What's peoples thoughts about chopping springs?

[rallyesport04]

ive chopped springs with no issues if you warm the bottom up an bend them so they locate in the lower cup its even less of a problem also if you wrap a zip tie around the cup an coil they wont dislodge or just warm them up like posse says can you buy spring asisters for normal springs i know you can with 2 1/4 the springs never disloge=no mot failures

[LUKE261]

B fine mate

[monkeymoreton]

i've had cars with lowering springs cut before and that was pretty interesting to drive i would never say it felt dangerous i've always cut the coil so that the end of the coil is in the same place as before.

[BaileyMex]

Cheers all.

[mr zefect]

Always cut mine I just drill several holes in the cups

Then knock a slot with a flat screwdriver enough so you

Can get a jubilee clip through the cup to hold the spring in

Both sides top and bottom. As for spring clamps I used to

Take the strut off aim it at the wall and undo the top nut

Very carfully untill it fires off the top cup and spring and you

Lose the nut and hopefully not your hand .

[Escort Mk1 4 Door]

i did a mk2 golf other day i could compress the springs with one hand on the rear lol no need to compress it to change shocks, all i know saxo's ect french cable tie the spring before undoing they do fire off there like 2 times longer when uncompressed.

 

my mk1 springs are to short and rattel about when jacked up lol

[BaileyMex]

Not done it yet, but probably will  

[Barnwest]

If theyre not fixed in place after being cut, they fall out when you get air... 

[BaileyMex]

it's only an old shitter that'll be lucky if it could get fast enough to even dream of making air