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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:04 PM
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i have tein springs on my car...i didnt put them on so i dont know which ones they are....but the car doesnt really look low at all.....anyway so im gonna cut them and im sure it will make the ride suck but i dont care....what i need to know is how much should i cut them....i tried to figure it out on my own but i dont wanna cut them and have my car sit on my tires hah......fender wells are about 2 inches above the tires front and back....i want it to be low like when people have those shitty matrix coil overs if you know what i mean.........let me know...thanks
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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they settle. dumb bitch, didnt they teach you that at auto tech school?
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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theyve been on there for 7 months or something like that......
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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Dont cut them, your car gonna drive shitty after that. Mines are cut (was like that when i bought) and the car isnt fun to drive at high speed
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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back in the day we would just get under the car and heat the springs with a torch untill we got the right ride hight.
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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back in the day we would just get under the car and heat the springs with a torch untill we got the right ride hight.
some guy from here used to do that on BMW's .... was that you?
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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Dont cut those springs dude.Tein is some good ----, Heat em up, or sell em and get some ajustable coil overs
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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torch them like we do in mexico
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ratcityrex
back in the day we would just get under the car and heat the springs with a torch untill we got the right ride hight.
You chain the back down too?
Old Jan 30, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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sell them buy sleeve with the ajustable coil over



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