Cutt springs anyone?

[GetToDaChopa]

Haha we get people cutting springs and leaving standard shocks on. Again not worth the risk, really fun when the fall out of place and destroy your car.

[CARADDICT]

ummm just to add another option...i have clamped my springs. autozone sells a kit. it grabs 2 spring coils together. info here...

http://www.allpar.com/eek/coils.html

These clamps may just be what I need before trying to cut. One question though, how low can you go if you
clamping two coils at a time? Or can you clamp more coils at a time?

[lysdexia]

cut springs aren't a bad thing at all. the rate of a spring is basically defined by the diamater of the coil, and the overall length of it (ie if you were to unwind the spring into a straight piece of wire).

thinking about it as a straight bar makes the concept easier to understand. think of how flexy a piece of steel bar is. then cut it in half, it get's a lot stiffer. pretty simple really. so when you cut a spring in half, it's no different to a lowering spring of the same height/rate. a spring is a spring, so to speak.

the problem with cut springs lies not in the springs themselves, but in the shocks. ordinarily, when cutting springs, you're doing it because it's cheap. on the same note, you normally wouldn't bother swapping the shocks out when doing so. but obviously, OEM shocks are never valved to be so low, or so stiff. this is what makes cut springs ride so bad, and why some cars ride much nicer on them than others.

in short, cut springs are fine. theyre no different to a lowering spring. mismatched springs and shocks are what makes them bad.

[sneakerfreaker925]

I think Ebay coils work just fine. they might be bouncy as shit and blow in a couple thousand but they work. You could alway use a different strut in the rear and just use the perch springs to lower and raise the car. Thats just an idea to help the bounce though.

[bigmike]

I purchased some Ebay coilovers for my integra, what are your guys opinions on that? I'm on a budget and didn't wanna cut my stock springs..

[turbobrick]

has anyone tried this? is it safe? man, that would be awesome if it worked....theoretically

well i have done it to like 3-4 cars already (with the same 10 year old kit) and it works great.

do what ya gotta do i guess, i would never roll around on cut springs personally. coilovers or good lowering springs arent THAT much

right but when your car is like mine (volvo 850 wagon) and you have 2 choices.....$1500+ KW's which are way more than what you will ever need..or lowering springs that only give u a 1.5" drop max and cost $250+ you have to get creative. personally i have never cut springs i have always used my clamps to get it done.

[kramerbuccs24]

do what ya gotta do i guess, i would never roll around on cut springs personally. coilovers or good lowering springs arent THAT much

[Junktion]

has anyone tried this? is it safe? man, that would be awesome if it worked....theoretically

ummm just to add another option...i have clamped my springs. autozone sells a kit. it grabs 2 spring coils together. info here...

http://www.allpar.com/eek/coils.html

[turbobrick]

ummm just to add another option...i have clamped my springs. autozone sells a kit. it grabs 2 spring coils together. info here...

http://www.allpar.com/eek/coils.html

[Grey]

Depends on the car, also.

If you've got a Civic/Integra, VW (some), or Miata and you can spend $250 and get Racelands or $500 and get Function/Form Type I's, there's no reason to cut springs. It's just too cheap/easy to get something that's at least halfway decent to bother with it.

On the other hand, I might be trying to buy an MX73 Cressida this/next weekend. If I do, I'm cutting that bitch pronto, because coilovers on an MX73 are a fucking nightmare. Lots of other cars fall into this same category, where the only solutions ($1800 SerialNine coilovers requiring welding in my case) are expensive/esoteric and it makes sense to just cut it and hang on until a better option becomes available.

(IMO)

[wheelfetish]

Cut your hair, not your springs

[M.Burroughs]

Cut springs.

Coast to coast, never had issues.

[EAmon]

yeah if you cut em id recommend getting better struts and shocks. I upgraded my fronts to stiffer Ones and the rear im on Airshocks.

*edit*


thats my buddie's C'class on Cut Springs. made it from Vegas to Buttonwillow and back just fine

[NELSON09]

im on cut springs >.>

Me too. Drop springs were a tease and rather than cutting my drop springs I just cut my stock springs, pulled the drop springs out and sold them. I told myself it was "temporary" but the mod bug got me. Even H&R coil over for my 210 needs a coil cut. You'll need some sport shocks soon if you do cut your coils. I say go for it. Would you rather be on OEM springs 4x4 height or slammed on OEM springs...slam your Audi man and if you haven't been through the procedure before make sure you at least read up on it or have a friend who been through it before help. Good luck and get low

[feia0303]

paging B Rod!!