miles904 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'm wanting to go low with my lupo and I'm at the stage of deciding if to go down the route of coilovers or lowering springs or cut springs.Any thoughts on which is the best route will be appreciated!Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Have a think about it, do you really think cutting a spring in half is a good idea? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj2112 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Are you actually serious!!Do not cut springs, ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Good. Go for it, cut them in half and have the car scraping along the ground dub stylee. You'll look like the boss!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Why not just take the springs off the car altogether? Try driving around without them, it's not like they do an important job anyway. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'm pretty sure it's illegal. If not it can't be safe :\ springs are made to be harder to compress in the middle right? Surely if you cut them, you'd end up with a really hard spring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I don't see the thought process here. You've obviously thought about coilovers coz you've mentioned them first, so you must be in a position to get them, so why even consider anything else if you're wanting to go low. You asked the question tho so here's the answer, go with coilovers. You can go as low as you fancy if you find the right ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ash Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 get custom springs made lots safer then cut and you can pick your ride hight that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmetal Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Coilovers every time.Cutting springs is for utter, utter morons who just want to fit in with their mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 you can't cut vw springs, old ford ones yes but not vw, they're pigtailed, which basically means they're wound smaller at the ends and when you cut them they can't sit in the cups. it was a shite idea on fords anyway .. geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles904 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Went for coilovers in end. Thought I'd rather spend more money for a 'safer' ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 safer too, well done, just remember to grease the adjusting rings. geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trx 33 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Little tip if your greasing coilovers, use a cheap paint brush and you will get a perfect coat of grease, not too much, not too little, as well as an even coat.I always keep a cheap paint brush in my grease tub, makes greasing threads quick, easy and virtually mess free I would advise greasing the top of the struts around the nut and the hex in the shaft as my first set of coilovers rusted badly there, ended up rounding the hex, had to hammer a torx bit in to get any grip so any kind of protection to stop this is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles904 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 cheers for all the advise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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