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Re: Cutt springs
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Sat, 01 November 2003 23:09
 
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Given that spring rate is directly proportional to the number of active coils in a given spring, if you remove an arbitrary number of coils from each spring (assuming there are more coils in the front springs than the back - the usual situation), you will alter the relative spring rates of your car from front to back in a major way. This will greatly upset the handling of your vehicle - intuitively, I'd imagine you will make it oversteer. This is a dangerous setup for a street car.
This ignores all the other cons:
1) illegal,
2) voids insurance policy,
3) potentially spring is not captive thru the full range of suspension travel - can fall out at full droop, with catastrophic results,
4) shorter range of travel before hitting bumpstops - this results in a significant change in 'spring rate', resulting in further unpredictable handling, and
5) depending upon the high tech manner employed to cut the springs, the cut spring end metallurgic properties may be altered resulting in premature sag.
These are good reasons why you shouldn't do it. I can't think of one reason why you might want to do it.
Ignore at your peril.
A full set of springs can be had for under $200. You could have your current springs reset to a lower height for around $50. Why would you risk the above?
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Cutt springs
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MR KE70 | Sat, 01 November 2003 10:17 |
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Re: Cutt springs
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Cool1 | Sat, 01 November 2003 10:25 |
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Re: Cutt springs
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ed_ma61 | Sat, 01 November 2003 10:28 |
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Callifo | Sat, 01 November 2003 11:16 |
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lang | Wed, 05 November 2003 08:25 |
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SeptemberSquallIndustries | Fri, 07 November 2003 12:48 |
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THE WITZL | Sat, 01 November 2003 11:21 |
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Re: Cutt springs
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MR KE70 | Sat, 01 November 2003 22:46 |
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Re: Cutt springs
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gianttomato | Sat, 01 November 2003 23:09 |
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Grega | Sat, 01 November 2003 23:16 |
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Classique71 | Sun, 02 November 2003 02:46 |
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draven | Sun, 02 November 2003 02:54 |
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wilbo666 | Sun, 02 November 2003 05:55 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 02 November 2003 06:16 |
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draven | Sun, 02 November 2003 08:17 |
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7mgte83 | Sun, 02 November 2003 06:36 |
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hotrolla | Sun, 02 November 2003 07:51 |
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[S.T.A.R.S] | Mon, 03 November 2003 03:23 |
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draven | Mon, 03 November 2003 03:24 |
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Lambolica | Mon, 03 November 2003 03:37 |
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ed_ma61 | Mon, 03 November 2003 03:29 |
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onejayzed | Mon, 03 November 2003 05:29 |
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MR KE70 | Mon, 03 November 2003 05:49 |
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draven | Mon, 03 November 2003 06:04 |
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EvilJack | Mon, 03 November 2003 06:36 |
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MR KE70 | Tue, 04 November 2003 08:54 |
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FLU77R | Tue, 04 November 2003 10:36 |
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THE WITZL | Tue, 04 November 2003 10:44 |
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ed_ma61 | Tue, 04 November 2003 13:04 |
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FLU77R | Wed, 05 November 2003 07:48 |
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alwaysRA23 | Wed, 05 November 2003 11:38 |
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moo4AGZETA22 | Wed, 05 November 2003 12:46 |
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draven | Tue, 04 November 2003 12:37 |
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 05 November 2003 08:23 |
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FLU77R | Fri, 07 November 2003 02:16 |
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spoon_god | Wed, 05 November 2003 22:46 |
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Jag7799 | Thu, 06 November 2003 03:17 |
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Re: Cutttttttt springs
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oldcorollas | Thu, 06 November 2003 04:30 |
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Jag7799 | Thu, 06 November 2003 04:40 |
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MR KE70 | Thu, 06 November 2003 05:05 |
