cut my springs today-heres the results

[mustangsvtblack]

Well after alot of research i decided to cut my springs, i went with 3/4 coil in front and 7/8 coil in rear. The whole job from start to finish took 2 1/2 hours, was one of the easiest things ive ever done.
Heres some pics.

BEFORE



AFTER




DURING

 

[mustangsvtblack]

fixed the pics sorry about how big they were

 

[Geno-04]

Looks good!!! I am thinkin of cutting mine...do u cut the top or the bottom?

 

[mustangsvtblack]

bottom of all 4 i searched alot to find that out so you dont need to search any further. I'm 100% sure of it. Hope this helps ya.
BTW go ahead and cut them, there are alot of people that will say dont but mine rides no different and i managed to save about 300 dollars.

 

[mrose75]

Looks real good, nice stance. Love the MG BTW!!

 

[93cobra#3326]

hmm looks good

 

[jcobra]

Looks good.

 

[mustangsvtblack]

thanks guys. i cant believe more people dont do this very cheap and very very easy to do

 

[Wintermute]

:shrug: People get pretty ignorant about it. My local mustang guy refuses to do it. Time to find another guy. . .

 

[cobra04972tx1]

Looks just like mine, the stance that is..LOL.

 

[mustangsvtblack]

:shrug: People get pretty ignorant about it. My local mustang guy refuses to do it. Time to find another guy. . .

just do it your self, its really easy. Not too mention the best money you'll ever save

 

[CWD]

Give us a detailed write up....

With pics would be appreciated!

 

[mustangsvtblack]

i only have the one pic while doing it but, its real easy

i had a hoist but its the same as if you were using jack stands.

first i took the wheels off, pulled the tail pipes, used a screw jack under one of the control arms to take tension off while i removed the shock bolt. i then repeated the process on the other side for the shock bolt. After that i put the screw jack under the diff and removed the 2 rear irs subframe mounting bolts. once the bolts were out i lowered the screwjack to lower the irs until the springs were loose enought to pull out. I then marked where the pigtail of the spring was in the lower control arm a then cut them, 7/8 coil for the rears. total time to do rears was 1 hr.

for the fronts i removed the wheels, took the caliper off and placed it behind the strut to secure it, i then put the screw jack under the lower control arm and removed the 2 large strut to spindle bolts. after that i lowered the cotrol arm with the screw jack until the spring was loose enough to take out. some people will tell you to seperate the tierod end, but it in no way is necessary. After the spring was out i cut 3/4 coil and reinstalled. There are 2 small holes in the lower control arm, when installing the spring cover the first one but not the second. Total time for fronts 1 hr 15 min.

the rest of the time i put the wheels on and cleaned up. Hope this helps. on a scale of 1 to 10 i would rated this a 4

 

[runs2rch]

Looks cold out.. Drop looks great.

 

[SCcobra4me]

With pics would be appreciated!

This should help.

Correct!!!

I just did another set today for texaswrx. Heres how it went.

Stock springs uncut.

Cutting the rear springs with an air cut off wheel.

Here's 3/4 cut off the rear. (Top Side of Spring Cut)

I used the cut off peice to measure the next spring to be exactly the same as the other side. Here's both rear peices cut off.

Then I cut 1 coil off the fronts. (Bottom Side of Spring Cut)

Here's how much I cut off the fronts.

Hope this helps.

 

[Wintermute]

just do it your self, its really easy. Not too mention the best money you'll ever save

Nah, gotta pay other people for some stuff. No tools, no garage, live in a high-rise.