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Ok, so i want to lower my car, but just not very much. So i have talked to a couple ppl and have wanted to know yalls oppenion on this idea, I was going to pull my springs and cut the dead coil off, then put them back in w/o the iso.
good or bad idea?? pros and cons of idea and how much will it effect the ride qualitiy?? |
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yup.
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: OH
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dont do it. a set of decent lowering springs is not very expensive at all.
When you cut springs you are compromising their design, thus compromising your ride quality and handling. |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Cuttign the dead coil won't do much as far as lowering.
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Cage Fighter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Southern Indiana
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OMG....don't cut your springs! I cut mine and as you can see in the vid it ruined my handling
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6...6a009ef429.htm
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Wowbagger hates me too!
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Don't do it... you'll bottom your car and trash your k-member. Just spend the damned money or don't do it at all. It's not worth wrecking your car over.
I've cut stock springs it's a profoundly BAD idea. |
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yea never cut ur springs unless u wanna be known as a ricer. or an idiot.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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I've cut sprigs on fox 4 cylinder and Eibach drag srping with no ill effects, but i don't run the twisties.
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Moo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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Cutting the springs is a bad/rice move.
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yup.
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whats good for a drag aint real good for anything else.
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Moo
Join Date: May 2006
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Alright when you start driving your 13 second car around the town for a few months and have to start replacing shit, I'll be there saying "told you so"
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yup.
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Cage Fighter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Southern Indiana
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It's obvious none of you have ever cut springs.
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yup.
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except its not. 94 T-bird..cut springs...wished I hadnt...and I only cut one coil off. bouncy as all get out. bad move. |
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Cage Fighter
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This happens to be a Mustang board. T-Birds have independant rear suspensions ![]()
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Moo
Join Date: May 2006
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A friend on mine cut his springs on his ford contour. I think he's glad it got wrecked and he got a civic afterwards, lol.
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yup.
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ok...heres a reason not to that you can't dodge...SPRINGS ARE SUPER CHEAP AND EASY TO INSTALL IN YUR DRIVEWAY. |
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Moo
Join Date: May 2006
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Well how do you explain the people with Civics and T-birds and GTI's and Camaros and whatever else on here? lol
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yup.
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he's just gonna tell them this is a Mustang board and hope that they go away. lol. |
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Cage Fighter
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But if you remember the original question was about a Mustang and this is a Mustang board![]()
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yup.
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Location: OH
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JayC...King of stating the obvious. lmao.
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Moo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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I reached enlightenment! This....is a Mustang board!
dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun
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ok, i won't cut them and save some $$ for a pair of somthing like eibach pro.
and wow really this is a Mustang Board. who would have thought that??? but other cars do count too. expecialy if they are ford. they have atleast 1 thing in common then |
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