My only question Eddie is how did they get that fat chick in the back seat of
the Gremlin.
Terry
> 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
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:35 PM
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 amx springs
>
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> > 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:
> >>
> >> 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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