Cutting Springs

[FittedDownLow]

coming from a person who has driven his car on cut springs for 2 years..... don't do unless your going to make extended top hats if even possible for the e36.....

just buy racelands or something, or buy SEANDUB's zero clearance coilovers lol

[Vince30]

Racelands are dirt cheap for e36s, adjustable, and I have actually heard great things about them from e36 forums. Obviously not competing with the expensive stuff, but you get a lot for what you pay.

[SinlessVillainy]

Cut springs ride like shit. Heated springs also ride like shit. It's worth it to save the money and do it right.

[mopman93]

cutting any spring will increase the spring rate, cut springs "ride like shit" because the overall height is too short and you hit bumpstops blow out your shocks. I run cut springs and the ride is great.... until i hit a bumpstop.

Think of the strut and spring as a system, they are meant to work together for a specified load and travel the same effective distance. If you go and cut the spring then you throw off the system, causing the strut to be effectively 30-60% (depending on how much of the spring you cut) through its compression cycle at free-height and have equally less length for rebound. If you use shortened struts with shortened springs then the system is back in balance. People aren't telling you to choose coilovers because its the only way to lower your car because all a coilover is essentially a macpherson strut, with the coil on top of the strut. The "coilovers" that people tell you to save your money for have shortened struts and stiffer springs and correct valving for the shorter stroke etc. etc. etc.

[FunfGang]

Stance + aggressive driving is a recipe for disaster imo. Riding low means going slow unless you know the area really well so... Automatic isn't a big deal

I'm not SUPER low, but I drive the shit out of my car almost everywhere. Ive got a skid plate to protect me.

[ScrappinBeretta]

i rode cut springs in my beretta for a few mins to a car meet and home, it had hella bounce , like some really stiff coilovers would and any slight bump would make the car wanna rip the car off the road. it looked sick slammed but not worth it since the cut coils dont stay in palce. Deff save for coilovers or get the lowest drop lowering springs make for the car

[dubmotion]

please do not cut your springs, that is all.

[benz88]

Its OK to cut non-progressive springs. I've got the springs in my lincoln cut to half what they were and it rides like a dream

[FreshLikeSushi]

agreed. it does make it stiffer, so as long as your shocks are good, then it will be fine

my galaxie has half the spring cut as awell

[ScrappinBeretta]

60's cars are a lil diff. besides when i drop my Fairlane 1 inch im going thru Dear born classics cuz they make lowering springs at there place

[FreshLikeSushi]

no, it isnt any different.

a linear spring is a linear spring man. they all react the same. they get stiffer the shorter they are. if you have a matching shock to accommodate said stiffness, your car will ride as it should albeit a bit stiffer

[runningpanda]

I drove Ethel for about 2 years on cut springs. It's not a pretty ride, and if you're going to drive like an asshole/nascar driver, then you will indefinitely wind up fucked.

After I got down to 2 coils in front and 3 in the back, the ride was so bouncy that it was more comical than anything. Don't do it unless you love getting buttfucked by your seat springs.

On that note, I never had a real problem with cut springs other than the occasional smashing my head in to, or flying out of, the sunroof. Again, it's fun if you like to laugh at your ride quality, but if you want the same ride quality as coilovers or bags... hahaha yeah...

[benz88]

I drove Ethel for about 2 years on cut springs. It's not a pretty ride, and if you're going to drive like an asshole/nascar driver, then you will indefinitely wind up fucked.

After I got down to 2 coils in front and 3 in the back, the ride was so bouncy that it was more comical than anything. Don't do it unless you love getting buttfucked by your seat springs.

On that note, I never had a real problem with cut springs other than the occasional smashing my head in to, or flying out of, the sunroof. Again, it's fun if you like to laugh at your ride quality, but if you want the same ride quality as coilovers or bags... hahaha yeah...

probably cause you dont have the right springs...

mine doesnt do ANY of that.

[Francois Dillinger]

Don't do it unless you love getting buttfucked by your seat springs.

if it's your point a to point b car why not just leave it as is? i would **** to daily drive a car with a shitty ride, which it will inevitably have...

[benz88]

if it's your point a to point b car why not just leave it as is? i would **** to daily drive a car with a shitty ride, which it will inevitably have...

Ride in my car followed by a stock lincoln. you will barely be able to notice a difference. Other then mine being low.