Clement
04-15-2002, 10:37 PM
I've been hearing about this techinque by some people who work for my Dad. They seem to know a lot bout cars, but i would rather have a second opnion.
They are telling me to take my springs out, and put them in to a spotting press. A spotting press is just a machine that pushes two peices of steel together. This is used for Molds, but will compress a springs enough(has a 3-5 ton pressure limit so it'll work). With the spring compressed, use a torch(or something like that, but wont melt steel, just makes it soft) and heat it for a while. Take spring out and it should be more compressed therefore when putting it back in car, it will be lower.
In my opnion i think this is just bull****, cuz arent ther stuff in the hole of spring(i belive they are shock abosrober or somthing[i dont know cars too well,but know enough])? This would be a cheap way to lower car though, that is if it does work. But this of course will be temporary till i save up enough $$$ to get shocks and the whole bunch to get it professionaly lowered in the summer. Also i personnaly think that the shocks, after enduring the heat, would be so brittle and break very easily. If it does work on the otherhand , it'll be a great tempory mod that wont cost me n e money.
They are telling me to take my springs out, and put them in to a spotting press. A spotting press is just a machine that pushes two peices of steel together. This is used for Molds, but will compress a springs enough(has a 3-5 ton pressure limit so it'll work). With the spring compressed, use a torch(or something like that, but wont melt steel, just makes it soft) and heat it for a while. Take spring out and it should be more compressed therefore when putting it back in car, it will be lower.
In my opnion i think this is just bull****, cuz arent ther stuff in the hole of spring(i belive they are shock abosrober or somthing[i dont know cars too well,but know enough])? This would be a cheap way to lower car though, that is if it does work. But this of course will be temporary till i save up enough $$$ to get shocks and the whole bunch to get it professionaly lowered in the summer. Also i personnaly think that the shocks, after enduring the heat, would be so brittle and break very easily. If it does work on the otherhand , it'll be a great tempory mod that wont cost me n e money.