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Originally Posted by Kingy
yer for insurance reasons no no, but ive had choppies in all my cars and never had a problem, most people saying oh there dangerous prob havnt ever had them..
Theyre illegal for a reason. Just because you havnt had the misfortune of crashing due to cut springs doesnt mean theyre safe.
In the front of a car they are identical to normal springs, but the rears have a circled bottom which sit into place. Front struts arent just going to fall out but the rears can. Also the weight of the rear of the car is on one corner of the spring. Alot of pressure on a tiny edge.
Put simply, if they were safe they would be legal... thats pretty much it.
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Originally Posted by EAT-30T
Depends on your idea of "choppies" if you cut a coil spring in half just about of course its sh*t....My current VLCT had this done when I got it by some kebab job and let me say the ride back from Melbourne to sydney was far from pleasant.......
Lol.
Wilko, the only time the REAR springs can come out is if the car gets airborne and the trailing arms fall away from the body and the springs are no longer under load, I cant see how going round a corner fast will have any impact?
TW089 once you drop the car onto the spring it compresses and the weight of the car is not just on one corner, its impossible. Has anyone ever heard of anyone having an accident because of chopped springs???? Only problem I ever had was turning into a sharp drivewayin my VK, it lifted one wheel up and the spring popped out.....
End of the day dont be an idiot and chop em in half, taking the guard down to the tyre is low enough.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
Wyndup - the bottom of the spring doesnt compress flat once weight is applied. Youd have to have a tonne directly on the one spring for that!
Anway I think this thread and all the others before it have been done and dusted.
Fellas harden the fuc.k up!
there is nothing wrong with chopped springs.
Do u think each spring is individually moulded?
No, its actually a long spring that is cut into smaller lengths.
if the dorks at pedders and kings made springs low enough we wouldnt be chopping them.
in my opinion a car isnt lowered unless the 19's are almost inside the wheelarch
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Originally Posted by Turbro
Fellas harden the fuc.k up!
there is nothing wrong with chopped springs.
Do u think each spring is individually moulded?
No, its actually a long spring that is cut into smaller lengths.
if the dorks at pedders and kings made springs low enough we wouldnt be chopping them.
in my opinion a car isnt lowered unless the 19's are almost inside the wheelarch
You sir, are a fool
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Originally Posted by SLO.BT1
hey guys, just interested to know, are chopped springs actually illegal?or is it just the ride height that affects the legality?im keen to lower my car and am not concerned about the bouncing, pig rooting antics of chopped springs.what i am actually concerned about is whether my insurance company will give me the finger if the car has choppies, even if they know the car is lowered.thanks in advance guys.
As with the exact same thread in the other section you made (word for word).
This questions is stupid.
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