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Depends on the spring settup..
Posted by SteveW (more from SteveW) on Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:36:35
In Reply to: DON'T CUT THE SPRINGS OR HEAT SAG THEM !!, Phil, Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:47:22
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I wouldn't cut coil-overs, nor would I cut the ones in a Mac/strut type setup . Is a 9-3 a strut setup? If so do not cut them. Otherwise cutting coils is a time honored, and very effective way to lower a car, and tighten up the handling. Let say you have a spring with ten coils, and a 1,000lb/in rate, it take a 1000 lbs to compress that spring an inch. If you remove 1 coil, it now takes 1,100 lbs to compress the spring 1 inch. I also cannot see any reason to remove equal amounts from both ends, in fact, in some cases you have to remove coils in full coil increments to make them line up right.
And BE SAFE! use proper spring compressors.
posted by 67.4.45...
Posts in this Thread:
- Suspension mods, Tony C., Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:54:19
- Re: Suspension mods, lms, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:21:32
- Not true, Brad, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:45:59
- Re: Suspension mods, chrisx, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:16:05
- Hey, Lachesis, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:54:05
- Re: Hey, chrisx, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:31:06
- Cutting springs is SAFE, heating kills them..., Chaz, Tue, 28 Jan 2003 00:46:18
- DON'T CUT THE SPRINGS OR HEAT SAG THEM !!, Phil, Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:47:22
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