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Lowering 33 By Heating Up Standard Springs

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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 :D

Ive got a r33 series 1 1993 skyline with standard suspension

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

cheers

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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.

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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.

.:: GimpS-R34 ::. Grand Master

.:: GimpS-R34 ::.

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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...

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W0rp3D

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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.

W0rp3D Grand Master

W0rp3D

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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?

W0rp3D Grand Master

W0rp3D

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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

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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

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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.

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