Jcrow Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Rather than buying lowering springs I heard you can cut your coil springs. You cut off 1/4 turn at a time until its low enough. Just wondering if anyone has done this on a W before. Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 You can cut some, and it will stiffen the ride. However, W-body springs have one major issue preventing much cutting - they are tapered in shape. I don't even think you can cut a complete coil before they won't sit in their seat anymore. Quote
jeremy Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 I had wondered the same thing for quite a while, I cut the coils on one of my fieros to drop her and the ride wasn't noticably bad. Quote
GutlessSupreme Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Rather than buying lowering springs I heard you can cut your coil springs. You cut off 1/4 turn at a time until its low enough. Just wondering if anyone has done this on a W before. = the Ricer lowering method. Plan and simple; it's a hackjob. Quote
jeremy Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 = the Ricer lowering method. Plan and simple; it's a hackjob. it is a hackjob, but when I did it on my Fiero, I didn't notice a poor ride and there was no "ricer bounce"...curious as to what results a w-body would provide. Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Cutting is better than heating. Basically, cutting just increases the load rating and you'll get a stiffer, harsher ride. BUT take a look at a W-body spring and you'll see cutting isn't really an option. It would work fine for cars with cylindrically shaped springs, but ours is shaped more like a bloated Christmas tree. Everything about these cars makes lowering a pain. Quote
Jcrow Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Posted February 7, 2005 Just found this, It says you can cut em, and its from this board! http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:juxCD9IhoCQJ:w-body.com/upgrades/suspension-springs.html+lower+cutlass+springs&hl=en&client=firefox-a Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Yeah, but I wrote that before I actually pulled a spring to take a look at it. A lot of that was just theoretical. I'll dig around and see if I can find pics of uncompressed springs. You will see you can't even chop a complete coil because it'll change the diameter of where the spring seats. Quote
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