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Old 02-04-2010, 07:42 PM   #1
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Cutting Springs

What's everyones opinion on doing this? Want to get a discussion going about how people feel about this (although i kinda have a feelings I know how it's gonna go).
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Custom Bilstein.
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meh, if you do it right im sure it's fine

the other day i drove my old civic that my brother drives now, it has some shit lowering springs in it at like -2.25 all around, theyve been in that car for like 4 years now on the same shocks and the ride is better than almost all non-adjustable coil over's i've ridden in [on other civics]
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used springs are usually ~$100. dont be cheap when it comes to modding your car. its for your own safety too
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Ya, this came up on my other forum. Lots of nay sayers, but on the surface there isn't much difference with this and a lowering spring. I mean it's a shit ride and is bouncy. But, as far as cheap aesthetic mods that give you improved handling I dont see anything terribly wrong with it. I should be doing it saturday, will update.

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Cutting springs is cutting corners, bad idea.
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used springs are usually ~$100. dont be cheap when it comes to modding your car. its for your own safety too
Don't have 100. Plus, they're usually round 150-200 for lowering springs for me.
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Cutting springs is cutting corners, bad idea.
So are lowering springs, similar..
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Cutting stock springs won't change the spring rate or will it? If it doesn't your car will bounce up and down and bottom out easily.

If you decide to cut, use the old hack saw way because using a cutting torch may weaken the strength of the springs.

Lowering springs have higher spring rates which have less chance of you bottoming out from less bouncing up and down.
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Don't have 100. Plus, they're usually round 150-200 for lowering springs for me.
If you don't have the money then don't do it. Save up and do it right.
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I have a choice with my car: Get used springs off of another car that work (but are VERY limited in availability), or pay out the ass for a suspension setup because they don't make lowering springs or coilovers for my car so I have to put something together out of generic race springs (trust me, there's no clean cut suspension for my car, they only have coilovers for the FRONT, and they aren't exactly name brand).
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Don't listen to the nay sayer's. Cutting springs was popular 10 years ago. It's not that popular anymore because of marketing guru's from (suspension company) that tells people that it's terrible for their car.

I've always cut springs on all my cars including my M3 and G35c. Best thing about cutting springs, you decide how long you go and most of the time the suspension is already settled.
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just get GC's, they'll fit nearly anything
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Cutting stock springs won't change the spring rate or will it? If it doesn't your car will bounce up and down and bottom out easily.

If you decide to cut, use the old hack saw way because using a cutting torch may weaken the strength of the springs.

Lowering springs have higher spring rates which have less chance of you bottoming out from less bouncing up and down.
My Civic came with cut springs. The ride was stupid bouncy. Every bump it would be close to bottoming out unless I took it real easy.

I don't recommend it.
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cutting springs is ghetto to the max
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My old car now has cut springs, it is really bumpy. I have no misconceptions about the shitty rideability. You can use a grinder you just gotta be careful, like you said, to heat it up and thus making the springs useless.

Mugen, you don't seem to understand. Ghetto is the only way with my car... And with some more "ghetto" mods it will probably out handle a few cars on an autox track; stacking swaybars comes to mind, as well as welded diff's. Hell, maybe even a turbo setup from the jy.
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Back in my dad's days, they used to cut springs and do all sort of Hack mods. Do it at your own risk, don't come crying to Revscene.
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Back in my dad's days, they used to cut springs and do all sort of Hack mods. Do it at your own risk, don't come crying to Revscene.
Oh I wont haha. The only thing i'm really worried about is having the springs come out of their perches if I get it airborne, but I haven't really heard any stories of that happening so who knows. Gonna use a seatbelt and make a travel limiter eventually.
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Cutting springs will shorting your travel distance therefore making your car handle worst. You could prematurely blow your struts as the the spring rate is now changed...but its really the same as lower springs, most people don't lower there cars to improve handling anyways, go for it.
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If you like 'Uncle Buck suspension' then by all means....bounce away!
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Jackie, it wont handle worse.. I've been in a car that had uncut then cut springs, it isn't the best, but like you said; no different than lowering springs. The wagon was on lowering springs and that thing out handle alot of ish...

And my shocks and struts are already fucked up (it's like driving a caddy) so I honestly don't give two shits about them.
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I ALWAYS bounce with my car haha
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whoa whoa... this isn't fuckin 1960/70's.
i hear stories of my dad and uncle's friends who would chop springs on old toyotas and datsuns. fuckin rode like shit but it looked ill.

in a physics standpoint, cutting a spring is just horrible.
springrate isn't increased, causing more stress on shock absorber components. also, with a lowered ride on stock shocks, the gas is always under load, causing it to wear faster and theres a HIGH chance they'll just blow.

btw, lowered ride does NOT equal better handling. many many other factors come into play. suspension geometry mainly.
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When I cut my suspension on my M3 it improved the performance alot! I could take the corners faster and it felt more stable to the ground.

This is a good DIY mod!
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