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i like how you cut the springs while they were still COMPRESSED ROFL "bang"
yeah this is definitely one of those times you should be stating the obligatory "don't try this at home kids".
you will definitely be hitting the bump stops if you're not already riding on them (this is the difference between cut stock springs and lowering springs - the spring rate here isn't high enough to keep your suspension from going too far and hitting those bump stops). worse, the springs might fly out of the perches in the rear over bigger bumps / jumps, and it would be an epic disaster if this occured. but you knew that.
regardless, it looks great. you knew full well that it would ride like ass and that you would be bouncing all around so that's taken care of. just be careful out there is all - it might be pretty unpredictable when your suspension bottoms out and handling becomes erratic.
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my dad did this to his 87 mustang gt....in 1992....or something like that...some things should just stay in the past....at least buy lowering springs
For my car, you can't get lowering springs unless you pay around $400 shipped for them, JUST for the springs themselves (mentioned before that I drive an 87 Toyota Cressida). For half that I get front coilovers, but then again, there's cutting and welding to be done that I lack the resources for.
I'd have to buy universal racing springs if I want springs on the cheap, and there's so many out there that can fit my car and there's dozens of combinations that people use that I can't decide what's best for me. And as I mentioned before, it's either chop-chop or finding stock Mk2 Supra springs that don't exactly offer a good amount of lowering. More often than not Cressidas in my model generation run cut springs, even if the ride is shitty, they know that. Hell, if I wanted short-stroke shocks, I'd have to run shocks off of OTHER cars, and those need a bit of adjustment to fit properly.
Yeah "you gotta pay to play", but there's a limit on how much one should pay, especially if you drive an older car.
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Unless you are actually upgrading the parts, whatever happened to leaving it stock?
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Unless you are actually upgrading the parts, whatever happened to leaving it stock?
No.
And that was me being in denial haha
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seriously, i understand its an OLDDD car, why not just leave it as it is
Because. These cars are easy to work on, and can go respectively fast for pretty cheap. You can turbo them for cheap. They can handle really well with the right parts. Nobody suspects them. Everyone thinks their ugly, nobody thinks anything of them. Furthermore, it's a $1000 manual rwd car that will take near everything you throw at it.
OH snap I forgot to tell you the HOW and help you out that way.
Next time... lol.... compress the spring with a jack under the control arm then wrap a metal coat hanger around it to keep it compressed. That way you can undo the Bolt keeping everything together without there being to much tension. Then you undo the hanger and let the spring uncompress. Once you've cut the spring is should fit back into the Hats without needing to be compressed.
It's supposed to be that way - completes the ghetto look.
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regardless, it looks great.
It looks retarded. Volvos aren't supposed to be lowered, that's just patently ridiculous.
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Looks like it's going to the junkyard soon.
Unless you are actually upgrading the parts, whatever happened to leaving it stock?
I can see that... my last '87 Accord came to me with ghetto cut springs, ass-end was dragging all the time, dampers were bagged, handling was shit... then an upper rear ball joint snapped because of the extra strain from riding at its limit all the time, and I had to get the car towed home... woulda been a $200+ tow charge if my buddy didn't have BCAA Gold.
This thread is just dripping with failsauce.
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I'd have to buy universal racing springs if I want springs on the cheap,
Yeah "you gotta pay to play", but there's a limit on how much one should pay, especially if you drive an older car.
I will NEVER understand why people are willing to 'go cheap' on their SUSPENSION!!
It's your car for crying out loud!! The single biggest purchase you'll make in your lifetime, aside from a house. Going cheap on suspension could cause an accident... which could KILL YOU or others.. and leave you financially F'D for your lifetime...
WHY?!?!?
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Relax its a beaten up 25+ year old volvo and the driver is a youngun'. Not quite the biggest purchase of a lifetime.
Everyone needs experience. For better or worse.
For my car, you can't get lowering springs unless you pay around $400 shipped for them, JUST for the springs themselves (mentioned before that I drive an 87 Toyota Cressida). For half that I get front coilovers, but then again, there's cutting and welding to be done that I lack the resources for.
I'd have to buy universal racing springs if I want springs on the cheap, and there's so many out there that can fit my car and there's dozens of combinations that people use that I can't decide what's best for me. And as I mentioned before, it's either chop-chop or finding stock Mk2 Supra springs that don't exactly offer a good amount of lowering. More often than not Cressidas in my model generation run cut springs, even if the ride is shitty, they know that. Hell, if I wanted short-stroke shocks, I'd have to run shocks off of OTHER cars, and those need a bit of adjustment to fit properly.
Yeah "you gotta pay to play", but there's a limit on how much one should pay, especially if you drive an older car.
Serialnine makes coilover kits for Cressies.
$1500 is cheap. And they're Stance Coilovers. Posted via RS Mobile
Serialnine makes coilover kits for Cressies.
$1500 is cheap. And they're Stance Coilovers. Posted via RS Mobile
Knew about S9 for quite some time now, and I'm pretty stoked that the X7 coilovers came out, they're damn worth it if I had cash like that. But something costing that much for a first car is a bit excessive unless I intend to keep the car for a LONG time or wanting to track my car. As far as I know, Stance is ridiculously high-quality from what I hear. Megan Racing is doing R&D on X7 coilovers as well.
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I will NEVER understand why people are willing to 'go cheap' on their SUSPENSION!!
It's your car for crying out loud!! The single biggest purchase you'll make in your lifetime, aside from a house. Going cheap on suspension could cause an accident... which could KILL YOU or others.. and leave you financially F'D for your lifetime...
WHY?!?!?
And that whole thing about "springs on the cheap". The springs in question are generic Eibach race springs, that are built shorter and stiffer than the stock springs, which in a way is a universal lowering spring that would work for my car.