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  1. #1 Anyone know about cutting a coil out of your springs 
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    Has anyone cut off a coil from there leaf springs or heated them up to lower there car? witch ones better and how good dose it work? pros and cons
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  2. #2 Re: Anyone know about cutting a coil out of your springs 
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    that was a trick used back in the days, the car will bounce like crazy and most likely will ride like isht
    do the right thing and buy lowering spring
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    ^^^X2 Don't be cheap.
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    youre compromising the structural integrity of the springs as well as throwing off the spring rate. buy springs with struts able to take them.
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    well, we dont have leaf springs. So thats not going to happen.

    Dont do it man. Its going to ride like crap and bounce like crazy could even break coil spring.
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    springs arent that expensive, you can even buy them used for cheap.
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    haha i seen this done this kid at my old shop cut a coil off and drove it home next day he called in he was gona be late hmmmm, he came in a hr. later and his car on a tow truck tha spring from being so sloppy on there spun of the strut and punctured the inside of his tires
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