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well I have reversed the rear axle on the new perch's as discussed in "axle flip", its just mocked up now I will tack then weld in place when I finish the front end and get the motor and trans in, I took out the upper control arms and rebuilt them, removed the front shocks, so it should just be a matter of raising the front end end the coil springs should just drop out, so the question is...how much should I cut off each coil to proportionly drop the front end? my son has done some reading on this and some say that if you go too much that you run the risk of the steering linkage contacting the frame and others say don't do it, use drop Dakota spindles instead, etc, but this is a bit of a budget build and I am trying to work with what I have, my thought here was to cut off one coil as the front end of these frames/trucks always ride lower than the back anyway especially with the engine and trans weight up there, any thoughts?, FYI... for those of you who didnt follow earlier this is a 1983 2wd Dodge truck frame going under a 1956 cab with a 318la motor