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[suprabad]

I dont mean to be a dick, and I'm not insulting you, perse, but I hate it when people do this.

People sure love to jump on this one. Truth is...people have been doing this for years with domestic cars. But if you say you cut your springs all the "parts queens" are gonna call you names and curse you and your car. They want to look good for the other "parts queens". Hell.. sometimes I wonder if half of them even own Supras. I also hear alot of stories around here that begin with "My mechanic said..." Mechanic? Fuck you.

Truthfully, I've tried just about every brand of springs available and they all pretty much suck (too low, too high, too soft, too hard,). I'm running koni yellow's with their springs and I've been playing around with compression and rebound rates and it's tough to find a good compromise between ride/handling.

I like the koni's, but they're a little stiff. I've thought about coilovers too but I have yet to see anyone get them really dialed in for a Mkiii. Adustability is great if you can figure out how to get it right, most don't. I would say progressively wound springs are the worst. IMHO stay away from them, they made my car feel twitchy and unpredictable.

As long as you don't cut them too much it shouldn't be a problem. As someone else mentioned the spring rate does rise comenserate with the amount of coils you cut off. Other than that I would say the only real drawback is that it will probably blow your stock shocks pretty quickly due to the increased rate and might also make it a little bouncy because of the stock shocks lack of adequate dampening for this increase in springrate.

As long as your not entering a time attack or driving crazy, ehh...who cares.

 

[ArmandoP]

actually, it makes me feel good that ive saved 12 mr2s 1 supra, an alltrac ,and mk2 celica gts from the junkyards. i respect the toyota of old whe they actually made cas worth modifying because when modified properly (which doesnt necessarily mean expensively) there are few cars on the road tha are rewarding to drive. if more people actually cared about the results of what they did to their cars there wouldnt be an abundance of these shortcut cars. i enjoy building the car moreso than actually getting it to theend result.

my point is no modification exists that doesnt have unintended consequences, and whe those mods are shortcuts the unintended results are even worse. disagree all you want, fact is fact. it took me years to learn that.

It's a damn drift car for me who cares i'm not selling my car cause what i have done works. It has been proven to be at a slight disadvantage to the expensive suspension of couse, but serves it purpose non the less.:evil2:

Where do you find good suspension for this $400-$600 I can't find those prices for my 240 and these deals are here for mkIIIs I can't even get used HKS for $600 or ebay Godspeeds.:3d_frown:

Anyways not telling everyone to do so cause its the best thing ever but if someone wants to cut springs on there car cause it makes them feel better the let them do so.

Since you are into this buying cars that have been "halfassed" and complain about it, then quit buying them.:3d_frown:

 

[IJ.]

And on that note we bring this trainwreck to an end....

In the future if you think a thread or a post may get you flammed go with that instinct and don't bother posting it.