Cutting springs

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

I've done it before with a dremel and a cut off wheel.  Or you can go to
sears and but a 4" electric angle grinder and go throught them like butter.
Lots of sparks either way.

Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "MrAudi" <vze3pj7t@verizon.net>
To: "Ken Bates" <Indiana_Red@hotmail.com>; "scirocco-mail list"
<Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: Cutting springs


> i cut the springs in an mk1 i had with a regular old hacksaw. worked just
> fine. i used a little "u" clamp to hold the spring to the strut assembly
> then. good luck.......
>
> Jason Neubold
> 85 Maroon 8v
> 86 Tornado Red 16v
> 85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Bates" <Indiana_Red@hotmail.com>
> To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:45 PM
> Subject: Cutting springs
>
>
> > First let me say that I realize that cutting springs to lower ride
heighth
> > is usually NOT the best way to do this for atleast a few reasons.  After
> > much archive searching and thread monitoring, I've decided that my setup
> > will be probly HnR Sport and bilstein sport.  In the meantime the 16v
> strut
> > assemblys on my Mk1 16v conversion are making the front end especially,
> > quite high.  Just over 5" gap above the stock 14" w/ 185 60s.
> > What are the several steps here for doing this.  Dissasembling the strut
> w/
> > spring compressors is the tricky part and then finding a shop that can
cut
> a
> > coil or two off then reassembling.....
> > Ya spose I could drop them off at a "speed shop" an have them do it?
Cant
> > be too much labor involve for a shop w/ the right tools allready eh?
> > If I can even get 6 months or a year out of them before I blow out the
> > shocks from the unmatched shock travel/spring range, then I just give it
> the
> > old
> > "whelp..guess I'll call Potter for a new suspension..."  when i can
afford
> > it a little better.
> > "spring cutters" chime in please
> >
> > Ken
> > 1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
> > 16v conversion - Engine in, now the hard part
> > Electrical  : (
> > VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
> >
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