choping lowering springs?
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ollie240585
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Cutting springs will make them weaker. Some people have done it without any trouble, but a spring being weaker could be very very dangerous!!!
I personally would not do it, nor recommend anyone else to do it!
I personally would not do it, nor recommend anyone else to do it!
butta
Kicked in the Member
ive cut springs on loads of cars in the past but they needed standard springs for the mot and because the spring is weakened the car can somtimes become unstable as it will bounce over bumps like as if the shocks are knackered also if you cut off too much especialy on the back the springs could pop out ( it happens on escorts and nova's aswell )
goldstar0011
Ex. Club Member
It's not as bad as some make out, it has it up sides and downsides just like buying them, popping out is common though from what I hear
Anto Modded
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i got 4 rings cut from my 40mm rear and 3 rings from my 40mm front and got shorter shocks. I left the springs into an engineer who kinked the top of the spring so it would be the same as before it was cut. And all is well
ollyc98
Ex. Club Member
That is the only proper and safe way to do it.
A lot of after market springs have banked coils at the top or bottom.. Usually the bottom.. These equate to 10mm lowering per single coil..
Making sure you cut it where it ends so fits the same.. They are made like this..
I remember my K10 lowering springs from holland had banked coils at the top AND bottom on the rear and the bottom on the front..
Making sure you cut it where it ends so fits the same.. They are made like this..
I remember my K10 lowering springs from holland had banked coils at the top AND bottom on the rear and the bottom on the front..
I've never heard that cutting a spring makes it weaker. A shortened spring is stiffer - takes a greater force to compress it by the same amount. Usually measured in ilbs per inch if you are my age! It will obviously be shorter (that's the whole point) and you risk it falling out of the spring pan on full droop. But that is only likley if you get 4 wheels off. The fronts can't fall out as the piston of the strut goes through the middle, but it can come out of the seat. I suppose the rears could come out completley. But they didn't on the last rally I did which had numerous high speed yumps (Epynt). I have never had a problem getting a car MOT'd wth all sorts of modifications, providing they are done properly.
Don't forgetto getthe tracking checked after you lower it. Both the camber and tracking will be affected on the front by lowering the car and you may get greater tyre wear on the inside edge of the tyres because of the camber change.
Don't forgetto getthe tracking checked after you lower it. Both the camber and tracking will be affected on the front by lowering the car and you may get greater tyre wear on the inside edge of the tyres because of the camber change.
It can do as the steel can be damaged in the process from either heat or other factors, dont get me wrong ive cut a coil off of the from the fronts of my k11.
