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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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is it a good idea to cut one of the coils off from the spring to lower my car, if so can anyone please tell me exactly what to do, having trouble locating lowering springs and having trouble lowering my car

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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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Have u tried burton power they sud stock some springs for ur car. Well i wud of thought they wud.
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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cutting them is a very bad idea it weakens the springs they dont sit right ie makes the car unstable and likely to fail causing you to crash
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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Have a look in retro ford mag or classic ford mag there sud b places in there that sells springs.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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