Over the years I have seen a lot of ways to lower a car. Springs heated with a torch, cut coils, clamps on the coils, shorter springs rattling loose in the perches ...etc.
While doing the brakes on my friends lesabre I spotted this lovely mod.
Coils compressed and welded together
One weld being broken explains why it lists to one side.
This looks to have been done over 30 years ago. It's a shame since new springs aren't in his budget.
springs are like $8/each at the yard. there's gotta be something there that'll work.
new springs are like $50 a pair at any parts store..
More like $120 a pair for an early 60's B body. Just ordered a set of four for a 59 impala.
H&H classic has 1.5" lowering springs for $119. That is the route I recommended. But I'm not doing that until he also buys shocks and that turns into a while we are in there.... kinda thing. This car has been off the road for 18 years and needs every little thing.
Why wouldn't you just cut a coil? Hell, torching a coil off because you don't what to disassemble would be safer than this.
never seen that, have seen a civic with no springs.
Never seen it done that way, makes sense though, deletes a coil without taking the suspension apart or waving an acetylene torch around. The redneck in me would be tempted to weld it back up in the meantime, I mean, it did hold up ok beyond the crappy weld failing.
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