Will Heated Springs(stock) Give a smooth ride and last a while ? or how about cut ? whats the best of the two ? ?
None...it's the worst thing to do...
If you actually care about your suspension and ride quality, go buy a set of real lowering springs...
Yeah, don't do either of these things. They won't hold up.
That's something the old low-rider guys used to do but they had much bigger springs on them so it didn't hurt so much to do.
Get a proper set of lowering springs or keep the car stock.
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Heated Springs. Can mess up the metal and can make them brittle causing them to snap. Many horror stories of being on the highway and heat spring breaking.
Cut springs. Change the spring rate of the entire spring and makes them more bouncy than regular lowering springs. <br>
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
Like it's been said before, you don't want to heat springs and you don't want to cut them. They arn't meant for that. <br>
no seriously , those guys are telling you right if you keep looking around you'll find a set of quality springs for cheap. try the jbo classifieds also
ClassGlass / RkSport / Eibach / Motegi / Ractive / Borla / K&N
hey lets see $200 for good springs vs. who can guess how much for repairs from a bad drop. like said above do it right or keep it stock.
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a set of lowering springs are fairly cheap... go out spend $200-250 and get some nice lowering springs like Eibach and you will be happy with the ride quality <br>
Remove the springs compleatly and ride on the bumpstops. <br>
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I Just heated Them cause ima get new struts and lowering springs but... The heated springs ride really smooth..... and pretty confortable for stock.... I give it a thums up .. dont know for how long but so far soo good ..... .
ok dude. dont come crying on here if your car gets fcked up cause of those springs. <br>
Im a Xbox 360 fanboy...and damn proud of it!!
Please don't try to give advice when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
Nobody cares how it feels days after you've done this. The fact is that you've now weakened your springs and they could snap at any time, possibly resulting in a serious crash.
I hope nobody reads this and thinks this is something acceptable to do. Idiots like you tend to see this sort of thing and, despite everyone telling them not to do it, go ahead and do it anyway.
They get what they deserve... but I sincerely hope that nobody else is hurt in the process.
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Yet another person giving information that a novice is going to take as fact. <br>
2004 Grand Prix GTP (Competition Group)
SOLD-->1999 Z24 5M-#30 to register on JBO
"You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people'
all the time
how exactly do u heat springs? just wondering cause ive never really heard of it. <br>
Have your suspention collapse on the road is not fun. Trust me. Don't do it. Get the ok stuff, and ride safe. <br>
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springs from ebay would be better then that... idiot <br>
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Should have cut them with a high speed grinder and thin disk.
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Well its been a week and the springs are doing fine..... I have a couple of friends that have done it and had them for 2 years already and theres no problem... the ride feels much better ... and its better than wasting $600 bucks for the whole system.... so regarless of what you all say... " ohh dont come crying back when the crack" what ever the only people that they crack on are the idiots that drive fast on a bumpy a$$ road.. and cmon who drives fast on a lowered.. car ? but like i said it been a week with my heated springs and they are great !!! my opionion ..
You have absolutely no clue, nor so you seem to have any interest in doing what's right.
For anyone reading this and wondering about it the answers are this..
Money spent on a proper suspension is not wasted.
Plenty of people drive fast on bumpy roads. I do all the time because my suspension ensures that my tires stay in contact with that road and keep me safely in control.
Who drives fast in a lowered car? Many people lower their cars for the performance aspects so of course they drive fast!
You've obviously only lowered yours so that it will look lower and hopefully get you laid or something. You've degraded the performance and potentially made it into a danger to everyone on the roads.
You think you've improved your ride by making it look lower though in reality you've just done damage to it.
Nobody who knows anything about cars will be impressed. But good luck with getting laid.
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so that it will look lower and hopefully get you laid
NOW WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?
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Plenty of people drive fast on bumpy roads. I do all the time because my suspension ensures that my tires stay in contact with that road and keep me safely in control.
Who drives fast in a lowered car? Many people lower their cars for the performance aspects so of course they drive fast!
I can say that i am lowered right and I drive fast on any road I choose, smooth as silk and sticking to corners like there was glue on 'em.
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Well thanks for the encouragement and yup i got Laid alot .
and hope fully i keep getting laid unlike you....
you're a loser
enjoy wrecking your vehicle you hack job
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This thread is great, I don't know what makes you more of a retard... the fact that you heated the springs, or the fact that happy with the ride.
I've been in an 04 cavi with heated springs thats sits lower then my car (my car on Rksport Prostreet coilovers) and you hit youe head off the roof of the car going down the higway if you don't buckle up and tighten the belt as much as possible to hold yourself down. You have to recline the seat because sitting up hurts your neck after about 10 minuets. So mister spring heater, I'm gonng laugh at you when you hit a bump driving around a highway on ramp and your whole car bounces itself into the gaurd rail.... I will laugh my ass off and then come piss on you while your in the hospitol
have a nice day asshat <br>
