Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
01-07-2012, 05:58 PM
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Car: 1986 Camaro Sport Coupe
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Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
so i have a SC and it rides pretty high compared to the iroc & the rs and the prices ive seen on lowering springs are pretty high and i heard you can cut them so is it safe any pros and cons? thanks
01-07-2012, 06:52 PM
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Car: 1988 SC Convertible
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Re: Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
I cut a full coil off my front and rears. I left the rear isolators in but the front ones were toast.
I cut them with a band saw.
I'm on my phone so I can't post pics here. But, I have pics in my vert build thread in the body forum.
I love how it looks, but I'm going to remove the rear isolators.
I cut them with a band saw.
I'm on my phone so I can't post pics here. But, I have pics in my vert build thread in the body forum.
I love how it looks, but I'm going to remove the rear isolators.
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01-07-2012, 07:15 PM
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Re: Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
its safe and common. Trick is to try to not add a lot of heat into the spring, so cut with a cut off wheel, hack saw, recip saw, band saw ect. Dont use a torch
01-07-2012, 08:04 PM
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01-07-2012, 08:08 PM
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Re: Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
thanks for the help im gonna have my autotech teacher help me with it!
01-08-2012, 07:31 PM
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Re: Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
on the front cut half a coil first and try it.i cut a full coil and had to replace the springs because the front end was dragging on everything.
01-08-2012, 09:03 PM
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Re: Cutting Camaro Springs Safe Or Not?
I cut a full coil from front and rear....no bottoming out YET been 3 years
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