From: Roger concha <rogercv1@gmail.com>
Date: 2005/03/16 Wed PM 01:59:28 EST
To: Robert Piwonka <t.piwonka@ttu.edu>
CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: After 30 hours with my new Mk1. And a spring cutting question.
cut springs will give you that nice ricer bounce
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:52:58 -0600, Robert Piwonka <t.piwonka@ttu.edu> wrote:
> 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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