Ok first off I want to say.....

IF YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME WHY NOT TO DO THIS THEN KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF, THANK YOU.

I want to cut to make my car low as hell but have no money. So I want to cut my springs. Any one kno what amount to cut off to lower, say an inch? Can anyone give me a ratio, i.e (one coil to drop one inch). People with expierance welcome.

Nick

 

i wouldnt do it .....willl bounce even worse than coil overs and not safe. i been there and it anit fun

 

Ok if you really want to do it I would only cut less than a coil at a time and then test and cut as necessary. I'll be an *** though and tell you not to do it.

 

I guess since I don't have anything nice to say I'll say nothing at all....

Oops! I said something!

 

Cut about a ring. But the stock shocks might not handle the cut springs too long.
keep that in mind.

 

thanks for the imput guy....sorry bout the **** i said.

 

rather than cutting the springs, i suggest you clamp them. its 2 clamp sets per spring, and you just tighten the bolts to bring 2 coils together. i'm sorry i don't have a pic or explanation. its safer and better than cut springs because it sits right in the spring seat. if you notice, the coils at the end taper together, and if you cut that off they don't do it right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bagpipe goatee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rather than cutting the springs, i suggest you clamp them. its 2 clamp sets per spring, and you just tighten the bolts to bring 2 coils together. i'm sorry i don't have a pic or explanation. its safer and better than cut springs because it sits right in the spring seat. if you notice, the coils at the end taper together, and if you cut that off they don't do it right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

im curious about this thing that you are saying... where do you buy the clamp first off...

 

So, if this clamp was to say, explode apart and hurt somebody or your car. This is safe, how? I'd rather cut, ebay sells some clamps for dropping and they look deadly! - Darrell

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OnE sToCk CrX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok first off I want to say.....

IF YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME WHY NOT TO DO THIS THEN KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF, THANK YOU.

I want to cut to make my car low as hell but have no money. So I want to cut my springs. Any one kno what amount to cut off to lower, say an inch? Can anyone give me a ratio, i.e (one coil to drop one inch). People with expierance welcome.

Nick </TD></TR></TABLE>

eh i always heard that is the worste way to lower your car... thats what they did to the one i bought and i had to replace the entire suspension.... i would wait till you have the money to buy coils and ****...

 

well, i wouldn't buy them, i don't usually trust something i didn't make with my own hands. i'd take 2 pieces of thick "c" channel, cut a groove in it, drill holes on the sides, and fasten them together with grade 10 fasteners. granted not as good as lowering springs, but its sure a million times safer than cutting them.

the tension on them doesn't change, it just holds 2 coils of the spring together, and its not even that much force, either. say the stock springs are 300 pounds an inch ( i know they're not, but this is an easy number for an example) and the coils are ~1 inch apart, so therefore, with 2 clamps holding them all the way together (which you'd want) they'd only have slightly over 150 pounds of force on them at all times. this would not increase if you went over a bump or something.

if someone is willing to host pics, theres a first gen mustang by my house with them on it, you can see them clearly because it has no engine or fenders.

 

Back in the day, we used to heat up the springs. Didn't even have to take them off the car. It was like 5 dollars a wheel, so 20 dollars for the whole car. Granted it was bouncy, it was a cheap way of lowering a car. I just went to a muffler shop and they did it with a torch. I didn't experience any damage, but there are dangers with the heating part. Could cause a shock to explode if it gets too warm, and with the rubber coating that springs have on them now, you could catch them on fire.

 

my buddy did that to his 97 civic with jdm gsr. he hasnt had any problems and he's happy with it. it just depends on how well they are done i guess, and how much heat. still wont recommend doing it.just fork over 140 bucks man

 

get some ebay lowering spring for like $30....that the cheapest safest way possible

 

Hmm. well my friend and i lowered our friends 91 civic htchback by cutting th springs, and we cut off 3 rings for the front and rear suspensions. THe front got about an inch away from the wheels and the back had like 2 inches to it. hmm i would recommend cutting 2-4 rings for sure.