wondering if it is a good idea or if anyone has cut there aftermarket springs for a lower drop. I have maxspeeds and the drop is good, but not as low as I would like. Can I cut them, and if so where?

 

It has been done. Look for a guy by the org name of ivolley in the SE forum, he just did his.

 

str8ridin cut 2 coils off his Eibachs. He said it's harsh, but rides like it's on rails. Sounds a bit like my coilovers ...

 

yes ivolley cut the back springs. its hard to say how much it dropped the car more than stock maxspeeds cause i never seen maxspeeds on max. but right now he has about two finger gap in the back with factory 16s. later on i think he is going to chop a coil off of the front also.

 

I just installed the maxspeed's on my 5th gen. and I did not cut them. I have a 2 finger gap in the rear and a little more than 2 in the front.

 

i have seen the maxspeeds on a 5th gen, thats how much gap there was. how long have you had them in? any settling?

 

that can't be me...mods? what mods? didn't i say i wasn't doing any of that ****...

 

there you are whens the y-pipe going in come to the darkside.

 

To be exact. I will have pictures within a day the back is about 2inches and the front is about 1.5 inches.




Carl,

Who is the big PLAYA PLAYA wilding out in the rosewood MAX nice sig pic!

 

thats an old pic but thanx to ossamah for hooking it for me.

 

for a second there.. i thought i was in the South East board with the ATL crew.

 

check your PMs

 

my boy Dave cut my H&R's to make the car sit about 1/2" lower all around. The ride is EXACTLY the same as it was before, if not smoother for some odd reason. He took off a coil and a 1/2 front and rear. Now i have a 2-finger wheel gap front/rear

goodluck!

Ant

 

Thanx for all the help. I am going to cut the fronts one whole coil and the back 1.5 coils.
Question though:
Which end do you cut? The tightly coiled end or the spaced coil ends?
thanx
mike

 

The closer ones as they would affect height and not spring tension.

 

Has anybody cut Progress Springs? my front ride a little higher than my rear cuz i got a system thats weighing the back down more so i want to make the front a little lower...any experiences? i want to go w/ GC's later anyway....and while im on GC's, how is the ride quality on those?
atw