Anyone Cut Their Stock Springs?

[Silver Wagon]

i searched and couldn't find anything relevant.
i am redoing my suspension currently and want to cut a coil off the front springs to get rid of the 4x4 look a little.
my question is how many coils equals how much drop? i am thinking of just one coil but i don't want to drop it too much as i am running stock spec struts. anyone know? a general rule of thumb would be one coil for 1" but not sure.

[dannyyisntt]

I don't even run springs brah

[ThatOneEuroE30]

O god this isn't gonna end well. Buy some H&R race and billy sports and save your self from the onslaught of hate your about to receive

[Silver Wagon]

forgot to mention that i will be going to 5 lug and coilovers in a year or so and i don't want to put money into something i will be swapping out as soon as i can. my suspension is apart right now an i want to get it back together asap so i can enjoy my car.

[mr.vang]

Buy used, you'll get about the same when you sell them.

[Silver Wagon]

been looking for weeks now. as soon as some pop up they are sold. best i can find is H&R's super sport for $245 shipped. not a bad deal just more than i am wanting to spend and i don't want to wait another week to get my car back together.

[TheTacoMan]

Do it brah.

Ah yea hookes law.

[Roysneon]

Chop a coil off, repeat as necessary.

Don't cut the rears because they absolutely will not sit right if you do.

[Silver Wagon]

Chop a coil off, repeat as necessary.

Don't cut the rears because they absolutely will not sit right if you do.

finally someone who can answer my question. thank you.

i guess not many people on here understand that when a spring dead ends like the fronts do, you can cut them with very little ill effects. only springs that flatten out like the rears are no good to cut. its funny that a H&R rep told me i could cut the springs in my old jetta, yet, according to many people on here you can 't do it.

yes i understand lowering springs are the correct way to go, however, in my situation they are not an option anymore.

[Liquidity]

Spring rates get higher when you cut coils off, not lower. It takes more weight to compress the spring the same distance as it did before. And how is your spring in this diagram the same length if it was supposedly cut?

[Liquidity]

its funny that a H&R rep told me i could cut the springs in my old jetta, yet, according to many people on here you can 't do it.

It's not funny, it's sad that people on here don't understand the concept of any of this and they're always the first ones to take shots at you like you're the one that doesn't know what he's talking about.

[ST1G]

finally someone who can answer my question. thank you.

i guess not many people on here understand that when a spring dead ends like the fronts do, you can cut them with very little ill effects. only springs that flatten out like the rears are no good to cut. its funny that a H&R rep told me i could cut the springs in my old jetta, yet, according to many people on here you can 't do it.

yes i understand lowering springs are the correct way to go, however, in my situation they are not an option anymore.

I'm confused. You knew the answer to your own very basic, over asked question. Yet, you felt the need to make a thread anyway.

[Gesture]

finally someone who can answer my question. thank you.

i guess not many people on here understand that when a spring dead ends like the fronts do, you can cut them with very little ill effects. only springs that flatten out like the rears are no good to cut. its funny that a H&R rep told me i could cut the springs in my old jetta, yet, according to many people on here you can 't do it.

yes i understand lowering springs are the correct way to go, however, in my situation they are not an option anymore.

I was a little more cautious, I cut 1/4 coil at a time to make sure I hit the ride height I was going for, but to each his own.

[Silver Wagon]

I'm confused. You knew the answer to your own very basic, over asked question. Yet, you felt the need to make a thread anyway.

i didn't ask if i could cut my springs, i asked what the ratio of cut spring to drop is. he didn't answer my question but at least didn't give me his opinion as to what i should do instead. i also stated he "can" answer my question, not that he did answer my question. as of right now the only answer is cut, fit, repeat as necessary.

did that clear it up for you?

[Silver Wagon]

I was a little more cautious, I cut 1/4 coil at a time to make sure I hit the ride height I was going for, but to each his own.

how much did you end up cutting off total in the end?