Cut springs?

[Blksupra1jzed]

Alright I have a second set of stockers sitting around and got curious. Anyone cut the stock springs? What did it do to ride, height, etc...I am getting eibachs in a month or so and felt like playing around. Just wanted to make sure it could be worth the time and whatnot of doing this.

 

[cruzinbill]

Im gonna go with no it would proabably be a PINA and not safe at all.

 

[dublet]

Cutting the springs is not safe at all. If you want to lower your car, use proper springs.

 

[Godspeed]

when i first got mine i lowered it by cutting the springs and it dropped about 2-3 in. and it handled well the ride was a little rough but it didnt bounce,but it did wear out tires real bad so i put back on a set of stock springs.

 

[JNasty]

if you do it, youll have to ajust the camber.

 

[Asterix]

It's easy. Spring rate (lb/in) is inversely proportional to the number of active coils. I don't know right off how many coils the stock spring have, or what the rate is, but here's an example.

example spring rate of 250lb/in with 10 coils
cut off one coil, you get a spring rate of 250 x 10 / 9 = 278 lb/in

Somewhere around here is the stock spring rates, and you can easily count the number of coils by climbing under the car with it on the ground.

Of course, the stock shocks are insufficient even for the stock springs, so stiffer springs will make that floating even worse.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with cutting springs if you do it right. Feel free to play around. You may learn something from it.

Asterix

 

[JNasty]

i think there is 9 coils, almost positive.

 

[oneandgone]

Bryan went 10.55 on stock springs cut one coil. I plan to cut a set in the near future.

 

[JNasty]

Bryan went 10.55 on stock springs cut one coil. I plan to cut a set in the near future.

did you get the email yesterday that i sent?

 

[oneandgone]

did you get the email yesterday that i sent?

No, I didn't.

 

[JNasty]

No, I didn't.

ill send a pm instead.

 

[Blksupra1jzed]

Alright so it sounds like it could be risky to do but if I cut the right part it's not bad. For those who have done it and gotten decent results, where did you cut and how much off?

 

[JNasty]

Alright so it sounds like it could be risky to do but if I cut the right part it's not bad. For those who have done it and gotten decent results, where did you cut and how much off?

i did it on my last supra. i cut off two loops, or coils whatever you want to call them. went from 9 loops to 7 loops.

 

[JNasty]

but that was only on the front i think i cant remember on the back

 

[shaeff]

i wouldnt risk cutting springs. it'll mess with the handling of the car, and make it even worse, if you ask me. it's just unsafe, period. if you want to lower your car, do it properly. imagine you hit a panic situation where you NEED the car to react how it's supposed to, to steering input, but it doesnt. kiss it, and your ass goodbye. harsh? i dont mean to be, but it's the truth. do it right the first time!

-shaeff

 

[supradan22]

well with my experience on cutting the springs on the stock struts it sucked but the person who did it didnt do it very well i guess but it killed my shocks.

 

[JNasty]

yeah true i got under steer in a curve and ran off an 80 foot cliff, but surpprisingly i lived

 

[IJ.]

If you increase the spring rate your stock shocks won't have enough damping to control them.

Springs and Shocks need to work as a matched pair.

 

[s383mmber1]

dont risk it! Is it really worth the;

a) hassle?
b) Risk?
c) the look?

I dont even think it would look good with cut springs. Read shaeffs post again!

just my .02 centzz

 

[JNasty]

dont risk it! Is it really worth the;

a) hassle?
b) Risk?
c) the look?

I dont even think it would look good with cut springs. Read shaeffs post again!

just my .02 centzz

no no it looks good dont get me wrong, but everything else