lakefxgp96 Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I've been thinking, the leafspring is just figerglass, i know its going to break if slots are cut into it! What if I uniformly removed X amount of meterial from both sides of the spring except for the padding areas. Would you anticipate this successfully lowering the car without damaging the spring? I do in fact have an extra spring that i pulled out of the Z34. The Z was 2" or more lower than stock, and sagged bad. One rear strut was actually blown completely. The ride quality in that car was terrible and noisy, but i believe it was only because of the struts. I switched springs when I switched the struts---Would this be considered a saggy spring, or just a different spring rate? And why does the GTP spring i replaced it with have rubber pads on the end and not the lumina one I pulled? The one on top is the 95 GTP spring i pulled, the bottom one is the 93 Z34 spring I replaced. I loved the ride height the lumina used to have in the rear, but not the ride quality or handling--again not sure if it was just the struts or a saggy spring. ???!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intlcutlass Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 If you remove any material, I would guess on 1 of 2 things happening. The spring will fracture either when you grind it down or the first time you drive on it , OR if it can be sucessfully shaved down , it may ride lower but will not be nearly as firm as it needs to be. I would anticipate you bottoming out a lot. Then again what do I know??? It may work great.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabz Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, and No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Just put in a saggy spring...the spring in my car is a freaking pile (car sits level with the stock front springs, when its definately not supposed to) and the car rides fine. I have Monroe Gasmatic struts that are almost new out back. When the struts were shot, it rode like ass. The spring lowered itself after i had an All-Iron 4-speed transmission in my trunk for a few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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