chopping springs?

[buzzbomber88lx]

was wondering if chopping the springs weakens them. IF it does how bad is it? Also is it better than heating them up with the rosebud of the torch? I want to lower my car but I don't feel like buying springs that are stiff. Stiff would ruin the ride quaility of my bonnie.:pimp:
-Ryan

[TJ89Accord]

If you cut the springs your ride quality will be worse than if you get stiffer springs. Get springs and stiffer shocks. You will be much happier. Either way, you will probably blow your stock shocks, and a bouncin you will go...

Oh, but if you do I heard its better to cut them than heat them. It makes them all screwy when you heat them up. But I don't know from experience, just what Ive heard.

tim

[Elijah]

Use a grinder thats what I did my shocks have held out nice and it has been 2 years already.

[pearldrop]

Use a grinder to cut the top loop off. Then if it isn't low enough, you can cut a 1/4 coil off at a time. It will ride fine with cut springs as long as you don't cut too much. Make sure you cut the bumpstop in half.

[kennycm]

i got mine cut and it's not that bad, my boy heated his and he hates it.

[Chubs87Accord]

bumpstop pearl pleas explain to the car mentaly challenges *cough*as in me*cough* haha

[Mike89Accordcom]

Get ready to bounce like you got hyrdos. Some friends in highschool did it, biggest mistake they ever made, let me tell ya.

[87AccordsterLx]

just buy some sprint 2.25in springs for $140 or some Suspension tech 2.0in for $100... dont cut them you will most likely regret it...

[buzzbomber88lx]

I'm doin this to my bonneville not my 3g. My 3g looks like that sentra that sport compact car took the sawzall to. I am parting it out. I don't know of anyone that sells aftermarket lowering springs for my car thats why I asked. It's an 88 bonneville.

[buzzbomber88lx]

Since the 3g is out of commision it is time to pimp out the bonnie.
:pimp: :super:

[meohmy01]

what is with everyone? "just go out and blow 300 dollars on a suspension"

[pearldrop]

Cars with cut springs can ride just fine. Most people just cut too much and they ride terrible. My wagon's springs are cut and people either don't even know that it is lowered or tell me that it rides really good.
I have a set of H&Rs for it. I put them in and took them back out because the cut springs ride smoother.
They don't handle better, but they ride smoother... that is what I want.

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by meohmy01
what is with everyone? "just go out and blow 300 dollars on a suspension"

If that's all you spent you certainly will have blown your money.

How you feel about your car, how you drive it and how much you care, dictate how you make decisions on your suspension. Some of us do care and want different things and that's why we say the things we do concerning the suspension. Yet I do understand where chris comes from and that's fine by me. However if I had cut springs without uprated struts, I'd be slamming my bumpstops down to the thickness of 2 sheets of paper ever single time I went for a drive, not the right thing for me, nor is it something I will endorse. Would kill the struts in short order to. The fact that he gets away with it, tells me that he takes it easy. :wave:

[wallyyfm]

HOW THE HELL CAN ANYONE PIMP OUT A BONNEVILLE???

[buzzbomber88lx]

I don't know. I'ms gonna try though!

[Coitis1]

just chop em. i haven't even been on this site for a year and have seen this damn question come up at least once a month. cut ur springs, have a sh**ty ride, and then blame urself for not searching for other threads on this site that ask the exact same question.

[meohmy01]

well i drove the 88 accord after cutting the springs. i see no difference in ride. well not really. it's a little bouncy but not bad. the it doesn't handle that bad either. but i don't want to push it much. just dodge bumps like you do if your car is lowered the right way

[Gregs89AccordLxi]

Hey meohmy01 how much did u cut off and how much of a drop did ya get?

[meohmy01]

i cut off too much but whatever. maybe 3 inches. it's just a temparary thing. i just wanted to do it for experiance sake. ill buy a suspension for it sooner or later. i did it like an idiot too. i didn't feel like take the springs out since it is so difficult to get apart so i just lowered the suspension as low at it would go, unbolted the shocks and lowered them, and then i took an air powered cut off tool and in about 5 minutes it was done. much easier than takikng it all apart.

[buzzbomber88lx]

that is afro engineering brotha. lol. That sounds like something I would do! j/k. Good idea though. Does it actually look pretty good and does it bounce like a hella lot? And....do you have stock shocks and struts?

[meohmy01]

it doesn't bounce at all actually. but i haven't really hit any bumps. i dodge them as a reflex from driving my 94. and i really didn't notice a difference in handleing either. the only thing i noticed is that the camber is off. that and my god damn clutch keeps slipping.

[meohmy01]

oh and i don't think they are the original struts since all of them are different. but im sure they will shit the bed sooner or later. oh well right.

[mindlos]

Originally posted by meohmy01
... and my god damn clutch keeps slipping.

... have you tried adjusting the cable. You can adjust the nut if the slack is not right or just to buy some time before replacing the clutch.

[meohmy01]

oh i don't think there is any time4 left in this clutch. is it possible that it has never been replaced? (200k)

[buzzbomber88lx]

i might be able to sell you the clutch if someone backs out.

[meohmy01]

well im not sure if i want a used one.

[buzzbomber88lx]

thats cool. I know it grips good. but I don;t blame you I would buy a new one if I knew I would have the car for a while too.

[meohmy01]

well the engine is on it's way out and i already blew 5th gear. (actually my idiotic cousin didn't feel the need to maintain the car so it's kind of rough)