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Old 05-02-2009, 09:58 PM
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A friend of mine wants to cut his 04 gt springs a coil and has no camber plates. Is this okay?

What if he just did the fronts??

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Old 05-02-2009, 10:01 PM
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Theres a thread somewhere in this forum of some guy who cut one whole coil and it actually looked REALLY good....but many say you mightaswell buyt some FRPP C springs for cheap than to cut the stock ones if you want to go a cheap route
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yea i would just buy new there like 150$
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It is fine to cut them. I know people that have been running cut stock springs for years.
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:23 AM
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I cut a coil off all of my springs, the only thing bad is this slight squeak coming from the rear passenger side(Im thinking the LCA).
My sig is uncut springs. And I also left in the isolators without them it would of been a slightly larger drop(mabey .5")

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04's dont have coil overs..they have just a regular spring and shock.
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i did it..just be careful i hacked the crap out of my front springs and lowered it too far. it looked good but was way too low had to buy SS's
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Originally Posted by Pohatu18
I cut a coil off all of my springs, the only thing bad is this slight squeak coming from the rear passenger side(Im thinking the LCA).
My sig is uncut springs. And I also left in the isolators without them it would of been a slightly larger drop(mabey .5")

looks good. hows the ride?? and should you have left the isolators on? Is it not good to run without them??

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04's dont have coil overs..they have just a regular spring and shock.
yeah sorry, i corrected my typo

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i did it..just be careful i hacked the crap out of my front springs and lowered it too far. it looked good but was way too low had to buy SS's
how did you cut too much? I plan on helping my buddy so I am only going to take one whole coil off. you get some pics??
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been running mine cut for a year 100 miles a day and i cannot tell a difference in the ride and it looks good.
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Don'T go any lower than my drop in my Sig. This is as low as I would go without plates or lower shock cam bolts.
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