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Old 11-22-2013, 07:44 AM   #11
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Default Re: Speedster Kit

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Originally Posted by QGolden View Post
I reversed my springs (Front) with an HF "Pipe Bender". I have never bent more than one or two pieces of pipe, but with a few mods it sure is handy at a lot of other things. Take your spring, mark it with a piece of chalk every two inches, start in the center, "bump" it with the press. It take a surprisingly small amount of pressure to affect change. Don't get carried away. I brought the ram to the spring, made contact, and bumped it just one stroke. Release, move to the next mark and repeat. After one pass in each direction (from the center out) the spring was nearly flat.
Do you have any photos or illustration of what how you did this. I may need to try this. How much did it lower your front end?
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