Cut OE Springs

Originally Posted by Spooler I have done it before and I prefer not too. You can have some issues. It does come at a consequence. When you cut a spring,

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03-22-2019, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

I have done it before and I prefer not too. You can have some issues. It does come at a consequence. When you cut a spring, the spring rates do go up. Test it. If you can't afford springs then no way in hell are you going to buy what is needed to get the alignment back to spec.

I think you meant the rates do not go up, only reduces the amount of stroke before coil bind. You haven’t changed the rate which is the issue, constantly hitting the bump stops sucks.

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