On my '67 GT6, I have competition springs that lower the car about an inch.
Lowering a car usually makes it look too much like a boy racer, but in this
case I think it looks just right. With the stock springs the car looks like
it's taking off; with the shorter springs it looks just right, with the
front and rear basically level.
The problem is that these springs are way too stiff for street driving. I
want to replace them with stock springs, but I want to keep the lower ride
height. I was told that cutting a coil off the spring is bad for two
reasons: 1) the top coil of the spring is flat, and so if you cut that off
it may not fit into the coil tower or shackle (whatever that's called) 2)
the springs could bind.
However, I've heard different views about this, and so I'm wondering if
anybody out there has actually cut their front springs and what the result
was. Is there a better way to lower the stock ride height without having to
go to stiff springs?
By the way, another good thing about the shorter springs is that you don't
need to compress the spring when taking out the shock. That was a big plus
because I used to have adjustable Konis that took some time to adjust
correctly and that had to be removed each time an adjustment was made.
Karim
'67 GT6 and MGB-GT
'86 MR2
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