My car looks like a 4X4 after Moog Springs
06-09-2010, 09:33 PM
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My car looks like a 4X4 after Moog Springs I bought a new set of Bilstein shocks & struts & after doing the rears & getting the fronts off I noticed the spring was broken on the L.F strut. I like the stock ride height so I ordered some Moog stock replacement springs for the front. I got done with it last night & its definitely not stock ride height now.
Yep, the front looks like a 4X4 & I am not gonna leave it like that. I am thinking about cutting a section of coil off the bottom of these springs, has anyone done this with good results? I really dont want to buy lowering springs to fix this if I dont have to, just want to get this back to stock ride height in the front. It does ride great though, lol.
Yep, the front looks like a 4X4 & I am not gonna leave it like that. I am thinking about cutting a section of coil off the bottom of these springs, has anyone done this with good results? I really dont want to buy lowering springs to fix this if I dont have to, just want to get this back to stock ride height in the front. It does ride great though, lol. 
06-10-2010, 06:51 AM
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Again, the springs just need time to settle. Go take the car down a bump dirt road or something that will flex the suspension quite a bit.
06-10-2010, 09:54 AM
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06-10-2010, 10:31 AM
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The problem with cutting them is that it basically changes everything. You have a spring thats designed to travel X amount given its spring rate. Cutting a spring thats meant to hold the car up at say 3 inches then cutting it down an inch, it wont be stiff enough to support the bodys weight.
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06-10-2010, 10:48 AM
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The problem with cutting them is that it basically changes everything. You have a spring thats designed to travel X amount given its spring rate. Cutting a spring thats meant to hold the car up at say 3 inches then cutting it down an inch, it wont be stiff enough to support the bodys weight.
06-10-2010, 12:37 PM
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Not sure, sometimes a spring just does that from what I have seen. The ride wasnt noticeably bad before, wanted some Bilsteins as the Decarbons were original & had some miles on them. Just noticed it was broke at the bottom coil when changing the shocks.
06-10-2010, 12:41 PM
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Damn! How's the weather up there?! 
They may just need to be broken in I suppose. I had my engine out for over a year and when I put it back in the car sat an inch higher than it did before.. After about 2 weeks, she settled back down.
They may just need to be broken in I suppose. I had my engine out for over a year and when I put it back in the car sat an inch higher than it did before.. After about 2 weeks, she settled back down. 
06-11-2010, 05:35 AM
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Just find some stock springs dude. If they were linear rate springs I would say you are fine to chop off a coil, but (granted I don't know) I would guess they are not seeing as factory springs are almost always progressive rate, which should NOT be cut.
06-11-2010, 07:22 AM
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Give them a week or so to settle before you decide what to do next. Measure from the ground to the fender lip on the center line of the wheel now so you have a reference.
Cutting springs is not recommended but if you do - first, do it carefully so you don't heat the spring, second, you want to cut from the top of the spring, not the bottom. Shortening springs increases their spring rate so that will help with the shorter travel. The average that people get is about 1/2" drop for each half of a coil.
Cutting springs is not recommended but if you do - first, do it carefully so you don't heat the spring, second, you want to cut from the top of the spring, not the bottom. Shortening springs increases their spring rate so that will help with the shorter travel. The average that people get is about 1/2" drop for each half of a coil.
06-11-2010, 07:26 AM
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Give them a week or so to settle before you decide what to do next. Measure from the ground to the fender lip on the center line of the wheel now so you have a reference.
Cutting springs is not recommended but if you do - first, do it carefully so you don't heat the spring, second, you want to cut from the top of the spring, not the bottom. Shortening springs increases their spring rate so that will help with the shorter travel. The average that people get is about 1/2" drop for each half of a coil.
Cutting springs is not recommended but if you do - first, do it carefully so you don't heat the spring, second, you want to cut from the top of the spring, not the bottom. Shortening springs increases their spring rate so that will help with the shorter travel. The average that people get is about 1/2" drop for each half of a coil.
