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im gunna lower my cra tomm at my friends house with the tourch im wondering if any one can gimmie some tips for doing this any sugestions <p>i know i have to turn the wheel as much as i can so i can get to the spring but were on the spring do i heat it up and any other info would be healpfull thank you

Take your struts out and pull the spring out to be safe its not that hard to do, or just take out the wheels at least.

This is the worst possible way to lower a car. You're taking SPRINGS, and making them brittle. Think about that for a little bit.

Let us know how it turns out dude.

yeah!<p>send us the pics of your car when the springs rip and your car bottoms out, and causes you know what. not to mention if your in the car, wont be a good deal.....

if you're going to do it the wrong way, at LEAST take it to a person whose cut springs before and cut them. don't heat them.

i'm thinking if you cut a compressed spring it's gonna snap real hard and break the car...or your face. good luck working with the torch in the wheel well too. keep us posted on how it works.

If You cut it you'd have to take it off first. Thats what i did. Dude try the whole heating them up thing if you want, u never know. I bought the Intrax springs and installed them on my RS, and the drop was almost non-existant. I was pissed, so i took them off and cut my stock springs. Now for everyone that says its dangerous and stupid, i can now shove it in your face, it works out just fine when done properly. I have been driving on cut stock springs for about 6 months now and not a single problem. The handling is awesome, i was cruising through arizona mountain roads over 90 miles an hour and the thing was cutting the turns like butter.

well my buddy in his z28 camaro lowerd his ca like this and it worked out better then any lowering springs for his car and it only botems out on really big bumps nothing little it actully help his cornering and gave it a smother ride

For anyone wondering, THIS is why I sometimes act like a prick on this forum.

I have to add my two cents. This is the WORST thing you can do to your suspension. The springs are tempered from the factory and once you apply heat to them they are screwd. Save up and buy lowering springs. You are seriously going to screw things up by applying a hot torch to your spring. Everyone else that is reading this post...DONT DO IT!!

im sorry that this post is makeing ppl angree and in no way at all im i permoting doing this to ur car i was wondering ur opinun

i dont think anyone in there right mind would take advice from someone who spells like that. This kid is why you see a kia sophia with type r stickers slammed into a ditch somewhere. Young kids are impatient and very few actually take the time to think about what they are doing, only the result. This kid sees a phat slammed mx3<p>I see a kid who is endagering the lives of others becuase hes to lazy to get a job and go about adding performance the correct way..spend a couple hundred and do it right<p>
just noticed hes in my town, that kinda scares me <p>[ March 14, 2003: Message edited by: Ryencool ]</p>

1 i dont insalut u so dont ****in insult me aight the topic was wondering what u thought not lets rip on me and start some ****<p>2 its not my falut i was drunk when i was trying to type the last post and it dont help that im hung over right now<p>3 dont tell me im endarging ppl and ****in **** up and w/e that bull**** about type r sticker on a car im not a ****in complete retard<p>4 i have never hit a mother ****in thing cuz i dont drive all over town like a ****in imature child in there moms auto civic thinkin its a nascar<p>5 this post wasnt about giveing asny one advice so i dunno wtf ur talkin about<p>i personly think its ****ed up that a--holes can sit there and talk **** about me when all i asked was a simple what do u think question so ill tell ya what u wanna be an *** dont leave post in my topics

ok so edit ur post and make more coments i might be in ur town and even if i did slam my car by heating up the tourchs ud never ****in know