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Cutting springs



Yeah it still seats fine, only problem might be if you plan on jumping your
car( bad idea in the first place) then while airborne the spring might
unseat itself, do to being a shorter spring, however I don't anticipate
anyone doing this ....hopefully.  Over all 1 to 1.5 coils  were cut off my
springs.

Robert Piwonka
86 16V

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Bates [mailto:Indiana_Red@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:35 AM
To: Robert Piwonka
Subject: Re: Cutting springs


hmmm....all the while leaving it on the car?!?!
eeexxxxcccelentttt....
What about the cut/new end of the coil not being flat anymore.  Still
"seats" OK?
know what I mean.?

Ken


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Piwonka" <tpiwonka@TTACS.TTU.EDU>
To: "Scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: RE: Cutting springs


> It is very possible and simple to just jack up the car, remove wheels,
> compress spring with spring compressor and use a cutting wheel while not
> disassembling anything.  This is the way I did it, I will purchase h&r
race
> springs when I have the funds but I have had cut springs with boge turbo
gas
> for 2 years with no problems but a rough ride and I should probably
replace
> the upper strut bearings, you will have to go slow over large bumps
though.
>
> Robert Piwonka
> 86 16V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Larry
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:22 PM
> To: Ken Bates; scirocco list
> Subject: Re: Cutting springs
>
>
> Well, Ken, I don't anyone on the list will actually recommend that you cut
> the springs, I know I won't.
> That said, you can certainly get away with it for awhile.  I've seen
others
> do it and not suffer any catastrophic consequences.  The main problem may
> come if you cut a coil from a spring that has that last coil "flat-wound"
so
> it will seat in a flat spring pad.  Our Scirocco's front struts have lower
> pads that are not flat, so you may not encounter problems in that area.
> For the money (next to nothing if you can find a shop to do it, nothing if
> you can use a hacksaw), it's an option you have to consider...
> Second, buy a set of spring compressors.  JCWhitney sells a set that works
> very nicely for less than $20.  They will pay for themselves.
>
> Larry  sandiego16V
>
> > First let me say that I realize that cutting springs to lower ride
heighth
> > is usually NOT the best way to do this for atleast a few reasons.  After
> > much archive searching and thread monitoring, I've decided that my setup
> > will be probly HnR Sport and bilstein sport.  In the meantime the 16v
> strut
> > assemblys on my Mk1 16v conversion are making the front end especially,
> > quite high.  Just over 5" gap above the stock 14" w/ 185 60s.
> > What are the several steps here for doing this.  Dissasembling the strut
> w/
> > spring compressors is the tricky part and then finding a shop that can
cut
> a
> > coil or two off then reassembling.....
> > Ya spose I could drop them off at a "speed shop" an have them do it?
Cant
> > be too much labor involve for a shop w/ the right tools allready eh?
> > If I can even get 6 months or a year out of them before I blow out the
> > shocks from the unmatched shock travel/spring range, then I just give it
> the
> > old
> > "whelp..guess I'll call Potter for a new suspension..."  when i can
afford
> > it a little better.
> > "spring cutters" chime in please
> >
> > Ken
> > 1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
> > 16v conversion - Engine in, now the hard part
> > Electrical  : (
> > VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
> >
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