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Earling today I decided to cut my springs. Decided to do this due to wanting to lower my car but not wanting to put any money into it since it is a beater. After I cut my springs, when I went driving, if I take a corner where I need to turn my wheel more than 90 degrees, my car will act as if the alignment is very off. The wheel will sit at a 45 degree angle and will pull very hard to whichever side I had turned to. However, with this, if I turn my wheel about 100 degrees to the opposite side, it will straighten out. It will also straighten out if I jerk my wheel to the opposite side as well. This happens turning either way.

Another issue I'm experiencing is a grinding/scrapping noise whenever I turn my wheel either way. Prior to cutting the springs, there was no noise whatsoever.

What I was thinking is that now that the coil spring itself is a lot shorter than it used to be, there is a lot less pressure on the bottom and top of the strut so the bearing doesn't have the same amount of force/pressure it used to and doesn't turn/spin/rotate the same way it used to. However, I am also not too sure as to why it would cause either of the issues I'm experiencing. To add onto this, when I was cutting the springs, after I cut the bottom coil out, I noticed that there was a bit of play within the spring itself, (I was able to spin the spring back and fourth a small amount while it was around the strut) and I am curious as to how much that would contribute to these issues.

I am also curious as to if anyone might know the reasoning behind the issues as I haven't been able to find any of the same issues while looking around online and no one I know has seen this issue either. I know that a simple fix to this issue is spending $80 on lowering springs on amazon or grabbing some off a civic at a scrap yard, however this has peaked my curiosity rather than concern.

Do you think time would solve any of these issues? Such as allowing the springs to find a spot to sit somewhat properly now that they have been cut?

If there happens to already be a thread about someone experiencing the same issues, then my apologies, I must have missed it. Also thank you for any insight on the issue and any suggestions other than buying new springs or coilovers to fix the issues.

 
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You cut springs you get cut spring results.

There is a huge differance between cut springs and lowering springs.

Lowering springs are calibrated to have a ballanced spring tension for their length and the OEM struts. They are also squared off on the ends so they sit perfectly flat.

I'd guess that when you turn the end of the spring is catching on something and moving the suspension around.