Cutting a coil off of my lowering springs - Need input

rmc03 · Post by **rmc03** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:18 pm

Hey guys, I'm sick of how my front end isn't as low as the rear.. so it's time to fix it.

The plan:

**Note that the red area is the top of the spring**

The red area is the coil I'll be cutting off, I've read that a general rule is that removing one coil drops 1.5"-2" It needs to go down more than 1.5"

From what I remember I can spin the parts that hold the spring in place to accommodate if I end up only removing a portion of the coil vs. an entire coil.

I wouldn't recommend doing this but I'm confident I'll work, the hardest part is going to be testing it each time I cut a little off to try it.

Just wondering if anyone had some input, thanks guys - Ryan

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:23 pm

oh god, please dont!

not only is it rice, its unsafe and can be rather dangerous to do so!

that coil you're going to cut off is there for a reason, thats the part of the coil that will sit flush with the top hat...cutting that off will cause the spring to NOT sit right!

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:28 pm

Your rear is lower than the front? Are you sure, did you actually measure it?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:32 pm

NiteHawk wrote:oh god, please dont!

Yep, that sums it up

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:40 pm

Yeah, unless you flatten that top part off your shit will probably slip. And even then you'll probably ruin the structural integrity of the spring itself.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:54 pm

Just a little story of my experience with cut springs.

Some retarded kid with his mom's Cavalier decided to cut the coils much like you're considering.

He cut it, drove it 3 blocks, and it shifted. The edge of the spring dug into the tire and shredded it. So he put the spare on (backwards) and brought it into the tire shop I was working at. We took one look at it, and told him we couldn't do a tire for him because the same thing would happen. He insisted, and signed a waiver saying he had NO warranty on the tire he was buying if it was a sidewall puncture.

He signed, we did the work and moved the spring as much as we could when we put the new tire on. He didn't make it out of the parking lot before the spring shifted and shredded the new tire.

He didn't come back in.

I would say if you want the raise the rear, get some different lowering springs... it'll end up being cheaper than cutting coils.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:11 pm

seriously man, just give me your car if you're going to do something stupid like that.........that poor neon doesn't deserve that kind of abuse

rmc03 · Post by **rmc03** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:23 pm

good call random1, that'd be bad news if the spring came unseated.. i think that changes my mind right there, when the weight goes completely off of the strut assembly i could see it coming unseated now

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:25 pm

Glad we could help.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:56 pm

omg...lol i wonder what that kid thought when the tire shredded...lol omg what a dumbass...srry best thing ive heard all day

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:10 pm

I'm guessing nothing went through his mind... he must have been brain dead to do something that stupid.

No offense to the original poster for considering this!