Quote Originally Posted by NissanTun3r View Post
If cutting springs was truly as safe/effective as buying aftermarket springs I'm sure atleast 2 things would happen:
1) the suspension aftermarket wouldn't be nearly as big as it is since eveyone can cut springs for 1/4 of the price and yield the equal benefits...suppliers like tein and koni would go out of business because no one would buy their stuff because according to you cut/heat springs do the same thing but cheaper and thus everyone would jump on this bandwagon.....much like how everyone started spray painting their wheels when it became known it was a cheap alternative to getting them professionally painted/powdercoated.
2) damn near everyone would do it..... I know a couple of ppl who auto-x and drag and they don't use cut/heated springs...they use coilovers....and I don't personally know anyone who uses cut/heated springs that has a car that can handle well


Full coilovers are awesome because you can adjust them so many ways, also....after these cut springs blow your struts then what!? exactly....now you have to get new struts so you prob should've just gotten coilovers from the start
You're making yourself seem stupid. First off, no not everyone would do it, I'm not saying they're BETTER, but I am saying they ARE equal to cheap springs. I'd rather save $200 even if I had the $200 to spend on springs. That's just me. It has nothing to do with being rich or poor. People DO spend money to have name brand parts though, you can't argue there. It is true some people cut springs because they're cheap and have no money for anything else, however some cut them for reasons.

The racing thing I know a lot of people who run eBay coilovers and many pro teams who have experimented with cutting springs. You'd be surprised. Plus not all classes allow full coilovers.

Cut springs DO NOT blow struts or shocks more than a lowering spring, WHY would you think that??? Struts are cheap, coilovers are $1000+ for a DECENT setup. A set of coilover sleeves or really nice springs with adjustable shocks is just as good to most people as a full set of real adjustable coilovers. Why? People like you don't know how to use them correctly and can't drive that well so it doesn't matter WHAT you have it's how you use it. lol

My red E30 didn't handle bad at all with cut springs, the springs are not the only thing on suspension. It was the equivalent of me running some lower end say Tein Basics or something, if the spring rates were the same then not much else mattered.