help needed with cut rear springs

[Doug]

so i cut a coil off the stock GT springs i had in the rear of my cobra hoping to get a little drop so it wouldn't be all dukes of hazzard.

While putting them back on, I noticed that if i kept the pigtail on the lower part of the spring pointing forward then the end of the spring at the top would not be under the perch. So i had to rotate spring so the pigtail points inward a little bit.

Is that bad? should i cut a little more off the top so that it will go on with the pigtail facing forward?

I can get pics a little later if yall don't understand what i'm talking about.

 

[RoadZOmbie]

Why not just get drop spings?

 

[Doug]

because drop springs cost money. and i'm cheap

I got the GT spring for free.

 

[Doug]

anyone?

 

[98 svt]

If you cut EXACTLY 1 coil off then you should be fine.

 

[Toasty]

Friends dont let friends cut springs. Have you considered a civic?

 

[b dub]

should i cut a little more off the top so that it will go on with the pigtail facing forward?

how does it look now doug, do you have the desired drop?

my 2 cents: if it looks like you want it, or rides like you want it, then id try leaving it. i cant think of how inward pigtails would cause problems....

 

[poisonpony96]

Friends dont let friends cut springs. Have you considered a civic?

:lol:

 

[slosnake]

Ive never done the spring cut thing, but I have heard it horribly stiffens the ride !

 

[Doug]

If you cut EXACTLY 1 coil off then you should be fine.

We cut straight down from the end of the coil.

Friends dont let friends cut springs. Have you considered a civic?

i'll prentend i didn't see that.

 

[98 svt]

We cut straight down from the end of the coil.

That's the "safest" way to do it.
Though, I've never done it, and never will:shrug:

 

[NXCaaabra]

i did mine, rides good other than some bumps are kinda rough in the rear......