Cutting my springs.......

[robspeed325i]

remember that 1985 civic you saw that one time realy low with the deep dish Pacer wheels sticking 40 feet out,a huge spoiler,purple bubble tint, and it bounced like it had bubber blocks for suspension... cut springs. make sure you paint your alumn. spoiler kawasaki green too ;)

just look around. i found some used bavauto springs for $50

cut... TOO MUCH, you mean...

[kev.skyline]

id just be worried about what the heat would do to the spring, could possibly fatigue the metal and make it break. could be dangerous. but its your car, do what you want.

[E30SPDFRK]

...and they are probably the same rate and height as cut factory springs. Put some nice shocks on and you wont be able to tell a difference between them or a cup kit/eibachs/bav autos/etc.

[alpinweib30]

remember that 1985 civic you saw that one time realy low with the deep dish Pacer wheels sticking 40 feet out,a huge spoiler,purple bubble tint, and it bounced like it had bubber blocks for suspension... cut springs. make sure you paint your alumn. spoiler kawasaki green too ;)

just look around. i found some used bavauto springs for $50

[Naplm00]

what kind of retainter did you use ? have any pics of the install? before and after?

[robspeed325i]

What is the big deal about cutting springs? The rate should stay the same, and they become shorter... eibach and regular HandR are not much stiffer than stock springs and are shorter what is the difference?

It is a street car not a freaking race car

Actually the rate goes up in direct proportion to how much coil you remove! Cut em in half and you double the rate (obviously youd never do that, just an example). But remove 10% of the wire, and you get 10% boost in rate. 20%, you get 20% boost, just like with typical aftermarket sport springs.

[kylebes1]

What is the big deal about cutting springs? The rate should stay the same, and they become shorter... eibach and regular HandR are not much stiffer than stock springs and are shorter what is the difference?

It is a street car not a freaking race car

[dashboardmonkey]

If you cut this much off they drop the rear about 1.5in

[RickSloan]

so my roomate has the H&R race cup kit and has been running it for over a year now.

So there should be a line of where we can cut the fronts??? with his 17"'s he needs a little more drop up there

[Stephen]

How do you know?

He cut his rears ;)

[accident]

Not impossible, ask me how I know.

How do you know?

[dashboardmonkey]

that's what i was thinking too cause i wanted to try cutting the rear but its impossible lol

Not impossible, ask me how I know.

[PhillyG]

only the rears cant be cut, due to football shape. although one guy did it anyway.

All you have to do is weld a u shape tab to hold the spring into place on the trailing arm. Works fine.

[bpui]

only the rears cant be cut, due to football shape. although one guy did it anyway.

that's what i was thinking too cause i wanted to try cutting the rear but its impossible lol

[robspeed325i]

i thought we cannot cut the e30 spring because the it wont sit properly with the strut ?

only the rears cant be cut, due to football shape. although one guy did it anyway.