Lowering By Cutting Springs?

[Ozzie]

wow lumina I never looked at it that way.

Thanks for the advice guys. I think Ill stay safe and purchase some proper springs.
I have a 1yo daughter and its not worth risking her life to save a few bob

 

[Scooter79]

Put it this way. Lets say you cut two coils off a spring. There's two less coils taking the weight of each corner. The stress placed on the remaining coils is increased and there is a greater chance of something bad happening when you don't want it too. Things are made illegal for a reason.

 

[jas98]

wow lumina I never looked at it that way.

Thanks for the advice guys. I think Ill stay safe and purchase some proper springs.
I have a 1yo daughter and its not worth risking her life to save a few bob

smart move

Now im not trying to priomaote cut springs as i re4ally am against it but when ime dad was ringing around for springs for my vs they're was a spring place he rang and the dude said to just cut them as when he worked for the spring company in Melbourne that used to send them to cars over seas and Australia they wanted lower springs so they just cut liek 2 coils off and sent them away.....when i was told this i was like WTF......jesus christ

all in all dont do it keep safe...fair enough heaps of people have done it with no problems but if and when it happens i hope you don't kill or hurt other people or you own child/children.

 

[azkwazere]

you cant suffocate from plastic bags.

well actually you can.... very easy to do...

As for cutting springs.... no.

aZk.

 

[Full Spectrum]

Cutting springs go down like a Muslim in a pork shop during Ramadan.


Cutting springs would make the car bottom out something shocking.

 

[Zuicider]

i know a muslim that eats pork he loves it, and the springs cut haha makes awful noices when u jack them

 

[DavoVP]

lol yes, cut springs do fall out :S kinda scary when it happens.

It is safer to buy a proper set. Or you may be able to get them heated and compressed.

 

[VT-565]

I wasn't going to bother posting on another "how good are cut springs?" thread, but my post count just went up one.
Oh, spring cutters are retards, too.

 

[Tom_1569]

well actually you can.... very easy to do...

As for cutting springs.... no.

aZk.

You completly missed the point of my post, and only quoted abit to make me look like a complete idiot.

 

[Astranomical]

I can't see the point in cutting springs, for the money you might save, you're modifying your suspension in a way it wasn't intended to be modified, therefore making your car dangerous and unroadworthy, not to mention that if you stack it, the insurance company will laugh at you. Save up, spend the extra, and get it done properly, suspension is one part of your car that you DON'T want to be cheap with.