Lowering 33 By Heating Up Standard Springs

[adelaidebloke]

Hey just curious

I was thinking instead of buying lowered king springs etc because i want a custom height for my car, of just heating up the springs with an oxy accetelene blow torch.

Ive done this previously on my vn commy couple years back

Ive got a r33 series 1 1993 skyline with standard suspension

What do youse think? And im on a very tight budget haha

cheers

[mid life crisis]

i think your asking for a death wish heating springs is one of the most stupid mods you can do . nothing like making spring steel go brittle . but good luck to ya

[nizmonut]

this is a brilliant example of what i like to call halfassedmotorsport....stop being a cheap ass and go buy the damn king springs. sheesh.

[black_gtst]

or buy a second hand set of coilovers!

[br3ndan]

or buy a second hand set of coilovers!

Def. a viable opition.

Dont go cheap... not only are you in dangering your self, but others around you.

[W0rp3D]

So you have bought a car that is a nice handling car from factory, built with the right balance and geometry and now you want to butcher it like a pos vn, just remember that anything you do to a vn will make it better but when you already have a good starting base dodgy shit like this is going to take it backwards.

[R33 S2]

BIG no no.

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

sounds like antoher commodore driver wants to mod a skyline

[Schoer_gtst]

Hey just curious

I was thinking instead of buying lowered king springs etc because i want a custom height for my car, of just heating up the springs with an oxy accetelene blow torch.

Ive done this previously on my vn commy couple years back

Ive got a r33 series 1 1993 skyline with standard suspension

What do youse think? And im on a very tight budget haha

cheers

Apparently he wants to die...... Dont be a tight ass buy the springs or just leave it as is.

[RBwhatever]

hahahahaha what a joke. It'd be safer to just cut your springs down, but even that is still a stupid idea.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

yeah most stupid idea.. defectable.. dangerous.. messing with things you shouldnt.. sounds like another home modifier... kfc ad with the cardboard bodykit

why is it that when ppl get skylines they suddenly hate holdens.. sounds like a case of the sheep to me...

[W0rp3D]

why is it that when ppl get skylines they suddenly hate holdens.. sounds like a case of the sheep to me...

i have been a ford man since dick johnson hit the rock and although i own an R33 i still have an NC fairlane sitting out the back, even when i owned an RX7 i still owned a ford, my loyalty will always lie with ford no matter what i own, have always hated most holdens, the the only ones i dont hate is ht-hg-hk 2 door, lh slr5000 lj 2 door and walkinshaw commodore but i dont like plain vl's.

[Howie]

omg.. haha i like where this thread is going.

IBTL

[W0rp3D]

IBTL

SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH

no need for lock, lets see where this rabbit hole goes.

[GTS4WD]

Oh!..

This is an awesome idea!

I heard Supercheap is having a half price sale on blow torches this week!

Group Buy anyone!?

[W0rp3D]

Oh!..

This is an awesome idea!

I heard Supercheap is having a half price sale on blow torches this week!

Group Buy anyone!?

im in, im too smart to chop my suspension though, have always wanted to see how a 33 would look with a 3" roof chop, do you think i'll need anything more than a chisel to modify the windows?

[Howie]

make sure when you the chop worped that you fabricate a roll bar using pvc and coloured Styrofoam.

[W0rp3D]

make sure when you the chop worped that you fabricate a roll bar using pvc and coloured Styrofoam.

OMG that is a FULL SIC idea, and with the left over pvc i can make an intercooler kit, FFUUULLLLYYYY SIICCCCCC

[adelaidebloke]

when you already have a good starting base dodgy shit like this is going to take it backwards.

Yeh definately made your point, but when your 18 doing stupid dangerous things doesn't seem to fase most teenagers. Looks like king springs it is.

Lol at GTS4WD's comment

[bozodos]

well at least he's not taking the springs out entirely like some morons around here I've seen.

And about the comment on anything making a VN handle better - even a set of standard height King Springs worked wonders on mine so you'd be quite right there, but then when i only had a commo, suspension mods rarely went past superlow's and Monroe shocks lol.