Cutting springs
10-30-2009, 09:31 AM
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Vehicle: Tibby Fx
To me cutting springs seems really ghetto. Its not worth it imo to take a chance of messing up the car. Just buy a good set of lower drop springs and put them in.
12-09-2009, 10:39 PM
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Cut one coil off your stock springs and you will be fine. Cut two off a stock spring and you're looking at the potential hazard of the spring coming off the perch at full suspension droop. Trust me: with one coil off, there is PLENTY of force holding the spring on the perch still. Yes it changes the rate. That's fine if you don't mind a little more stiffness. I didn't notice the difference in spring rate myself, and I notice *tiny* changes in my car. YMMV and a progressive aftermarket spring might be a different story.
A bolt-on-leave-on spring compressor is as ghetto as cutting a coil off, and just as much an accident waiting to happen as a cut spring. See how much fun it is when the compressor fails at the worst possible moment (turning at speed near a wall)
A bolt-on-leave-on spring compressor is as ghetto as cutting a coil off, and just as much an accident waiting to happen as a cut spring. See how much fun it is when the compressor fails at the worst possible moment (turning at speed near a wall)
