Protege52003 said:
you ever see those people driving around with their lowered civics, accords, camrys, or other cars that bounce around a lot and never seem to ride smooth?
believe those are people who cut their springs and cause that terrible bouncing action.....
they also have to be cut perfect and can never get returned to stock height without purchasing new ones.....
just buy new springs and get the car re-aligned after installation....car will look and have a nice smooth ride....
my $.02
I agree.. and disagree at the same time.
It's true, that most people who cut springs cut them so low that the car rides like on the bump stops "bouncy bouncy bouncy"
Or they don't cut them evenly...
However, years ago, when I had no cash and wanted a lowered car, I cut a few rungs off the coild of my civic and then used an oxy-acentalene torch to re-shape the ends back as close to original as possible and then re-installed them.
was a 2" drop.. and the car rode exactly how it did originally, but was 2 inches lower... handled only slightly better due to the lower center of gravity.
One more thing... that was a $1900.00 car that was 13 years old.
Having said that. Anyone who has a Mazda3, should be able to either fork out the cost of springs, or wait and save.
Springs do range in price quite a bit...
before you cut them, consider buying a set of the cheaper ones...
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