Cutting springs

[aireq@u.washington.edu (Aireq)]

Mabye this is just me but everything I've heard about cutting springs has
been bad. Why don't you just drop a couple hundred bucks and pick up some
H&R's or something on ebay and do it right?


aireq

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of MrAudi
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:08 PM
To: Ken Bates; scirocco-mail list
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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