Your thoughts on cutting stock springs

[SmoknHondaOwnrs]

Im getting a new set with struts and all anyway. Should i try it....maybe 1 coil??

 

[SHO Continental]

No!!!!

 

[ty91sho]

i was thinking of it too, does it mess up everything?

 

[shobote]

If you are purchasing replacement sruts that are similar to OEM, (KYB, Monroe) they only work well with stock springs anyway; if you are purchasing performance struts (Koni, Tokico) why not buy Eibachs since you are already spending about $800-900 for struts, mounts, bearings, boots, alignment, etc ?

 

[SmoknHondaOwnrs]

If you are purchasing replacement sruts that are similar to OEM, (KYB, Monroe) they only work well with stock springs anyway; if you are purchasing performance struts (Koni, Tokico) why not buy Eibachs since you are already spending about $800-900 for struts, mounts, bearings, boots, alignment, etc ?

Well, i am buying upgraded suspension. I was planning on the eibachs with the tokico struts. I was just gonna do this before i spend all that money to see what this could do.

BTW...I really think someone has previously switched the rear springs out. I remember on my old 91 it was really floaty, and on this one its nice and stiff.

 

[shobote]

Well, i am buying upgraded suspension. I was planning on the eibachs with the tokico struts. I was just gonna do this before i spend all that money to see what this could do.

BTW...I really think someone has previously switched the rear springs out. I remember on my old 91 it was really floaty, and on this one its nice and stiff.

That's a lot of work' I mean all the labo involved to just cut the springs without replacing anything else; do it once do it all, do it right, and your SHO will be most happy

 

[scooby]

i had a cobra dropped about a inch and the shop just heated up the coils with a torch 10min later it was lower.

 

[RStalveyARFF]

I'll spell it out so it's understood why it is not advisable to cut stock springs. When you hear people talking about cutting springs on eibachs, intrax, and moog cargo coils they are cutting off dead coils. These are coils that in no way compress during suspension movement. They make contact with another coil at all times. These springs are also progressive springs, meaning they get tighter the more they are compressed. A stock spring has the same compression rate whether it's compressed a 1/2" or 4". There are no "dead coils" on a stock spring. Every coil is live. Cutting one of these coils will change the compression rate and could seriously affect ride quality and possibly mak the spring fail prematurely. Heating the springs also changes the compression rate and can also make the spring prematurely fail. If you want to lower the car use lowering springs with proper performance struts. You trust your life to your suspension every time you get behind the wheel. If you have a catastrophic failure you're buckled in for one **** of a ride. As a rule I don't skimp on 3 things for my car. Tires, brakes, and suspension.

 

[ford_freak]

cutting springs is usually never good idea cause the spring factory designed it to be at that height and perform at that height