To cut or not to cut......

**bobby-tupper** · 17th February 2009, 11:49

right as you may know i dropped the veccy lastnite,and have now done over 110miles and had it loaded up with poop for the tip.problem is it aint sat level the rear is still well up.now would you lads just chop out half a coil at a time to get it level??????

i did this before on my vec b v6 and it worked a treat.

**chrisvectra** · 17th February 2009, 11:52

i personally wouldnt cut springs but thats me

**bobby-tupper** · 17th February 2009, 11:54

Originally Posted by chrisvectra

i personally wouldnt cut springs but thats me

have checked with a few surpliers and for some reason they wont supply just a pair of rear springs? whats that all about.

**big rich** · 17th February 2009, 11:54

i would chop a coil off m8, they cant go any where the way there fitted on the vec

ps, dont go mad....as my old dad says, ''you can always take a bit more off but you cant put a bit back on''

**Bethan39** · 17th February 2009, 11:55

Nor would i just give it time to settle and you should see a difference!

**bobby-tupper** · 17th February 2009, 11:58

Originally Posted by big rich

i would chop a coil off m8, they cant go any where the way there fitted on the vec

ps, dont go mad....as my old dad says, ''you can always take a bit more off but you cant put a bit back on''

thats what i thought,to be honest i dont really want to see any tyre at the top of the rear arch.

**big rich** · 17th February 2009, 12:12

Originally Posted by bobby-tupper

thats what i thought,to be honest i dont really want to see any tyre at the top of the rear arch.

on its arse lol

**boba** · 17th February 2009, 12:17

Good chance of failing an MOT with an observant mechanic if you cut the springs. Surely they won't seat properly either?

**Dan_BlackSRi** · 17th February 2009, 12:46

Originally Posted by Bethan39

Nor would i just give it time to settle and you should see a difference!

Damn right, give it chance to settle, you WILL notice a difference.

**mark_w** · 17th February 2009, 12:52

i'd be wary of doing something like cutting a spring to be honest, think if something nasty happened and you spun on a wet road it into some kiddy on a bike, for example, or some old dear crossing the road. the investigators would pull the car to bits looking for anything, and even if such an incident was nothing to do with suspension, they'd pin it on that - and would the insurance company want to know you? does the pope poo in the woods?