never ever do this... ever

[Casey]

dont ever cut springs when they are still connected to the strut assembly.
just dont do this.
no one informed me otherwise and i didnt bother asking or looking it up before i whipped out the good ole dremel
im glad god isnt mad at me atm
cuz you could like die from doing that.....

[Decker]

yeah. seriously.

[flip]

lolol, yah not a good idea. is everyone ok??

[Casey]

nope... definatly just me... at my house... with my lil blue dremel
carvin away at a ticking red hot timebomb...
wtf was i thinking hahha im stupid lmao

[1800DialKyle]

WTH were you thinking. Are you ok????!!!??? Can you still use your fingers

[Casey]

im fine... dremel = hands far away from struts...
and i wasnt really thinking
ive never done spring work i didnt know they were preloaded ....
i thought the car did it when you dropped the weight of the car on them...

[1800DialKyle]

im fine... dremel = hands far away from struts...
and i wasnt really thinking
ive never done spring work i didnt know they were preloaded ....
i thought the car did it when you dropped the weight of the car on them...

Well glade to hear you are ok. cause a car on your arm or spring in the cheast would kinda hurt

[Casey]

oh no i took the strut / springs out of my part car and cut the springs while they were in the strut assembly
not in the car though
its still tensioned though... i didnt know that.... :(

[1800DialKyle]

oh no i took the strut / springs out of my part car and cut the springs while they were in the strut assembly
not in the car though
its still tensioned though... i didnt know that.... :(

Oh ok... lol i thought you did it on the car. LOL. but still yeah that is still a lil bit more dangerous

[Casey]

Oh ok... lol i thought you did it on the car. LOL. but still yeah that is still a lil bit more dangerous

yeah the frekin springs snapped themselves apart halfway through cutting with a dremel.... scared the piss outa me
i coulda easilly smashed a finger or lost a finger...... lol no worries
battle scars!
haha my hands have cuts on them from workin on my car...
ill keep the cuts... but pass on the loss of fingers...

[Joshua]

The first four words of this thread is better advice.

[flip]

Next time ask us :).

[Casey]

i was bored... decided i didnt wanna put my vlsd on yet cuz its 45+ pounds... and im a pussy. so i decided to see what cut springs would look like on my car... so i cut my part car springs well 2 of em. lol yes i cut 2. i didnt learn ...... iwas DETERMINED =D

[1800DialKyle]

The first four words of this thread is better advice.

:yes:

[Casey]

ah but i have ordered megan racing coilovers...
they got lost in the mail
this is prolly what happened to them... :(
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8841/mvc010s8gw.jpg

i was just bored atm

[Infinite]

here's your sign, lol

[CRAMERIZKING]

let me know how these megans are. I'm looking into getting a set for my supra.

[Casey]

let me know how these megans are. I'm looking into getting a set for my supra.

supra....
errr u suck i want a supra
haha
jealosy

[Infinite]

let me know how these megans are. I'm looking into getting a set for my supra.
buy them for your supra and i'll let you know how they work out :D

[AlmostFast]

bro a few weeks ago zapped off the bolt holding the spring to the strut from his wife's lexus since we were replacing the struts and bought took my head off. was fun.

[flip]

LOL @ DHL pic...

[Casey]

LOL @ DHL pic...

yeah dhl sucks...
wahh i wnat my coilovers
><

[santacruz77]

ya thats not always the best way, although half the time if im taking my springs off the strut i never compress them just point them towards the yard and start going at them until the top plate and nut going flying across the yard, one time it went straight into one of our cars and put a huge dent ha, glad your ok and still have your hand

[Casey]

ya thats not always the best way, although half the time if im taking my springs off the strut i never compress them just point them towards the yard and start going at them until the top plate and nut going flying across the yard, one time it went straight into one of our cars and put a huge dent ha, glad your ok and still have your hand

lol thanks
im gonna stick with coilovers now =D

[santacruz77]

i would to if i could afford them ha so for now my nice shocks and ebay's work fine haha

[Casey]

i would to if i could afford them ha so for now my nice shocks and ebay's work fine haha

thats the way i was gonna go but the stuff i wanted ended up being 650 for all of it and coils were 850 so i was like ehhh ill just get coils save me some time and they are 32 way adjustable and height adjustable so... went with those =D