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Old 05-21-2012, 06:19 AM   #671
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He probably just cut the dead coils off. Cut springs can ride just as good as factory if cut correctly, and I know H&R springs have a lot of dead coils on them.
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Old 05-21-2012, 06:49 AM   #672
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He probably just cut the dead coils off. Cut springs can ride just as good as factory if cut correctly, and I know H&R springs have a lot of dead coils on them.
How do you cut them correctly cos i have the Eibach pro kit and i am not happy with the 4x4 status ,ps i have taken out the insulators
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Old 05-21-2012, 08:34 AM   #673
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Old 05-21-2012, 08:52 AM   #674
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I wouldn't cut springs, I'd do it right. And i would never never cut stock springs. They are not progressive like most aftermarkets.
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Old 05-21-2012, 09:32 AM   #675
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Not slammed, but its officially lowered. lol Figured I would post pics anyways.



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^^ looks a lot better

Needs moar black housings for the headlights My sedan looks like that in the front as well so I have no room to talk lol
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^^ looks a lot better

Needs moar black housings for the headlights My sedan looks like that in the front as well so I have no room to talk lol
Thanks! Yeah I wanted the OEM gray ones. But I cant ever find them for cheap. So I might pick up a stock set and mess around with painting them, while not having to worry about not having headlights on my car. lol
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Black SVT housings, 100 bucks on ebay. And they came with up graded wiring so I can run 100/90w bulbs and not melt the wires.

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Thanks! Yeah I wanted the OEM gray ones. But I cant ever find them for cheap. So I might pick up a stock set and mess around with painting them, while not having to worry about not having headlights on my car. lol
I have some chrome ones you can have for cheap so you can play around with them. You coming to the meet?

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Cutting certain springs is okay.

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You could cut 7 coils off those springs and it wouldn't affect how the springs handle at all. 7 of those coils are dead coils, fully compressed against each other, so they won't affect the spring rate if you remove them since they don't move at all during suspension comression.
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