cutting springs?

[Fondle]

is it a good idea to cut the stock springs on my 99 camaro? or would that be a bad idea handling wise and should i just get new springs

[LETZRIDE]

Re: cutting springs?

no its not a good idea...dont do it....

ricers cut there springs...

[pace2006]

Re: cutting springs?

Don't cut your springs. If you're wanting the back to sit a little lower or even with the front, do a search on the heater hose mod. If you're wanting the whole car to sit lower, look into getting some aftermarket springs.

[Archer]

Re: cutting springs?

what they said, cutting your springs is not only dangerous, but you can not get them perfect... then car wont be perfect. spend a little over a hundred and get some good springs

Archer

[Bonemaro]

Re: cutting springs?

Our rear springs are tapered. Once cut, they will not fit in the car correctly. My buddy cut the coils in his bird. After leaving the shop, he lost a coil on the high and rolled the bird at full speed. He's lucky to be alive. ...ended up looking something like this.

[tkoforpresident]

Re: cutting springs?

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... i'm gonna go ahead and side with the people who say "It's NOT safe"

[LETZRIDE]

Re: cutting springs?

Our rear springs are tapered. Once cut, they will not fit in the car correctly. My buddy cut the coils in his bird. After leaving the shop, he lost a coil on the high and rolled the bird at full speed. He's lucky to be alive. ...ended up looking something like this.

these things actually roll eh?...I was thinking they are too low and wide to roll unless you went up off something...

[Archer]

Re: cutting springs?

these things actually roll eh?...I was thinking they are too low and wide to roll unless you went up off something...

I can see where the car drops after loosing a spring and it going sideways till it hits something and rolls

Archer

[Fondle]

Re: cutting springs?

alright i figured it wouldnt be safe, but i was talking to a buddy with a 03 cobra and he said he cut his and it rode alot better, be he also said his stock spring were constant rate springs so i figured i would ask

[Bonemaro]

Re: cutting springs?

these things actually roll eh?...I was thinking they are too low and wide to roll unless you went up off something...

I can see where the car drops after loosing a spring and it going sideways till it hits something and rolls

Archer

Exactly. Slide sideways at 80MPH off a small drainage embankment and roll it about 7 times. Not a fun evening.

[zpwn06]

Re: cutting springs?

do it
natural selection

[FireFox89]

Re: cutting springs?

No.....please refrain from cutting your springs. Not only is it a ricey thing to do, its severely unsafe. Do yourself a favor and investing a few hundred on performance springs, if your going to lower it/performance reasons.

[BallerMaro13]

Re: cutting springs?

Fondle, i think it's safe to say the best thing to do is pick up an eibach kit or springs of your choice...cutting corners is not worth an unsafe vehicle obviously. plenty of us on here have used lowering springs with great success, so find what you like and we can help you out from there. I love how mine turned out, definitely worth spending a lil extra.

how's the modding been going lately? the hurst still treating you well?

[Bonemaro]

Re: cutting springs?

I have 2" drop coils on mine and love them.

[T-Mill]

Re: cutting springs?

I know someone who cut their springs on a 95 Camaro and the spring broke loose while his g/f was driving it, the end result wasn't catastrophic, but it ended up cutting the tire, and doing some other misc damage... if she'd been on the highway who knows what could have happened...