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THE WITZL Forums Junkie Toymods Social Secretary Location: Sydney Registered: July 2002	Re: Cutting springs Wed, 30 April 2003 23:52 also, don't forget to ask your friend if he would like a big fat hole punched through his struts and strut top, because that is inevitably what could happen. Quote: cutting the springs will increase the spring rate, (it will make your car handle worse on the road, because you need softish suspension on the road, otherwise it will skip over bumps and you will lose traction) to work it out, roughly new spring rate = original spring rate*(original length/new cut length) I fail to see how the laws of physics allow a spring reduced in length and otherwise unchanged is able to increase its spring rate. As far as i was aware, by cutting the springs you are maintaining the same spring rate as before, if not, you are reducing it. Either way it simply is NOT COOL because you end up with a car that does nothing but bounce all over the shop, have crap arsed handling, bottoms out ALL THE TIME, and is generally unsafe. Please, listen to the negative recommendations here - they aren't wrong! In short, don't do it. Illegal. No insurance. Dangerous. Crap. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Cutting springs	swankiedude	Wed, 30 April 2003 01:02
	Re: Cutting springs	Norbie	Wed, 30 April 2003 01:07
	Re: Cutting springs	rollaboy	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:00
	Re: Cutting springs	Micbod	Wed, 30 April 2003 01:09
	Re: Cutting springs	ed_ma61	Wed, 30 April 2003 01:22
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Wed, 30 April 2003 02:06
	Re: Cutting springs	biased99	Wed, 30 April 2003 03:19
	Re: Cutting springs	manipulate	Wed, 30 April 2003 08:55
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Wed, 30 April 2003 11:41
	Re: Cutting springs	mrshin	Wed, 30 April 2003 11:46
	Re: Cutting springs	swankiedude	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:00
	Re: Cutting springs	shinybluesteel	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:07
	Re: Cutting springs	wilbo666	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:46
	Re: Cutting springs	Micbod	Thu, 01 May 2003 00:33
	Re: Cutting springs	shinybluesteel	Thu, 01 May 2003 00:56
	Re: Cutting springs	Nark	Thu, 01 May 2003 01:44
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Thu, 01 May 2003 01:58
	Re: Cutting springs	Nark	Thu, 01 May 2003 02:23
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Thu, 01 May 2003 02:42
	Re: Cutting springs	Nark	Thu, 01 May 2003 01:47
	Re: Cutting springs	Mr DOHC	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:05
	Re: Cutting springs	juzzo84	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:50
	Re: Cutting springs	juzzo84	Wed, 30 April 2003 12:52
	Re: Cutting springs	THE WITZL	Wed, 30 April 2003 23:52
	Re: Cutting springs	swankiedude	Thu, 01 May 2003 00:27
	Re: Cutting springs	THE WITZL	Thu, 01 May 2003 00:30
	Re: Cutting springs	swankiedude	Thu, 01 May 2003 02:04
	Re: Cutting springs	wilbo666	Thu, 01 May 2003 02:04
	Re: Cutting springs	THE WITZL	Thu, 01 May 2003 02:47
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Thu, 01 May 2003 05:29
	Re: Cutting springs	Nark	Thu, 01 May 2003 05:52
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Thu, 01 May 2003 06:08
	Re: Cutting springs	THE WITZL	Thu, 01 May 2003 06:19
	Re: Cutting springs	gianttomato	Thu, 01 May 2003 06:46
	Re: Cutting springs	Nark	Thu, 01 May 2003 06:54
	Re: Cutting springs	Rolla Boy	Thu, 01 May 2003 10:28
	Re: Cutting springs	Fattony	Thu, 01 May 2003 17:35

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