cut springs

[SAV912]

No springs are ever in desperate need of being cut. If you already have lowering springs, then live with it at that level. If you want to go lower, your options are coilovers, airbags, or cement blocks. Or fat bitches.

I honestly can't believe that one person says it and all a sudden it's a legit, okay thing to do.

[20104dr]

To each their own. Easier n cheaper to cut then to spend ovr grand to lowr a car. Especially a yaris. I wud considr coilovrs if i had a sports car/sedan with alot more powr than 105hp. All for show no go!!!

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by SAV912

No springs are ever in desperate need of being cut. If you already have lowering springs, then live with it at that level. If you want to go lower, your options are coilovers, airbags, or cement blocks. Or fat bitches.

I honestly can't believe that one person says it and all a sudden it's a legit, okay thing to do.

Cutting a coilover spring is a legit thing to do.
Cutting ANY spring WILL increase its spring rate.

Cutting the pigtail off a stock spring is usually not the best thing to do.

Heating any spring is just plain dumb.

[Yaristeve]

In general, there is NOTHING wrong with cutting springs. Spring rates are a function of wire diameter, coil diameter, and number of coils. Cutting the coil WILL stiffen the spring inversely propotionally to the number of coils cut. As some old-timers (and I am one) have said, back in the day, cutting coils was often the only way to lower cars. I have cut my share of springs and never had a problem. You can't just go cutting willy-nilly; it takes careful consideration.

HOWEVER, having said that, Yaris springs, from the pictures I've seen, cannot be cut because the coil diameters are not uniform throughout the length of the spring. IIRC, the coils get smaller at the ends. If you cut these end coils, the springs will not sit in the seats correctly. and besides, as yet others have said, loering springs are available so you might as well use those...

[johnny_vitz]

The issue is when people cut springs with a torch. You should never heat a spring to make it sag, or cut with a torch. A friend heated his back in highschool and two weeks later one blew apart and took out his tire.

20104dr - You have a brand new car and you don't think it's worth $200 to buy a set of nice springs for it?

[20104dr]

Originally Posted by johnny_vitz

The issue is when people cut springs with a torch. You should never heat a spring to make it sag, or cut with a torch. A friend heated his back in highschool and two weeks later one blew apart and took out his tire.

20104dr - You have a brand new car and you don't think it's worth $200 to buy a set of nice springs for it?

i have dfs but not low enuf for me. i was talkin bout buying coilovers. i wud nevr torch them.

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

You can go low on the cheap; just strategically place sandbags all over your car until you've reached your desirable ride height. Voila.

[xxae07xx]

For sure don't use a torch. I used a grinder and then painted the exposed end

[larryn2o]

i found some circle track springs at the speed shop, cut them to get an inch of drop AND they are stiffer. so the car doesn't bottom out when i pull a trailer. may not change the front as the car sits level now.

thanks for the input
Larry