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deltron4263 · 08-12-2005, 04:08 AM

i just bought a 95' s14. it seems that the previous owner clamped the front springs with spring compressors to lower the car. i do not know how long these have been on, but was wondering how bad it this for my suspension? should i take them off?

TheSparo · 08-12-2005, 05:34 AM

ummm yea, that is a very bad idea... they could shoot off and get caught in the suspension somewhere else preventing you from having control, or it could bouce out and hi another car, and it's just plain fucking ignorant...

so yes take them off

pignosecoupe · 08-12-2005, 06:04 AM

free spring compressors, score!!!, just leave them on, dont drive it, and buy some coilovers. Spring are already compressed, your committed to coilovers. I have a sr20 water pump, now I am committed to buying an SR

Ian · 08-12-2005, 10:28 AM

if he bought coilovers, what would htat have to do with the compressed springs?

take the compressors off RIGHT AWAY. Doing that will shorten the stroke of the shocks, as well as create unnecessary wear on them. There's no telling what happened to the shocks while being compressed like this and actually driven. Best bet is to take them off and then drive. If it's messed up, get the shocks/springs replaced. Best case scenario, it's fine and you dont have to replace anything.

projectRDM · 08-12-2005, 10:42 AM

There's a little misinformation here.

The compressors in question usually only lock two coils together, while that ruins the spring by loading it unnecassarily it does not damage the strut/shock at all, it's just like running a lowering spring in that respect. The main issue is the compression/rebound of the OE spring is thrown off and the car will ride horrible and be unpredictable under loading. That would be the reaosn to remove them, not because there's possible damage to the rest of the car. There isn't. So unless you like the car jumping around over bumps, take them off.

kingsol · 08-12-2005, 10:42 AM

are you serious?! hahaha

Ian · 08-12-2005, 11:00 AM

i donno, i think it depends on how the compressor works. The ones i've used clamp onto 2 coils and pull them closer together, not right next to eachother though, usually 2 apart or so. I could imagine that having them this short would damage the shock on the upstroke, as when the car is trying to come back up to proper height, it's jerked to a stop by the compressor. Anyhow, driving w/ spring compressors on is a pretty huge no-no.

420sx · 08-12-2005, 11:15 AM

that is horrible.... springs like that have no place on the road

Lith · 08-12-2005, 11:51 AM

that's like asking for an accident to happen..

pignosecoupe · 08-12-2005, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mainevent212

if he bought coilovers, what would htat have to do with the compressed springs?

Cause It is an excellant excuse to upgrade, well, I gues there are plenty of excusses, but I would accept this one.

Yoshi · 08-12-2005, 12:35 PM

have u ever used one of those things and have it break/fail?
I was helping my friend change the struts on his car and one of the compressors slipped off, shot across the garage and embedded itself in the drywall. Had one of us been in the way, there would have been a definite hospital trip!

Now imagine if that happened to you on the freeway...
It prolly varies by state, but there would DEFINITELY be some accidents if not fatalities. TAKE THEM OFF ASAP!

ALTRNTV · 08-12-2005, 12:54 PM

TTIWWP!!!

08-12-2005, 04:08 AM	#1
deltron4263 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san jose, ca Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	using spring compressors to lower suspension? i just bought a 95' s14. it seems that the previous owner clamped the front springs with spring compressors to lower the car. i do not know how long these have been on, but was wondering how bad it this for my suspension? should i take them off?

08-12-2005, 05:34 AM	#2
TheSparo Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Athens/Chattanooga/ Cookeville/Morristown, TN Age: 39 Posts: 1,141 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ummm yea, that is a very bad idea... they could shoot off and get caught in the suspension somewhere else preventing you from having control, or it could bouce out and hi another car, and it's just plain fucking ignorant... so yes take them off __________________ 89 240 SR powered... ummm i promise its stock

08-12-2005, 06:04 AM	#3
pignosecoupe Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 140 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	free spring compressors, score!!!, just leave them on, dont drive it, and buy some coilovers. Spring are already compressed, your committed to coilovers. I have a sr20 water pump, now I am committed to buying an SR __________________ -

08-12-2005, 10:42 AM	#5
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 51 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	There's a little misinformation here. The compressors in question usually only lock two coils together, while that ruins the spring by loading it unnecassarily it does not damage the strut/shock at all, it's just like running a lowering spring in that respect. The main issue is the compression/rebound of the OE spring is thrown off and the car will ride horrible and be unpredictable under loading. That would be the reaosn to remove them, not because there's possible damage to the rest of the car. There isn't. So unless you like the car jumping around over bumps, take them off. __________________ FORMERLY R240NA Learn what's really going on and protect your assets now before they're gone forever: www.paypalsucks.com

08-12-2005, 10:42 AM	#6
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	are you serious?! hahaha __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

08-12-2005, 11:15 AM	#8
420sx Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Age: 42 Posts: 3,960 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: 420sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that is horrible.... springs like that have no place on the road __________________ hydropgrahics! ls1......

08-12-2005, 11:51 AM	#9
Lith Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 153 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that's like asking for an accident to happen..

08-12-2005, 12:35 PM	#11
Yoshi Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Washington Age: 48 Posts: 3,003 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: Yoshi Feedback Score: 1 reviews	have u ever used one of those things and have it break/fail? I was helping my friend change the struts on his car and one of the compressors slipped off, shot across the garage and embedded itself in the drywall. Had one of us been in the way, there would have been a definite hospital trip! Now imagine if that happened to you on the freeway... It prolly varies by state, but there would DEFINITELY be some accidents if not fatalities. TAKE THEM OFF ASAP! __________________ www.360realms.com/S13-S15

08-12-2005, 12:54 PM	#12
ALTRNTV Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Conference Posts: 9,429 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	TTIWWP!!!

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