DIY on cuting springs?

[Catnip]

Seeing some peoples suspension work is scary.

I'm not saying you are an idiot or anything...but i have seen it done....cut the TOP of the spring not the bottom. A friend of mine got a car not too long ago for a good price, we checked out the suspension for him after he had the car in his hands. Well, turns out the fools before him cut the spring from the bottom and the spring ran about 2 rounds past the spring seat before the spring actually sat on it.

Anyway, I have been in several cars with cut spring and they didnt ride too damn bad. Just dont cut too much as others have already said.

So you're saying the name-brand after market spring had a stiffer spring rate than the cut springs? What you're saying is, the Eibachs would handle better by saying the cut springs rode softer

[oneSLOWex]

Seeing some peoples suspension work is scary.

LOL thats what Im saying. Not saying cut springs are bad....but work like what we found blows my mind. I mean do these people not see that their lives and others on the road with them depend on this shitty work?

[quickdodge®]

its easy:

take off the strut
disassemble
get a cutting wheel or grinding wheel air compressor, or a some sort of power tool, or some shit that will cut metal.

and cut it..

my springs are cut, and im all good, until the struts blew...

This is another reason why heating is better. It's easier to do. No tools necessary. Nothing to take off. Literally.

LOL thats what Im saying. Not saying cut springs are bad....but work like what we found blows my mind. I mean do these people not see that their lives and others on the road with them depend on this shitty work?

But that's someone not knowing what they're doing. Not someone doing something unsafe. Later, QD.