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Dirty Octopus™
06-21-2009, 10:04 PM
i NEED someone to give me some clemency with heating my springs. i need to go a miniscule amount lower and its butt fucking impossible to get in touch with the guy that started the job for me. Can someone PLEASE assist me with this? i havent much money so im going to need someone that's willing to do a good deed. :o

Thank you in advance to anyone that can do this for me or lead me in the direction of someone that can. :goodjob:
Barefoot
06-21-2009, 10:55 PM
gl
Z0_o6
06-22-2009, 12:43 AM
its not a terribly difficult thing to do, just use a propane torch and be careful. do NOT heat the shock/strut, it is under pressure and will be a bomb in your face if you apply a lot of heat to it. just a word of caution, i would hate to see a little mistake like that blow up in your face (literally)
JITB
06-22-2009, 12:46 AM
its not a terribly difficult thing to do, just use a propane torch and be careful. do NOT heat the shock/strut, it is under pressure and will be a bomb in your face if you apply a lot of heat to it. just a word of caution, i would hate to see a little mistake like that blow up in your face (literally)


propane wasnt working.. did it for like 2 hours... not a inch was lost..
Z0_o6
06-22-2009, 12:51 AM
How was it not working? You have to heat the spring in small sections (roughly an inch or so at a time) until it is nearly red hot with some pressure on it (using a spring compressor is preferable) til you see it begin to 'collapse.'
JITB
06-22-2009, 12:58 AM
not 100% if he was doing it in sections... Might give it another shot..with the propane. It was on ramps, with the car's own weight.
Terror
06-22-2009, 01:12 AM
cut those motherfuckers!
JITB
06-22-2009, 01:22 AM
cut those motherfuckers!

:yes:


BUT, since its been heated already once.. cutting isnt gonna be the best/easiest thing to do..lol
Barefoot
06-22-2009, 08:46 AM
:yes:


BUT, since its been heated already once.. cutting isnt gonna be the best/easiest thing to do..lollol heating was the best thing either.
Sammich
06-22-2009, 08:48 AM
I FIGURED SINCE IT WAS HEATED..IT'D BE EASIER TO CUT
aaronfelipe
06-22-2009, 08:55 AM
Talk to QD...
Dirty Octopus™
06-22-2009, 09:33 AM
lol heating was the best thing either.
this is true. but its only a temporary fix. ive hit some speed bumps and im not able to do everything in the fashion that i originally planned.

Talk to QD...well i just PM'd him i'll see what he says :goodjob:
SixSquared
06-22-2009, 10:06 AM
Kashime, next time you want homemade lowering, cut em instead of heating. Cutting retains the tensile strength of the spring.

PS when we gonna hang again? I haven't seen you in a minute.
Hektik
06-22-2009, 10:59 AM
gl
Dirty Octopus™
06-23-2009, 03:44 PM
thanks
Nismo
06-23-2009, 03:50 PM
If your trying to halfass it, bring it to rockstar motorsports. I hear they do a bang up shit job
Dirty Octopus™
06-23-2009, 03:58 PM
If your trying to halfass it, bring it to rockstar motorsports. I hear they do a bang up shit jobthanks
Nismo
06-23-2009, 04:09 PM
thanks

yessir!

On a side note, can't you cinch them down while heating them?
Dirty Octopus™
06-23-2009, 04:16 PM
yessir!

On a side note, can't you cinch them down while heating them?
no clue. ive never dealt with this before. If i had a choice i would have gotten coilovers but time was a factor, funds got depleted, & priorities outweighed everything.
jadakid88
06-23-2009, 04:42 PM
you should try heating and using a jack to collapse the spring. im pretty sure you know your going to measure to get them dead even...