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Sept 5, 2016 10:49:48 GMT
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I think I cut two coils off each side on my polo, it was horrible to drive but I didn't really care. My MoT tester was very understanding, To be honest I would'nt cut coils again, but for the entire project costing me £400 quid I was happy enough.
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Sept 5, 2016 11:14:56 GMT
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I don't think 125mm lowering springs exist for a polo. Feel free to prove me wrong.. has a polo got 5 inches of bump travel to delete in the first place ? my series3 land rover only has 4.5 as standard
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Sept 5, 2016 11:27:31 GMT
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The most you can lower a polo on lowering springs is 80/60 if my memory serves me correctly (80 rear / 60 front) you can get coilovers for the mk2/2f but they aint cheap, my mate paid £400 for his!
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ChasR
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Sept 5, 2016 12:38:05 GMT
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It can be very bodgy to be fair.... I've seen people cut coils even when the spring should be flat at the ends! Then its popped out when they corner hard!!! I'm sure the people on here have more common sense than to do that, but it can still be bloody dangerous if its not done right That is not the result of JUST cutting springs though, is it? That's a lack of understanding of the task in hand and how suspension works and what it does. Shopping for groceries could be construed as dangerous if you did it wrong. Let's be honest. The average Joe who mods their cars is far more likely to chop up springs wrong than they are to mess up the grocery shop. I think this is what people are getting at.
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Rich
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Sept 5, 2016 14:22:15 GMT
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That is not the result of JUST cutting springs though, is it? That's a lack of understanding of the task in hand and how suspension works and what it does. Shopping for groceries could be construed as dangerous if you did it wrong. Let's be honest. The average Joe who mods their cars is far more likely to chop up springs wrong than they are to mess up the grocery shop. I think this is what people are getting at. This was like a year, 2 years ago, but sure. I see your point.
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Sept 5, 2016 16:00:18 GMT
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That is not the result of JUST cutting springs though, is it? That's a lack of understanding of the task in hand and how suspension works and what it does. Shopping for groceries could be construed as dangerous if you did it wrong. Let's be honest. The average Joe who mods their cars is far more likely to chop up springs wrong than they are to mess up the grocery shop. I think this is what people are getting at. I'm not sure, I got my cuore chopped springs just right whereas every time I go to tesco I come back with the "wrong" bread or the juice "we" don't like!
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Sept 5, 2016 18:31:12 GMT
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It was lowered 80mm all corners but even when I had little 7 x 13s with 50 profile tyres it still only scraped on the biggest speed bumps. I like my cars low. I have 3. This polo is a cheap car to have fun with so it's fine to chop the springs in my opinion. Just drove from north east london to wiltshire and back nnnoooo problems whatsoever
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Sept 5, 2016 19:04:31 GMT
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whereas every time I go to tesco I come back with the "wrong" bread or the juice "we" don't like! Don't worry about that, sooner or later you will get refocused. Colin
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Sept 6, 2016 17:10:22 GMT
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The other reason that chopped springs are just a bodge is that typically it is completely overlooked that the strut or shock they were matched with is now completely under valved/damped for the application - When you cut and increase the spring rate you also need to increase the damper as it's now nowhere near effective enough in controlling the spring. As good as that article is it only gives that very important factor one line. The end result is stiffer springs and ineffective damping - but if form over function is your mantra then it's all good.
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You can say the same thing about most modifications tho. Fit lowering springs and it's the same issue. Lower the car at all and your changing geometry and we all know few people attempt to correct it. Fit wider wheels and your probably moving away from the ideal if you don't change anything else too.
In the same vein yes you can cut them wrong or dangerously but you can also do alot of dangerous things working on other parts of the car if you don't know what your doing. I find it weird how people are encouraged to try their hand at welding for example but as soon as spring cutting comes along its a case of 'no one must even discuss it' incase somone who doesn't know what they are doing comes along and does it wrong.
Its all been covered before really. At the end of the day a spring with a bit chopped off is just a shorter spring. Its not dangerous in itself you just need to understand the impact it might have on the function of other parts of the system. It can be a bodge or not a bodge.
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Sept 12, 2016 10:42:58 GMT
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You know I saw the thread title and I though "I'll give it half a page before a bunfight starts! and I wasn't disappointed! LOL!
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