CUT SPRINGS!! CUTTING SPRINGS!!! CHOPPED SPRINGS!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!! - Toyota Yaris Forums

gojon17 · 04-16-2014, 08:27 PM

All right guys... im just curious, who has done it??
Thanks!!

why? · 04-16-2014, 08:29 PM

not sure anyone has, when MI springs are so cheap it is hard to want to just cut them.

gojon17 · 04-16-2014, 08:47 PM

Yeah i came to Canada from Mexico... the country of the cut springs lol... I know a lot of cars with cut springa and they are fine after 8-10 years... im just very curious about it here
Right now i have trd springs

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Originally Posted by why?

not sure anyone has, when MI springs are so cheap it is hard to want to just cut them.

yarisugi · 04-16-2014, 11:06 PM

Older car springs were straight, not tapered like the Yaris. It was easy to cut to lower the car.
If the springs on the Yaris were cut, it wouldn't sit on the perch correctly.

fnkngrv · 04-16-2014, 11:14 PM

Do it right or don't do it at all. That's the opinion that I have experienced here. Why? pretty much is voicing the communities impressions.

sent from my m-o-b-i-l-e

trunkout · 04-16-2014, 11:48 PM

I cut springs.... on my 73 Celica, in 86. Since then, bought springs.

Yaristeve · 04-17-2014, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by trunkout

I cut springs.... on my 73 Celica, in 86. Since then, bought springs.

Ditto. I've cut many springs... back in the day.

Nothing wrong with doing so (if you do it correctly, per Yarisugi) but there are so many economical lowering springs and coilovers available nowadays that, unless you have some kind of really, super, ultra, negatively unpopular car, you can just buy a set.

Back in the day, the only coilovers available were Koni's which were a couple thousand each. You had to know your own custom spring lengths and rates. There was no Eibach, Tein, HKS, Cusco, etc., etc. (not in the US, anyway). Although, Celica owners had it relatively good; there were TRD and Toy Store springs available. I have TRD race springs on my 1979 Celica.

Tuners have it so easy, nowdays...

90tsi · 04-17-2014, 01:49 PM

I had 3sets of stock springs. I hack one up for fun. Bout as low as it get and still turn. Good times lol

gojon17 · 04-17-2014, 07:32 PM

Hey buddy... u talking about chopping stock yaris springs??

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Originally Posted by 90tsi

I had 3sets of stock springs. I hack one up for fun. Bout as low as it get and still turn. Good times lol

90tsi · 04-17-2014, 08:25 PM

Yea. I assumed that's what u were meaning asking if anyone had cut springs. I've got my tein s techs tho.

gojon17 · 04-17-2014, 10:52 PM

Look i have also 2 sets of stock springs and wanna cut them and put them just for a car show lol.. How did u cut yours??? i know that with a cutting wheel but where on the springs?

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Originally Posted by 90tsi

Yea. I assumed that's what u were meaning asking if anyone had cut springs. I've got my tein s techs tho.

Rigaud · 04-17-2014, 11:07 PM

If you cut one end you lose your comfort ride and the other end they end up stiff. Cutting springs is for amateurs with today's availability of cheap parts to do it right.

gojon17 · 04-18-2014, 01:17 AM

I know that 100%!!! thats why i have trd springs!! im just gonna slam it for 1 day!!!!

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Originally Posted by Rigaud

If you cut one end you lose your comfort ride and the other end they end up stiff. Cutting springs is for amateurs with today's availability of cheap parts to do it right.

1.5 · 04-18-2014, 07:05 AM

dont do it, get springs I only paid 97.00 for my ksports shipped to me

gojon17 · 04-18-2014, 10:46 AM

Lol. i think nobody is reading what im posting.
I have trd springs and i love them so much and i would never cut them!!! But theres this car event coming and wanna take my car slammed for ONE day.. i repeat 1 day.. so i would put cut springs ( factory ones) and after that day i will put back my trds!!, I dont care about changing springs 2 times in a week cuz i have acces to a massive shop full of tools!

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Originally Posted by 1.5

dont do it, get springs I only paid 97.00 for my ksports shipped to me

cali yaris · 04-18-2014, 11:15 AM

^ Nothing wrong with that. Guys on here slam their cars to the point of shock failure and no one blinks.

why? · 04-18-2014, 06:57 PM

too true, to the point shocks might as well just be metal beams.

Rigaud · 04-18-2014, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gojon17

Lol. i think nobody is reading what im posting.
I have trd springs and i love them so much and i would never cut them!!! But theres this car event coming and wanna take my car slammed for ONE day.. i repeat 1 day.. so i would put cut springs ( factory ones) and after that day i will put back my trds!!, I dont care about changing springs 2 times in a week cuz i have acces to a massive shop full of tools!

OK got it!!!

Use a grinder with cutting discs, the better the quality of the discs the easier but you'll go through several. Then grind a flat spot. Your best to cut the comfort end so they won't sag too much. Comfort end is usually where the coil is not wound so tight.

After all it's just for static use at a car show.

04-16-2014, 08:27 PM	#1
gojon17 Drives: Yaris Sedan 2011 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Edmonton Canada Posts: 53	CUT SPRINGS!! CUTTING SPRINGS!!! CHOPPED SPRINGS!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!! All right guys... im just curious, who has done it?? Thanks!!

04-16-2014, 08:29 PM	#2
why? Only Happy When it Rains View User's Garage Drives: Yaris LB Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: harnett county NC Posts: 4,097	not sure anyone has, when MI springs are so cheap it is hard to want to just cut them. __________________ Colin Chapman disciple

04-16-2014, 11:14 PM	#5
fnkngrv Mr. 155 and climbing View User's Garage Drives: Seriously Modded 07 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In The Hotbox Posts: 4,742	Do it right or don't do it at all. That's the opinion that I have experienced here. Why? pretty much is voicing the communities impressions. sent from my m-o-b-i-l-e __________________ Team Tiamat Racing on Facebook Youtube Channel: Team Tiamat Racing *Class record holder in Land Speed @ 154.5mph for 1.5 mile and 145.5mph in the mile in the F (2.016 to 3.014 L), G (1.524 to 2.015 L), and H (1.016 to 1.523 L) classes.*

04-17-2014, 11:07 PM	#12
Rigaud Drives: 2009 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Rigaud, Quebec, Can. Posts: 357	If you cut one end you lose your comfort ride and the other end they end up stiff. Cutting springs is for amateurs with today's availability of cheap parts to do it right. __________________ 2009 Toyota Yaris (Little toy) 2002 Audi A4 Avant Quattro 3.0L (Big boy toy) 1998 Subaru Legacy GT 2.5 (winter & DD)

04-18-2014, 07:05 AM	#14
1.5 Form>Function Drives: 07 Flint Sedan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,018	dont do it, get springs I only paid 97.00 for my ksports shipped to me __________________ Instagram: @southernstreets_phil Facebook.com/southernstreetsempire

04-16-2014, 11:06 PM	#4
yarisugi やりすぎだ～ View User's Garage Drives: Me: Nuts: Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: ハワイ Posts: 2,041	Older car springs were straight, not tapered like the Yaris. It was easy to cut to lower the car. If the springs on the Yaris were cut, it wouldn't sit on the perch correctly.

04-16-2014, 11:48 PM	#6
trunkout 4 years of P90X! View User's Garage Drives: 09 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: KCMO Posts: 162	I cut springs.... on my 73 Celica, in 86. Since then, bought springs.

04-17-2014, 01:49 PM	#8
90tsi View User's Garage Drives: 09 yaris Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 555	I had 3sets of stock springs. I hack one up for fun. Bout as low as it get and still turn. Good times lol

04-17-2014, 08:25 PM	#10
90tsi View User's Garage Drives: 09 yaris Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 555	Yea. I assumed that's what u were meaning asking if anyone had cut springs. I've got my tein s techs tho.

04-18-2014, 11:15 AM	#16
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	^ Nothing wrong with that. Guys on here slam their cars to the point of shock failure and no one blinks. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-18-2014, 06:57 PM	#17
why? Only Happy When it Rains View User's Garage Drives: Yaris LB Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: harnett county NC Posts: 4,097	too true, to the point shocks might as well just be metal beams. __________________ Colin Chapman disciple

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