can anyone give me the real deal of cutting aftermarket springs with stock shocks

 

i did it, **** looked good, but they made me bottom out

 

what does bottoming out really mean

 

probably one of the most stupid and dangerous things you could ever do! Just go buy ebay springs for 50 bux

 

don't ever cut springs stock or otherwise.

 

fawkin dumbbb... jus don me a dumbass when it comes to suspension....

 

what does bottoming out mean

 

The spring compresses so much that there is no more travel left in the strut and it hits the bump stops and can't move any more.


Or it could also mean your car is actually hitting the ground. I have heard it used both ways.


dont be a cheap *** and get good **** dont cut your springs

 

im not talking hondas specifically, just general suspension tuning...

in several suspension tuning books (some of the classics) they recommend cutting your stock springs.

cutting the spring makes it stiffer. that can be a good thing. again, maybe a bad idea for our cars, but its not unacceptable in every scenario

 

bottoming out... aka, scraping the f$*k out of the bottom of your car when you go over a bump, or even up a hill

 

any car any spring dosn't matter don't do it

 

cutting springs sucks...i had it on my car for 2 days...bottomed out everywhere...stock springs arrent stiff enough...dont do it

 

im not planning on racing or doing any of that im just a daily driver that drives carefully. what can possibly happen and i have neuspeed race not stocks

 

ive had neuspeed race cut like 1 perch and it rode good, but then i had tokico illuminas

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheTealHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive had neuspeed race cut like 1 perch and it rode good, but then i had tokico illuminas </TD></TR></TABLE>

Let me first preface this by saying, I in no way encourage cutting springs of any type, for the most part its unsafe and leads to a horrible ride.

That being said, I've owned neuspeed race springs and they seem to have a lot of dead coils, I can see how you cut those without any noticeable affect, or really any stiff spring with a number of dead coils, but stock springs, no.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97L-esVeeTeg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Let me first preface this by saying, I in no way encourage cutting springs of any type, for the most part its unsafe and leads to a horrible ride.

That being said, I've owned neuspeed race springs and they seem to have a lot of dead coils, I can see how you cut those without any noticeable affect, or really any stiff spring with a number of dead coils, but stock springs, no.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah i dont approve for cutting your stock springs it will ride like crap and your car will feel like ****. Dont take the risk and just save up.

 

so its ok to cut dead coils on neuspeed race?

 

id does not matter racing daily driven its all the same don't be stupid