages on a stick, a tub of popcorn, and a uh, Diet Coke.
Seriously, see if there are any suspension specialists in your area that can
do that type of work, if you were in Houston, I would probably send you to
Steve at EXCEL off daffodil in the old hood, all they do is suspensions.
One more thing about springs. In the 70s, my dad who recently passed away
and me decided to do some front end work on a Javelin I had. We didn't have
a spring compressor and decided to let big brother Tommy sit on the front
and we would wrap chains around them then lock them and remove them. Tommy
was no problem sitting on the hood, he was not 409 lbs and 6'7" at the time,
but close. Maybe I can call Tommy to come sit on your Hornet front clip, but
it might turn into a lowrider. But just as we (and dad knew better, he was
master mechanuic at AMC All American Motors downtown at time) were getting
ready to work on the car, the chain gave way and the spring shot past us,
hitting the door on another Javelin, tearing the metal, smashing the glass
and there was not only a huge dent, but a rip in the metal about 8 inches
long. That could have been either one of our heads. After that day in the
mid 1970s, I have always respected the sheer power springs on vehicles have.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 amx springs
> If cutting the front springs is bad, are there any springs that I
> can swap out that will lower the front safely (the car has a/c-maybe
> non-a/c springs?). I only want to lower the front about 1-2". I
> realize that the front geometry will change-can adjustments to
> camber, caster, toe-in/out compensate for these changes?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Davis Martin <martin-
> davis@xxxx> wrote:
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>> Cuting the front coils is a REALLY BAD idea. It will definitly
> make it handle WORSE.
>> Call ESPO Springs n things http://www.springsnthings.com/ They
> can help you with replacing the rear leafs. I got the heavy duty 5
> leaf and it was only 160 for both shipped to my door.
>> Davis
>>
>> "Dan M." <vegadan@xxxx> wrote:
>> I noticed that the back of my 77 amx is riding a little low. I
> could
>> replace the rear springs, or maybe cut a coil off of the front
> springs
>> to lower that end. I kind of like the latter idea, because it
> would
>> lower the car a little and give it a better stance, plus improve
>> handling. But I thought I would check here before I did anything
> to
>> see if anybody has any experience (good and bad) with this issue.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
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