how ad what do you use to cut springs

[Darrin s13]

where do i cut top or bottomdoes it realy matteri have no clue im new to this shit and i dont wanna fuck my suspension up cause its my DD someone got some advice

[Casey]

just
dont
cut
your
springs


its
stupid


and dude if you have to ask what you do to cut them then you shouldnt cut them

but if you must know

only cut 1 coil off.

you have to get a spring compressor to dissasemble the spring strut assembly

then take a hack saw, rotary cutoff tool, plasma torch, sawzaw, something that will cut metal. dremel will actually do it... with alot of blades. lol

[Grimace]

Then don't cut your springs. That will DESTROY your suspension. It will be bouncy then blow out the struts and be SUPER bouncy.

[omgwtfbbq]

Definitely don't cut your springs.

[Darrin s13]

wel the reason why i asked what to cut them off with is i didnt want to mess them up by getting them to hot but thanks advice man

well then would lowering blow my struts out??

[usmcdrift]

can i have your coupe? just wondering

[Banzai]

dont do that wtf

[Darrin s13]

yeah dude you can have my coupe for 2500

[usmcdrift]

trade for hatch?

[Darrin s13]

dude whats you hatch got on it mines all stock and ive primered it and wet sanded it cause im getting it ready for paint

[usmcdrift]

wheels lowered exhaust tien tie rods and ends jvc headunit infinity speakers

[Darrin s13]

see mines all stock its just got a really fucking clean interior and a crackless dash

[Wes]

Roflcopter at this thread.

Dude, if you can't figure out how to do it, don't.
It's not hard, but I've seen alot of cars fucked up because people either heat them to cut them, and warp the spring, or break them when cutting them, or cut it where it wont line up on the perch like it should. IE, how my coupe was dropped when I bought it.
Just sell it before you fuck it all up.
Kthnksbi!

[240decatur]

cuttin springs hmmm i did that once longggggggg time ago but i would not advise it you'll have to get rebound rubbers just to stop the thing from trying to ram a hole thru the body if u hit in a pothole and it'll be pretty uncomfortable anyways. save and buy some good suspension

[flip]

Don't cut them! You can get some lowering springs for under $100.

Its a really bad idea to cut your springs. The ride will be horrible and you will hate it...

It will blow your shocks because the spring rate is matched to your dampening rate on your stock suspension. When you change the length of your springs and don't change the spring rate to be stiffer to compensate for the lost coil, the shock can't keep up and extra load is put onto it, destroying it.

I'm not saying these are great quality but it will be WORLDS better than cut springs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TENZO-LOWERING-SPRINGS-89-94-240SX-S13-90-91-92-93_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33582QQihZ014QQitemZ 330243186485QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[240decatur]

hey flip do you trust the cheapo lowering springs tho i've never used the cheap set but i'd be weary with high speed cornering no?

[flip]

hey flip do you trust the cheapo lowering springs tho i've never used the cheap set but i'd be weary with high speed cornering no?

I've used a set of $100 springs on my old integra. They worked just fine. A little stiff but I wasn't scared that they wouldn't function properly. They were Drop Zones... Now I would just save my money and buy full coilovers but back in the day the Drop Zones were just fine for what I wanted.

[omgwtfbbq]

cuttin springs hmmm i did that once longggggggg time ago but i would not advise it you'll have to get rebound rubbers just to stop the thing from trying to ram a hole thru the body if u hit in a pothole and it'll be pretty uncomfortable anyways. save and buy some good suspension


hey flip do you trust the cheapo lowering springs tho i've never used the cheap set but i'd be weary with high speed cornering no?

Punctuation and grammar are your friends...

[Jesse]

please go ebay instead of doing this, that way when you are mad dori for the first time your spring doesn't slip it's perch, puncture your tire and cause you to roll your car and make me wake up to come cut you outta your car @4am

[Beez_S13]

cutting springs=bad idea
yeah, there are some people who say do it, but just save up a little bit of money and get some new springs. you might even end up saving a lot of money that way.

but once you get some springs, or cut them if you choose to do that, dont forget to go get an alignment. you'll probably need some camber plates though, because you are going to have some negative camber going on and you will wear through a set of tires like crazy.

[icantdrift]

just save your money for actual coilovers and adjustable suspension parts. why spend the money twice?

[babowc]

if you wanna be cheap then do it.
you'll end up spending money on a different suspension setup anyways.

do it and ride on it and save for coilovers.