[DML] Re: Lowering Advice

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Use the thin (unreinforced) cutting discs. They slice through the
springs more than twice as quickly as the thicker ones. You'll snap a
bunch of them as the cutting angle changes. You may also find that
their diameter is just a hair too small to cut completely through --
simply pop the remaining piece with a cold chisel. A flex extension is
much easier to manuever than the Moto Tool itself (for all operations,
not just this one).

I cut mine on the car so I could repeatedly raise and lower the front
end as I cut 1/4 coil increments until the desired height was reached
(gap between the tires and wheel wells matched the rear). Seem to
remember it was 1.5 coils.

Notice that the angle of the coils matches the angle of the lower
control arms: rotate your cut ends to the outside center of the LCA
bowls, and the coils will hug them perfectly around to the inside
center before spiraling up & out. Drivers side will use the bowl
towards the rear of the car, passenger side will use the bowl towards
the front.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, PRC1216@xxxx wrote:
> Okay, I know that there have been many threads on this topic, but
here it 
> goes again.   If I were to buy a used set of front springs, cut them
down 1.5 or 
> 2 inches with a Dremel, and put them back on the front of my car,
would there 
> be any unforseen problems?  Would cutting 1.5 inches off the spring
lower the 
> front of my car 1.5 inches, or should I cut more?   I just want my
front end 
> to be a little bit lower, which in my opinion makes the car look
sleeker and 
> sexier.   I plan on saving my original springs in case I want to
return the car 
> to stock height.   I don't want it too low, and I don't want to
touch the rear 
> end, because I think that looks fine the way that it is.   
> 
> If you want to email me directly, PRC1216(at)aol.com
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 1880
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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