Cutting springs

[tpiwonka@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Robert Piwonka)]

It is very possible and simple to just jack up the car, remove wheels,
compress spring with spring compressor and use a cutting wheel while not
disassembling anything.  This is the way I did it, I will purchase h&r race
springs when I have the funds but I have had cut springs with boge turbo gas
for 2 years with no problems but a rough ride and I should probably replace
the upper strut bearings, you will have to go slow over large bumps though.

Robert Piwonka
86 16V

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:22 PM
To: Ken Bates; scirocco list
Subject: Re: Cutting springs


Well, Ken, I don't anyone on the list will actually recommend that you cut
the springs, I know I won't.
That said, you can certainly get away with it for awhile.  I've seen others
do it and not suffer any catastrophic consequences.  The main problem may
come if you cut a coil from a spring that has that last coil "flat-wound" so
it will seat in a flat spring pad.  Our Scirocco's front struts have lower
pads that are not flat, so you may not encounter problems in that area.
For the money (next to nothing if you can find a shop to do it, nothing if
you can use a hacksaw), it's an option you have to consider...
Second, buy a set of spring compressors.  JCWhitney sells a set that works
very nicely for less than $20.  They will pay for themselves.

Larry  sandiego16V

> 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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