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Cutting Springs V Reseating Springs With Some Of Coil Up Top

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My springs are hard as hell, insanely hard, and it's standard ride height so instead of getting new springs i'm thinking about cutting em.. i know this is dodgy but yeh,

A friend of mine said it's possible to take the spring off, and pull it up slightly so that one of the coils is sitting over the top of the tower part (mine has around 4 coils left over) and this will lower it without me having to cut em

I know it's dodgy but.. yeh curious if anyones ever heard of that second method?

Car is a r32 gts-t with aftermarket coilovers not sure which brand

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Messiah Mentor

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....prefer to work on performance a bit if that was the case :P....

What are you talking about?!?!?!

Suspension is a key part of performance. What do you want to do, work on the engine then destroy any ability to use the benefits.

As mentioned above, dont be a dumbass a just do it properly.

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lol, you guys buy my car and you can do whatever you want with it, ok

My car already handles better than it goes by far, i cant hardly kick the back out,

People lower their cars all the time FYI. by putting shorter springs.. it's just shorter.. and they're already tight as all hell.. either way the car sits lower.. because of a shorter spring..

So no one i'm assuming has heard of pulling the coils up top like i explained earlier?

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never heard of pulling them over the strut top, and I don't understand how you could keep them in place and ensure they don't rise or fall.

plenty of people have cut springs and survived, just keep it to a decent length (eg 1 coil).

However...you said "My springs are hard as hell, insanely hard".

Cutting a spring makes it harder by the % you remove (eg if you cut one coil of 8 it is 9/8ths firmer). You will lower it but make it firmer.

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