Cut My Springs Today

[jigga225]

I think he meant that cars dont correct camber themselves over time up here,

I find that automatic camber correction bull jive.

[Twisted 87lxi]

Well you CAN get cited if your lights aren't at least 22" from the ground, but for our cars that would mean that we'd need like a 4"+ drop which I don't think anyone here is ever planning on doing.

[A20A1]

no they measure by the "X" method... meaning the middle of the x is the lowest point that the undercarriage can go. they ge strings and run it from the base of the tire to some other point on the opposite tire... if something hits the middle of the x then you are too low.

[night]

the ONLY acceptable way to cut springs is if there are dead coils.

when you car is down, if there are any coils laying on top of each other, the 'dead' ones can be cut without effecting the ride.

just dont hit any big bumps. your springs will come out of the perch.

[Twisted 87lxi]

I dont think they will night, their under so much tension that I can't believe that they'd ever come off of the seat, even under the weight of the car.

[89BadBoy]

okay, i've had this car less then a month. and honestly i have no idea about suspension, and i was driveing last night and an upper arm broke.. i dont know what it is, but my tire is sitting like |\. okay now on to subject. i was thinking about cutting my springs, is that the upper arm off the prelude oldschool was talking about? i figured if it was, i'd cut my springs and replace all 4 corners. i hope you dont mind the dumb question i'm a newbie to this kind of stuff lol

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Instead of cutting your springs you should have just taken a heat gun and heated them up, you can lower your car that way and it won't be as bad as if you cut them.

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by Mike's89AccordLX
Instead of cutting your springs you should have just taken a heat gun and heated them up, you can lower your car that way and it won't be as bad as if you cut them.

Don't ever heat springs. By heating a spring you are changing the metal in it from being a spring to just being metal with out spring properties. It's like you sucking the spirng'ness out of it. And if you do that, what's gonna stop you suspension from bottoming out, stock struts aren't gonna have the power to keep you from hitting the bump stops all the time. That is why when someone is trying their best to cut a spring they have the spring sitting in a bucket of water so that the spring never can get hot. Now the best thing to do is to buy a set of lowering springs, only $97 for 2" drop springs from nopi. And you should invest in stiffer struts when you lower a car or it's going to ride and drive poorly. Koni's in the front and tokico's in the rear. But if you have to, cut them, but just a couple coils at most, don't over do it.

[89AccordNate]

Obviously cutting your springs isnt a good idea. First of all your going to have uneven wear and tear on your tires. Obviously if your to cheap to buy springs, your to cheap to buy a camber kit. I was just at the alignment shop yesterday and I heard 2 guys bitching about how kids would come in there with cut springs and heated springs and how they couldnt fix the alignment. You will smoke a set of tires in 1000 miles if you dont atleast have an alignment done. Yes it doesnt seem like its off, but when they put your car on the machine, its a whole different story. I stood there and looked at the computer monitor and could tell how off my alignment was just by swapping my struts. I have an ingalls kit and they still couldnt fix my alignment all the way.

Your ride BLOWS, period. If your making your car have a 2.25" drop with cut springs, and your saying your ride is good, you obviously dont know what a good ride is. I bet you feel every bump in the road and every change in pavement height is a "hold on" ordeal..and then you bounce to hell and back after the bump. If your having this, your ride sucks.

Nate.