For your entertainment

[Steve-L]

During the disassembly of my 38 I found this. It’s the no $ way to lower the rear of your pickup. Just fire up the ol’ torch and heat the rear leaf spring until it sags down. Same thing for the front coil springs. 
Backyard engineering at its finest ?

[Frank Elder]

that's the ugliest stripper I've ever seen where do you put the money......lol.

 

[Steve-L]

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[Tooljunkie]

That’s a first! I could have saved a bunch of time and money by doing that! 
still havent looked into why my Fargo sits crooked,thats on my list. 

[Steve-L]

I didn’t realize what I was looking at when I first saw it. It wasn’t until I was watching one of the many car shows. Where the host demonstrated torching both the front coils and the rear leafs like above.

That’s when I realize what had been done to my truck. 

 

[DJ194950]

1 hour ago, Steve-L said:

I didn’t realize what I was looking at when I first saw it. It wasn’t until I was watching one of the many car shows. Where the host demonstrated torching both the front coils and the rear leafs like above.

That’s when I realize what had been done to my truck. 

 

 

I hope that the Demonstration was a "what not to do" demo!

 

DJ

[Steve-L]

Definitely a what not todo. 
they took it for a test drive after completing the “mod”. A cruise over RR tracks, some hard cornering stuff like that. 
They commented that the handling sucked, and a smooth ride was non-existent. Even the littlest bumps were felt. They discussed the possibility of metal fatigue at the heated junctions. 
they then did a full suspension upgrade with products that lowered the stance while preserving ride and handling. 

[ggdad1951]

12 hours ago, Steve-L said:

Definitely a what not todo. 
they took it for a test drive after completing the “mod”. A cruise over RR tracks, some hard cornering stuff like that. 
They commented that the handling sucked, and a smooth ride was non-existent. Even the littlest bumps were felt. They discussed the possibility of metal fatigue at the heated junctions. 
they then did a full suspension upgrade with products that lowered the stance while preserving ride and handling. 

 

likely the REAL reason for the episode

[Plymouthy Adams]

you got to remember the trend to many of these fast cheap and easy mods are the work of low budget as in no money mods to field found cars...still very popular with the ratters...if it is cheap, tacky and gives you tetanus...right up their alley