chopped springs??

Post by **james 1978** » 17 Oct 2008, 14:58

i know what will be said
ive driven on chopped springs before in other vehicles
i know the ride aint really the best
but as temp cheap option always served me well

anyone here ever driven on chopped springs or know anyone who has???

cheers

Post by **kevtherev** » 17 Oct 2008, 16:06

My mate had chopped springs on his bus

it was a cheap option and it was ok... for a while... until the mot man saw it.

the ride was awfull... just awfull

Post by **macccityrocker** » 18 Oct 2008, 18:56

I would agree with the above my hightop has got them on and its brutal ( it does look good though) just deciding whether to get rid of them and the alloys and go back to standard setup.

Post by **poshbuggers** » 18 Oct 2008, 21:34

I've had cars with chopped springs in the past, some were fine and others not so good. I've used them as a testbed for custom springs when off the shelf options weren't available but in the case of the T3 it is false economy.

Had some on my first van when I bought it and they were absolutely horrendous

When you hit a pothole/speed hump it felt like a scud missile had hit you.

Don't do it! It really is THAT bad.

Post by **T25-GTi** » 21 Oct 2008, 08:25

They are dangerous!!

I bought a Subaru Impreza which had the springs chopped, i assumed it had been lowered with proper springs until i hit a bump in the road the spring popped out and went through the tyre wall

Post by **Plasticman** » 25 Oct 2008, 22:46

Appart from the obviouse problems, it may lower the ride height but more importantly it alters the spring rate, gets even worse with dual and progressive rated coils.
Used to work out loads of springs for offroading(4x4) made them at custom springs at Sheffield,
Heres a fact ,dont use the cheaper wire from Brazil, a coil spring took less than 60 sec to wind by hand , 2 mins to face the ends, then quench in molten lead, then tumble in drum with shot,manufactured cost per spring 10 or so years ago for a rangy £6 each.
Mike