anyone ever heard of it.. it has been done on monster garage.. i guess its like cutting.. but if its just for the look.. anyone got any info
thanks

 

And why do you want to do this?

 

The reason WHY they took the blow torch to the springs (on the El Camino) was because Jesse James didn't like how high the El Camino was riding.

Also, keep in mind that the El Camino was used in the figure 8 race track. It was a short term use vehicle.

Cutting a spring will affect the life of the spring itself and the ride of your vehicle. Not only that, but the spring was designed to work as a whole. Cutting it, greatly reduces the ability of the spring to work properly.

Doing this to your car is just plain stupid.

 

You take mechanic tip from Monster Garage? Remember this is the same show that made a single wheel drive FC convertible and shot it with a mini gun because it didn't drive through sand dunes as fast as a rail buggy.

There are actually two ways of doing this. Cutting the spring will make it shorter but I believe it will also make the spring SOFTER because there are less coils. Another tecnhique is to just heat the springs so they are soft then drop the car down and let them cool at the desired height. This usually results in a car that is not level (from side to side), and if I remember correctly heating them make the spring softer because of the change in coil pattern/shape.

 

Removing coils from a spring will make it stiffer. Imagine you had zero coils; a solid bar. It's be really darn stiff

Technically that works but is a poor idea. This heavily fatigues the steel and you'll be very lucky to keep the car level as you mention.

Given that lowering springs are so friggen cheap why do people even bother????

 

Heated springs never recover from the thermal stress and will always be screwed.

Leave it for the El Caminos, and even they won't do it if they have half a brain.