I finally decided to chop a full coil off my H&R's this weekend with help from my boy. Took us about 3hrs total to do the job with spring compressors and some nice air-tools. Overall its not slammed by no means, but about 1/2" lower than typical H&R 1.4" drop, but a lil higher than intrax. I didnt want Intrax low cause of my front lip(and soon to be installed side/rears). Not to mention my ride has IMPROVED dramatically, no more harshness on big bumps or holes in the road. It kinda floats over them. And NO its not bad struts or that Honda Bounce AT ALL!! It still has the same stiffness on turns as it did before, just on straight road its less bumpy thats all
and yes i have Tokico struts with about 30k on them, still goin strong.

Overall im very pleased and reccomend it to anyone with H&R and that is sick of being asked if your lowered or not
that finally got to me!!

Ant

 

i got sick of ppl telling me to lower my car(when i had h&rs). so i got sprints and cut a coil in the rear...

 

not a bad move! i considered them, but i hear they are really harsh... any reations about them?

Ant

 

the ride is ok, it can get nasty on bumpy roads. but its no big deal just hold on to something...

i have konis btw.

 

I got Sprint's and cut two coils off the rear. Now the car looks even all around.

I'm going with GC coilovers soon though.

 

I guess you did this for looks? It won't improve your handling; in fact it will probably make it worse.

The reason I got H&R's was for handling. I don't care if the car looks barely lower.

 

i've done nothing wrong.

 

Nope!! like i said my handling is exactly the same, just smoother on bumpy roads and about 1/2" lower all around.

Ant

 

I don't understand, how is it "smoother" and better on bumpy roads when you cut a coil off your springs? I thought the lower you go the worse it gets? and anyone would think that cutting any type of springs would make them less efficient than they originally were. So either I don't understand what you're saying, or if that is what you're saying, please explain!

 

imsaying this one last time. The overall ride quality has gone up. Its not as harsh as it was before. I cant explain why but thats what happend!

i guess ill just delete this post if people keep doubting what im saying

Ant

 

for anyone that cares when i cut my rear sprints, the ride is exactly the same. h&r's are cool but that fender gap will get u in trouble with the fender gap police

 

i was busted a few times by them, lol!

 

good job ant and glad to see it rides better now. All i know is do what you gota do REGARDLESS of what others think and say.

 

But I'm surprised 1 coil was only .75" lower. Maybe it needs time to settle? Actually in your old sig pic the car looks really low - maybe the angle .
-Cyrus

 

did you cut a coil off the top of the spring or the bottom of the spring? i am curious

 

where do you live? I wanna pay someone to cut my H&R's too. I guess a local shop could do this?

 

Remember though it will void any kind of warranty etc.

SuDZ

 

should have spent yor $$$ on coilovers

 

I'm pretty sure they would be more harsh then cut H&Rs

 

i had it done for FREE by a friend of mine.

i had the front springs cut from the bottom and the rears cut from the top. When you cut the rear spring from the bottom you would have to heat it up and bend it in onto the strut plate, i didnt want to heat it up and risk possibly cracking the spring. So i had my boy chop the top off. See the thing is when you cut a spring you wont gain any more drop but just cutting an actual coil off, rather its where the coil starts to turn upward is where it all matters. I had mine cut about 1/2" up from the flat part of the spring, very little. Im probably gonna do another 1/2" and be sitting where the "sprint spring" owners are at. Ill give them another week or so to settle in.

thanks for the props guys!

my sig pic is from last summer with un-cut H&R/Tokico combo and on my 17's, i should have new pics this week of my drop, new video system and polished manifold/FSTB.

Ant

 

Sweet. I cut my eibachs all around and I love it! The've been cut for over 40k miles with my tokikos, and no problems so far. Ride comfort suffered a bit (I feel almost every imperfection in the road), but it handles like it's on rails! Man, I have absolutly no brake dive or acceleration lift, and that set up with 18's and sticky tires, my 4 door hangs in the curves with the best of them....and it looks good too.

 

how much did you chop off front/rear?? i love your drop!

Ant

 

Couldn't tell ya exactly...I had my shop (RPM Motorsports in Boston) do it when they installed my springs and I told them how much gap between the wheel well and tire I wanted. They said no problem and cut the coils accordingly.

 

sprints $130
konis $480
cutting a coil off with my bro in law...free

 

doesn't his stuff look nice, dang