Ryan93SE

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i am thinking about cutting a coil or so off of my h&rs. I was going to get the sprints, but i have heard they will KILL my tokicos.....so i just want to get the wheelwell gap a little lower in the front so i want to cut a coil.....

1) Will this ruin my springs 2)will it kill my struts? 3)any long term effects like over time it ruins the springs 4)Is it worth it?

Ryan93SE

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BUMP

teejnut

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i was just thinking wouldn't cutting yoru springs do the same thing to the tokico's?

Cutler

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Cutting your springs defeats the purpose of the spring design, if you want to go lower, get new springs. If you are gonna go lower I would also recommend going with a different strut, possible the Konis or KYB AGXs. I like the stance of the H&R/Tokico set-up. If you do decide you are gonna change let me know and I may be interested in your springs. Just a thought, if you want to go lower do it the right way, not the ghetto way.

Best of luck!!
Jason

Ryan93SE

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ive thought the same thing.... but i am NOT buying new struts.. these cost too much in the first place. Anyways from what i am hearing there are no springs that are lower than H&Rs (ie Sprint, Intrax) that arent any harsher. Thats why i am trying to come up with some thing else that will lower the wheel well gap

nismo2020

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i had eibachs at first. to much gap up front just right at at the back. i swapped them out for sprints now my front looks good but the back is damn near stock!! i want to find someone who is getting rid of their eibachs and put the eibachs in the back to even out the heigth.

Ryan93SE

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what kind of struts are you running? Also how is the ride so far on the struts

Zam

Um yeah, I cut a link off my front springs.

When I first got the car in 95, I took it to a rice shop and they installed a set of cut Suspension Technique springs(I didn't realize this until a year or so later, this was before anyone was hopping up there Maxima, so I didn't have a reference for my total drop). Anyways, it looked sweet. It was only a week after getting this installed that I took it to Germany and never had any complaints. The German roads are IMMACULATE. Simply perfect. The car handled beautifully especially at 130+ mph. Well, when I got back to the U.S., I couldn't handle the ride on crappy American roads, so I bought new H&Rs. Well after a year of that and the unacceptable wheel gap, I went back to cut springs. So I've got the Tokicos and 1-link-cut-in-the-front H&Rs. I wouldn't keep it this way, but I'm going back to Germany, so who cares.

All in all, it looks good but rides bad. I hate slowing down for bumbs, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. Maybe I'll go with Konis and my springs, if I were to do it again.

Sorry about the long story...
Zam

nismo2020

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i have the factories in. around town the ride is fine but when i hit a bump at high speed the *** end bounces too much. when i put the sprints in i looked over my shocks and struts they seemed fine to me.