Ride on struts only. :P

 

bodykit

 

moar fat chics in trunk and backseat = SLAAAMMMED

 

remove struts.

remove srpings from coilovers.


Ball outta control.

 

/thread

 

Cut not the springs.

 

Useth thou brain, and thou shalt see that Sir Fabrik8 is the most correct of all.

 

throw away all of the following, coils, struts, bump stops and teeth.... get er dun... lol.

 

Ooooooooor he could take his springs off and go down to roanoke spring works and get er done the right way...

 

There is no "right way" to modify a spring. If you cut it, anneal it, close and grind the end, and heat treat it, you now have a spring that's the same spring rate as the old one but shorter. So you have the same spring rate and less spring travel.

If you anneal it, heat it, compress it, and heat treat it, you now have a shorter spring with almost the same spring rate but less travel before it goes into coil bind.

If someone can suggest a way to modify a pre-made spring without horribly compromising the spring design and performance, I'd love to hear about it.

In all honesty though, if the coilover doesn't go low enough for your tastes, get different coilovers. If you shorten the spring, you're getting really close to bottoming out the damper on even small bumps. Just like the old NASCAR joke that vehicle dynamicists like to tell, "any suspension will work if you don't let it"...

This isn't like putting lowering springs on stock-length struts. Coilovers are designed to have travel over the whole adjustment range of the spring that they come with. Change the spring length, and who knows where you stand..

There are all kinds of coilovers on the market that are specifically designed for going impractically low without any concern for actual suspension performance. Just buy some coilovers like that.