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  1. 06-21-2009, 10:04 PM #1
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    Exclamation i SERIOUSLY need help.

    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.

    Thank you in advance to anyone that can do this for me or lead me in the direction of someone that can.

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    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)
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    Quote Originally Posted by hondabuilder
    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..
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    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.'
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    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.
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    cut those motherfuckers!


    courtesy of whoever posted this before I stole it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Terror
    cut those motherfuckers!



    BUT, since its been heated already once.. cutting isnt gonna be the best/easiest thing to do..lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB



    BUT, since its been heated already once.. cutting isnt gonna be the best/easiest thing to do..lol
    lol heating was the best thing either.

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    I FIGURED SINCE IT WAS HEATED..IT'D BE EASIER TO CUT



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    Talk to QD...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot
    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.
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    well i just PM'd him i'll see what he says

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    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.

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    thanks

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    If your trying to halfass it, bring it to rockstar motorsports. I hear they do a bang up shit job
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nismo
    If your trying to halfass it, bring it to rockstar motorsports. I hear they do a bang up shit job
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirty Octopus™
    thanks
    yessir!

    On a side note, can't you cinch them down while heating them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nismo
    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.

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  20. 06-23-2009, 04:42 PM #20
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    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...
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