just wondering if there are any springs from other cars that would fit our spring perches, ideally a smaller spring to drop the car for wayyy less money. reason i ask is i have easy acess to my friendly neighborhood salvage yard and because cheapass haha. if springs off a sprint or something would work, thatd be cool. anyone know?or is there something im overlooking?
thanks
yeah ebay springs. they are cheap ride a hair more firm than others and guess what??? made for are cars. i'm betting that there are people selling springs in you area or even in the classifieds.
Oh no. Another member with a death wish.
Brand name springs are already fairly cheap starting around $200, its the struts to handle the lowering springs that are around $400+
Save the money and do it right or don't do it at all.
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i dont want ebay springs thats not what i said. i asked if you could retrofit springs from other vehicles to lower the car.
Springs that are stock are designed just like aftermarket springs, specifically for that car. just find a used set of eibachs.
you can always just take the springs out of those mechanical pens and put them on your stock struts...then your ride will be super low...haha
Take a torch and heat your stock springs until you have the desired height.
heat my stock proggresive rate springs up. good idea. tried the mech. pens but to choppy for my liking. while were being retards maybe ill just zip-ty my coils tighter together. i was just wondering thanks though.
Sounds to me like you are asking dumb questions and not getting the answers you want?
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In short you are not going to find a "cheap" way of lowering with out having terrible ride quality. "Cheapest" way is gonna be buying a used set up.
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i rocked stock struts (replaced twice) and H&R springs for almost 6 years, i shouldnt be alive today :/ Truth be told my GF's Dspecs and road magnets dont ride a damn bit better.
I see three options.
1. Don't knock people giving you dumb ideas, you're the cheap @!#$ to begin with.
2. Don't lower your car.
3. Spend some money and quit trying to hack something together.
Where is the post from the last tard that did this and flipped his cavalier?
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Used to be able to buy these coil spring compressors or you could use them to strech them taller with these hardened steel gizzmo's bought from auto zoo or advance auto. They were cheap also. I have no idea about the saftey or if they are even worth a damn.
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Messed up suspension is fine. Look at that ride height.
Cheap , cut, or torched springs on stock struts = .......
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I ran lowering springs on stock struts on 2 vehicles and never had a problem.. never drove like an asshat either but thats a different story
Thinking this go round I'm gonna get some proper struts
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chop your stockers.. just take them out and cut a coil out and put them back in.. people have been doing it forever and you get the benefit of a slightly stiffer spring rate.
it gets complicated when you have a tapered spring, but there are ways to chop them, too, that involve cutting them, submerging the coil in a bucket of water so that only the last coil is sticking out, heating the exposed coil with a torch until red hot, and twisting it to the proper shape with a big pliers.
yeah, i know.. death wish yada yada..
