Hi im about to buy a set of tokico dspec + Eibach Pro Kit Springs used (1k miles)

But the thing is the guy cut off 1/4" the rear springs.
He said : "Dead coils are the part of the spring that only serve the purpose of ride height. They do not have anything to do with spring rates"

im going to buy it tonight and i really want to know if someone of you guys have done it before.

Is it really safety?

thanks ...
bump !!

 

It's cut your car is going to ride like $hit!. bottom line is if the spring was meant to be lower it would've been made lower. It seems that cutting springs mess with the structural integrity of the spring. I think this will also cause you to blow your shocks quicker.

 

guy is full of chit, cut spring does mess with the spring rate

 

thats why he said =(
I asked what is dead coil and he answered .

Dead coils are the part of the spring that only serve the purpose of ride height. They do not have anything to do with spring rates

Im going to meet him tonite .

bump for more answers ... =)

thanks guys

 

Depending on how the coils were cut, if too much heat was introduced into the metal, the spring rates could be completely ruined. I wouldn't buy the springs.

 

i got this information from other website
"Although it's not relevant to stock springs, it's very common for people to cut off a "dead" coil from a progressive lowering spring. There may be one coil at the end of the spring that touches the second coil, so it has no use other than acting as a spacer because it's already fully compressed. Therefore it's "dead", and can be removed to provide a slightly lower ride height without severly altering the suspension."


the guy only cut only 1/4" ..

 

i still think that if he really was concerned witht he ride height and wanted to dump his car lower he should've gotten the sportlines.

 

he works at infiniti =D

 

Just called eibach
eibach: eibach may i help you?
me: yes .. uhh .. there is a guy selling me a pro kit springs, but the thing is he cut off 1/4" his dead coil, is it sa....(fety)
eibach : totally not.

note the guy didnt even wait i finish my phrase.

me: yea because he said he works at infiniti and ....
eibach: it doesnt matter where he works at ... springs were not designed to be cut.

me : thank you.
eibach: you're welcome.

 

It doesn't matter that the guys works for Infiniti. That's all the more reason that he should know not to cut the springs. Maybe the guy was working at Hyundai last week.

 

=D

yeah ... you know im really newbie about cars, im learning lil by lil =p
thanks all you guys helped me.

Im going to buy a brand new eibach pro kit.
I called Eibach and they said I should be fine putting the springs on my stock shocks/struts.

And later on when my shocks/struts are done Im gonna notice, and Should get new ones.
But How Am I going to notice? By feeling ? =p

 

trust me...you'll notice when your car rides like a damn seesaw lol!

it is "FINE" to put those springs on stock shocks and struts, but you WILL blow out your shocks a lot faster than you would with the right spring rate.

 

Aren't G35 Eibach Pro Kit Springsfor designed for G35 stock specs?

 

yes, they can handle it. the springs will eventually sag maybe a half inch, the aftermarket shocks will lower it a lil bit more too. so don't cut the springs.....just buy the sportlines, they will work with the stock shocks too.

 

Right now I have a 2" gap F&R (I don't have a OEM Sport Suspension right?)
Eibach Pro Kit - 1.1" F&R
Eibach Sportline Kit - 1.6" F&R

If I put the Sportline kit on isn't it gonna look slammed?