Cutting eibach's??
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Cutting eibach's??
I'm not liking how far the eibach sportlines dropped my g/f's 01 coupe. Needs to be much lower. They've only been on the car for two days now, but i have a hard time believing they will drop 1" in the front.
So my question is this,
How much should i cut for a 1" farther drop, and how will this affect the springs/car? The ride quality already sucks so thats not a big problem, but i just would like to know if this will cause premature wear on the koni struts/front suspension.
So my question is this,
How much should i cut for a 1" farther drop, and how will this affect the springs/car? The ride quality already sucks so thats not a big problem, but i just would like to know if this will cause premature wear on the koni struts/front suspension.
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Originally Posted by 2k2civ34
HAHA why in hell would you cut springs are you just asking for further expenses? Cutting springs is one of the stupidest things you can do. Just buy new springs.
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silly ur not suppost to cut springs it gets ruined later on ....just dont do it and him saying ahaha and being gay making fun of u he should explain what happens when u cut springs
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Rep Power: 257 i have never been a fan of cutting spring myself... reason being it mess's with the spring rate... meaning you have a spring that is meant for a 2 inch drop or whatever and it take a certain amount of force to push it down. then you cut it and mess that whole ratio up. and how do people cut springs all at the exact same height thats what i wanna know.
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Originally Posted by Slow Gold
i have never been a fan of cutting spring myself... reason being it mess's with the spring rate... meaning you have a spring that is meant for a 2 inch drop or whatever and it take a certain amount of force to push it down. then you cut it and mess that whole ratio up. and how do people cut springs all at the exact same height thats what i wanna know.
Here is the problem(front much higher than the rear):
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Rep Power: 257 Yeah it is.. Well ur lucky cuz my car is 0.5" higher on the front pasangers side then the front drivers side.. " i have coil overs and the front is droped down all the say on both.." ahah its soo gay.. anyone know why?
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HAHA why in hell would you cut springs are you just asking for further expenses? Cutting springs is one of the stupidest things you can do. Just buy new springs.
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Originally Posted by jbrown59
Seriously, the both of you have nothing to offer to this site. If you have information then post it. Nobody is above or below anybody, we are just trying to share what we know and learn off eachother. If you really have to be a jack *** about it then do it on some other forum.
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Originally Posted by 2k2civ34
I did have info to add. I told him not to cut them because in the long run it would cause him more expenses and also to buy new springs. Or did y'all not read what I wrote?
I think he's refering to the smart *** attitude and no explanation of why it would hurt the car. Here's your head shake
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Originally Posted by 5.0calypso93lx
I think he's refering to the smart *** attitude and no explanation of why it would hurt the car. Here's your head shake
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Originally Posted by 2k2civ34
Ok here are some explanations if y'all are going to cry about it. 1st, heating and or cutting will make them un-even. There is almost no way to get around the un-even cut. 2nd, you could blow your struts. 3rd, it is just plain stupid to cut them.
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Originally Posted by 5.0calypso93lx
I could def. understand where heating them could cause problems, but how hard could it be to make an even cut on both of them?? Put them side by side, cut each one at the same angle at the same spot, done.
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Originally Posted by 2k2civ34
My friend had a muffler shop cut his too, measured even right next to each other and BAM! about 2 weeks later one side was lower than the other. I don't know what causes it, but for some reason it weakened part of the spring.
One more thing though, if a big sub box is in the trunk with two 12"s, could that be the reason the rear is lower than the front?
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Originally Posted by 5.0calypso93lx
Well thanks for all your guys input. Hopefully these things will settle or i don't know what i'm gonna do.
One more thing though, if a big sub box is in the trunk with two 12"s, could that be the reason the rear is lower than the front?
One more thing though, if a big sub box is in the trunk with two 12"s, could that be the reason the rear is lower than the front?
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Rep Power: 257 for some odd reason i think a lot of people have the same problem you do... being that the front is higher then the back. im pretty sure mine is the same way my rear wheels tuck and the front ones dont. hm. im wondering if i buy a camber kit for the rear if it will take the illusion away some. because here the even odder part. measure your ground clearance from all the jacking points now just for ***** and giggles. btw inca is the only way to go
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Originally Posted by Slow Gold
for some odd reason i think a lot of people have the same problem you do... being that the front is higher then the back. im pretty sure mine is the same way my rear wheels tuck and the front ones dont. hm. im wondering if i buy a camber kit for the rear if it will take the illusion away some. because here the even odder part. measure your ground clearance from all the jacking points now just for ***** and giggles. btw inca is the only way to go
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Rep Power: 279 Just dont cut um,heat um or anything like that. You will only make your car look lopsided or something..\ \ or / \ or / / somthing like that. just wont ever be right, you'll end up regreting it, when you could have just sold the springs and got new ones. Or just wait till the settle in cause they will drop. Besides the fact that it is just the GHETTO way to do thing...
But till the settle you could just drive around with a 1/4 of a tank of gas all the time.
But till the settle you could just drive around with a 1/4 of a tank of gas all the time.
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Originally Posted by DUDEitsMATTx
Yeah it is.. Well ur lucky cuz my car is 0.5" higher on the front pasangers side then the front drivers side.. " i have coil overs and the front is droped down all the say on both.." ahah its soo gay.. anyone know why?
This is normal. There a TSB that even states this. The left side of the car is heavier then the right side.
For the original poster, you can make the rear higher to even out the stance if you have Konis in the back. Konis come with two settings, the higher one is called the "towing" position. To use this setting, you have move the circlip to the upper groove under the lower spring perch.
To me, looks like you have a heavy stereo in the back..
i have nuespeed sports and i have the same problem i was thinkin of just swapping in nuespeed race springs in the front cause they are 2.25f and 2r which would make my car about even i would sell my front sports 1.75 drop if i got a set of front race springs i wanted to look to see if they had the same spring rates or close just a lower drop anyone know where you can find the spring rates
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Rep Power: 284 its dropped it hella nice too!! but he has a mustang 2 front suspension, and he was using v8 springs but the car isnt heavy enough so he put some 4 cylinder springs and cut a coil off
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Rep Power: 284 actually it made it better lol. the car just bounced with the regular v8 springs, only the sidewall of the tires was the suspension, and now it actually absorbs lol
