Chopping springs..

[LowVeeDub]

Why the hell do people do this to their cars. It makes me cringe every time i read or hear about someone doing this.. What are your thoughts??

[DUBING]

because they are too tight, and want there car fully SIK!

[geeza]

There's no need to get high an mighty lads, it might not be the right way forward but it dropped my very high front end, drives loads better with less floatness, I'm saving for a trip away at Christmas, I'll spend the cash after the reno's are finished and after the Euro trip - FYI i had a wicked MK1 GTI in the UK so See ya

[BL33SU]

best bang for buck mod

[geeza]

i used to have a mate who had a garage with all the kit, me and 4 friends all had MK1's GTi's, we slaved all weekend everyweekend just fixing, toying and really into it - it was ace, we used to drive to london and pick up MK1 GTi's for spares!!

My folks are still over there and my bro, we should just get together and sort out some GTi Ozzie imports!!

unfortunatly the best i could do in Australia is this, but i tell you something, a 93 MK1 is cool!! Its tighter, cleaner, newer, so its a good "project" car if you get my drift,

Keep the faith

[Jarred]

depends how much you chop the spring and what kinda of spring.

Shaped springs (upgrade sports springs) should never be chopped, cause that will completely ruin the characteristics of the springs. Stock springs are another case.

On stock springs, cause the coils are all the same design, (ie spring is conformed to one shape,) you can chop them, and create a lower spring. Lowered springs are fine except, for when you start missing out on coils. Thats the vital thing. Chopping 1-1.5 coils shouldn't have a neg effect, any more than 2, and the spring becomes too short (not enough coils) and will not give proper rebounding etc etc. that a spring of the same height but more coils would.

If you are a muzza; you're stupid. 5 coils is too much.(to any VL owners out there) As a temporary fix; cutting .5/1 coil is no prob. imo.

[vee_dub]

Why the hell do people do this to their cars. It makes me cringe every time i read or hear about someone doing this.. What are your thoughts??

nah man its ok..it make ur vee dub LOW. NOT

[blutopless2]

thought i would clarify a few comments on here....

chopping a standard spring does NOT make it stiffer as you are not changing the number of coils in the shorter distance.it only changes the ride height of the car.

"resetting" a spring changes ride height and stiffness as you have the same number of coils in a shorter distance.

personally it would not happen in my cars as i think its dangerous. but that's my opinion.

[Golf Houso]

Duh... of course they don't make any difference lol... Its just to be loowwaaahhh, theres nothing to do with performance or common sense here, just how low you can go without paying too much...