i heard someone say u could cut a strut down to the size u need and re-thread it what do u think of doing this
with a car with coil overs


speed kills save lives drive a honda

no

Mike (96RedCav) wrote:no

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M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq

only if you cut it with a torch
































lol j/k

yeah cutting a gas filled strut is BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. even trying to use a gas filled strut as a pogo stick is a bad idea just ask Furious2.2 ......


ShowOff Customz
03 Cavalier
73 Beetle
68 Fairlane 500

i meant the ram not the strut its self like maybe cut an inch or two or more off the top and have them re threaded


speed kills save lives drive a honda

get some struts from the junk yard and try it


ShowOff Customz
03 Cavalier
73 Beetle
68 Fairlane 500

cavyracer1 wrote:i heard someone say u could cut a strut down to the size u need and re-thread it what do u think of doing this
with a car with coil overs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DIAF.

You dont have coil-overs. Coil-overs come with their own strut(Tein, Gravana, STD, etc).



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown

cavyracer1 wrote:i meant the ram not the strut its self like maybe cut an inch or two or more off the top and have them re threaded

I know you meant the rod. Just because you can doesn't make it a good idea.

You ever toss it in neutral and floor it just because you can? Probably not.

Just don't cut struts. Do it right.

I wanna see him do it!



14.330 @ 96.37mph

It's not a new thing, its been done plenty of times on all kinds of cars, doing it would help solve the lack for travel when lowered but the stock struts are such crap from the factory they will not handle the higher spring rates of aftermarket springs. Your wasting your time doing it on a J.

^ ^ ^ Definitely nothing new. Matter of fact a company by the name of Bectech used to sell shortened struts for a few cars. I've seen some pics of VW struts getting shortened also.

Sure, go ahead and cut / rethread the rod.

Now what's your plan to improve the valving so they can handle the higher spring rate?

dear god why? why must we still have people trying to rig up crap so it 'works'?

we have SEVERAL amazing strut and suspension options out there pluck for the taking. koni yellows, tokico d-specs, kyb agxs, tein ss's, kw variant 3's, std's... the list goes on and on.

you've got to pay to play.



Every time I scream "Release", I mean it, you know it. I feel the day. Black 7.

Tinkles wrote:

cavyracer1 wrote:i heard someone say u could cut a strut down to the size u need and re-thread it what do u think of doing this
with a car with coil overs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DIAF.

You dont have coil-overs. Coil-overs come with their own strut(Tein, Gravana, STD, etc).

ground controls dont

When I read a thread like this, I wonder who here actually has some sort of background in automotive suspension systems, and who just spouts off with some crap they read on some other internet site. Over 60% of the posts in this thread fall into the 2nd group. Sad.