a cutting wheel would probably be the easiest way to cut it, yes you can
do it all without removing the struts.
-Robert
GGehrke wrote:
> Phew! Just returned home from one ridiculous road trip. Flew from
> Baltimore to Las Vegas, bought a car, fixed it on the street in vegas,
> and drove it home to Kentucky in 2-1/2 days. It's an awesome car and
> I had a great time. Pictures of the car and the trip, a full account
> of the trip, etc will be forthcoming but I'm pretty pooped right now.
> I think the trip was like 2500 miles.
>
> One problem the car has now though -- it rides higher than today's
> SUVs. I put some really nice 15" Borbet wheels on it and it just
> looks ridiculous. At some point I'm going to splurge and put on nice
> coilovers, but not just yet, so I think I'm going to cut a little bit
> off my springs, front especially (front has about 2" more wheel gap
> than back for some reason)
> Has anyone done this before? Insight and Advice?
> The shocks are working really well for the suspension (at least in
> giving me a comfortable ride over the last 3 days -- though I haven't
> yet put the car through rigorous paces to test its handling) which I
> don't want to completely destroy, so how safe is the process with
> regards to not destroying my shocks? I think they've been replaced at
> some point in the cars life with new boge shocks, stock specs.
> I'm thinking it's going to be quite possible to cut the springs on the
> car.. just jack it up, put on some spring compressors and snip a bit
> off the top. Am I retarded in thinking I can do it without even
> removing the strut from the car?
> What should I use to cut it? I know a torch is a bad idea, but what?
> hacksaw? sawzall? cheese grater? i dunno....
>
> Anyways, time for bed for me. Looking to cut the springs tomorrow
> though, so let me know if you anyone knows anything about that.
> Thanks.
>
> -Grant-
>
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