Cutting springs
03-17-2010, 10:00 AM
#3
Well the only time i think cutting springs is a good idea is if the shocks/struts can handle it...like if using aftermarket shocks and struts. Stock shocks and struts on GT's cant handle cut springs very well. Cobra guys do it all the time because their bilstein shocks and struts can handle it but our crappy gt stock stuff cant. I wouldnt advise it. Buy a set of springs and call it a day.
03-17-2010, 10:18 AM
#4
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ok, well on several occasions (i've been considering it for quite some time) i've seen quite a few setups (springs shocks and sometimes a sway bar) for a couple hundred on ebay and craigslist.. idk though. i will have to wait a while, considering i just spent ~2300 to rebuild my engine due to 2 spun bearings and 2 broken valves... and now i have a kid on the way (so no blower)
03-17-2010, 10:21 AM
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i cut mine ago before i got new spring/shocks/struts/CC plates.
I cut them down 1.5 inches on all sides. The stock shocks/struts handled it fine. Never bottomed out or had any problems with them. I did it when the car had about 40,000 miles and went about 5,000 miles give or take before i changed them all out. So for me I took my time did it right and had no problems at all but I cant say no one will have problems Teej is right our stock shocks/struts are the best so yours may not hold up as well. and if its got more miles they will handle it worse then mine too.
I cut them down 1.5 inches on all sides. The stock shocks/struts handled it fine. Never bottomed out or had any problems with them. I did it when the car had about 40,000 miles and went about 5,000 miles give or take before i changed them all out. So for me I took my time did it right and had no problems at all but I cant say no one will have problems Teej is right our stock shocks/struts are the best so yours may not hold up as well. and if its got more miles they will handle it worse then mine too.
03-17-2010, 10:28 AM
#6
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I have been running cut c-springs for about 6 years now on the stock shocks/struts. I did it back when I was in high school and never really felt like going back and doing it right. No complaints here though.
03-17-2010, 10:29 AM
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well, i fear that I would bottom out, because i have 20x9 in the front 20x10 in the back.
Funny story really quick: When I first bought my mustang, it already had Jade-R wheels (20x9 and 20x10). I realized that i was having rubbing issues, but only when i turned left... as it turns out, the idiot that had previously owned the car, decided that he wanted to rotate the tires, so i had a 20x9 and a 20x10 in the front.... pft, idiots theses days.
Funny story really quick: When I first bought my mustang, it already had Jade-R wheels (20x9 and 20x10). I realized that i was having rubbing issues, but only when i turned left... as it turns out, the idiot that had previously owned the car, decided that he wanted to rotate the tires, so i had a 20x9 and a 20x10 in the front.... pft, idiots theses days.
03-17-2010, 10:35 AM
#8
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Noone can stop you from cutting anything on your car, is cutting springs safe NO, you change the spring in many ways by cutting them, springs are designed for certain things and cutting them alters there stability!
think of it in this way, would you cut your vlv springs to the height you wanted them? same exact thing just a bigger spring! buy the right parts!
think of it in this way, would you cut your vlv springs to the height you wanted them? same exact thing just a bigger spring! buy the right parts!
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03-17-2010, 11:26 AM
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i think you would be fine doing 1 coil or so. i believe they are linear rate springs so you wont run into a compression problem (versus progressive rate springs), just that you now have 1 less coil of travel allowed by the springs.
is it ever a good i dea to just cut stuff? i would say no, but if this is just until you get the right ones then may be ok. or just hold off and wait till the money comes and save the hassle of doing the job twice.
is it ever a good i dea to just cut stuff? i would say no, but if this is just until you get the right ones then may be ok. or just hold off and wait till the money comes and save the hassle of doing the job twice.
03-17-2010, 12:36 PM
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i think you would be fine doing 1 coil or so. i believe they are linear rate springs so you wont run into a compression problem (versus progressive rate springs), just that you now have 1 less coil of travel allowed by the springs.
is it ever a good i dea to just cut stuff? i would say no, but if this is just until you get the right ones then may be ok. or just hold off and wait till the money comes and save the hassle of doing the job twice.
is it ever a good i dea to just cut stuff? i would say no, but if this is just until you get the right ones then may be ok. or just hold off and wait till the money comes and save the hassle of doing the job twice.
I think i am just gonna wait til the money comes in, so that i DON'T have to do it twice. good thinkin