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    Default compressing springs!!! URGENT HELP NEEDED

    ive heard you can compress your springs to a lower height premanently by compressing them with a spring compressor and heating them up with a heat gun.

    has anyone done or heard of this, or does anyone know the proper way of doing this.

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    Good way to destroy the tempering of the spring.

    Compressing the spring by the desired amount then having them "baked" in a kiln/oven is the only way to do it properly.
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    even if you could do it properly, a heat gun is never going to get hot enough to do anything to the spring apart from burn paint off, they used to LPG torch, but as said above. don't do it, companies around do it for about $25 a spring maybe less.
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    Yeah you can but you'll never get ur car to sit or ride correct because unless u can heat each spring exactly the springs will be un-even. Also you're more likely to do damage to suspension components. Just buy ones from a trusted manufacture.

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    Was just reading this thread and decided to buy some new springs as to compress them (in NZ) it costs about $300 to do so.. for $400 i can get brand new front and rear springs, no cert needed.

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    Go the King Springs mate! Will def also be a more pleasant ride on bumpy roads.

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    if ur gonna be cheap and use ur old springs its easier to cut them... if ur a tightass and wanna be a menace to every road user... lol

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    well first off this is not for me i have lovells in mine lol
    its for my tight as mate and he wants to use my spring compressor and he things it will do something cause his "dad" told him it would work lol just seeing if anyone has heard of it before.

    im gunna just let him do it and see what happends lol


    and to anwser some of your questions

    you cant cut vx spring there irs
    its urgent cause were doing them today
    and Zuicider your so funny
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