Opinions on chopped springs

[Jamie16v]

Personally I wouldn't even consider them for obvious reasons but seems people still do! Whats everyones opinons?

 

[montana]

Err NO!!

 

[Harpham]

SRS?

 

[Reyes]

Lol no. Dangerous as f**k.

 

[Jamie16v]

I'm not considering them just can't believe people do it! Surely the handling would be completed fucked and ridiculously stiff?

 

[Martin_172]

i once watched a guy lower a siera by chopping the springs with an angle grinder when they were still fitted and tensioned! lol

 

[Scrooge]

Yes, crack on and do it. Makes your ride look proper badman. When the Mot man gets under it and the spring falls on his head and knocks him out you can nick all his tools....brap!

 

[Reyes]

He's not considering it.

 

[mugglesquop]

I'm not considering them just can't believe people do it! Surely the handling would be completed f**ked and ridiculously stiff?

the springs can fall out the cups/ends, which is why they are a MOT fail.

also can weaken them, heat from cutting can make them brittle, the list goes on, generally a bad idea.

 

[Andyrg@ ClioTurbo]

people **** apex springs but chopping your oems is crazy, spend 60 quid on a set of apex units jobs sorted

 

[Gouldy]

Oh dear

 

[Gandi69]

People do this as they are cheap skates

 

[Fletcher]

My sisters BF did this on his GT Turbo, f**king death trap.

 

[Kieran..]

dangerous!!

 

[mugglesquop]

can tell the people who actually read the OP lol

 

[montana]

can tell the people who actually read the OP lol

he wanted opinions though :approve:

 

[rob5gt]

its a really silly idea i say, something a 17 year old pikie would do !

 

[mugglesquop]

he wanted opinions though :approve:

this is true.

i'm sure facts would be more useful tho

 

[Jamie16v]

Yeah as above I'm not considering doing it! I hadn't even heard of it until a few months ago when I saw a slammed corsa bouncing down the road and my mate said it had chopped springs. Looked stiff as hell!

 

[TC.]

Theres a load of rural D-Turbo boys over here with chopped springs and the smoke reaking out the back because the turbo is turned up mad amounts but a new craze has landed .......... full windscreen tints !! I couldnt believe the sh*te they were posting about it, proper f*ckin mongs.

 

[Wick]

Scary as hell when I swapped for sportlines a few months back and found one of the fronts had sheered.... Sod doing it deliberately

Awaits chopped springs vs raceland thread...