has anyone tried it?

 

That's a bad idea.
Cutting springs = cutting your handeling.

If yr budget is tight, get 2nd handafter market one.

 

i don't think anyone has done it on our car. what's your reasoning? make it lower and stiffer?

if you want, have at it, just have an extra set of springs and shocks or coilovers handy. unless you know the spring rates your changing them to and aren't increasing them dramatically (which is tough if your cutting) your shock may not last long.

 

^ Yup, only bad things can come of this.

 

Bad idea

 

If you can afford a RX-8, can't you at least afford some lowering springs? They're not expensive.

 

Bah. I cut 3/4 of a coil off my front springs to get the front to sit level with the back. Didn't hurt ride or safety in the slightest.

Sure, if you cut more than 2 coils, then you begin to have an unsafe and ill riding set up. And anytime you heat springs trying to let them collapse that is highly unsafe. Cutting them with a cutoff wheel etc. will not hurt the spring at all, and as long as you keep it within reason, you will not hurt the handling or safety either.

Oh, and you can trim stock coils in this manner while still mounted to the strut, in fact you can even do it without ever removing the assembly from the car. Which is a shitload easier than doing a coil swap.

Sure this is not for everyone but if you just want 1/2" of lowering or you want to take the "reverse rake" out of the stock setup (why the hell did they put it that way anyway?) then I am all for it.

 

It's stupid, besides aren't you already low.

 

yea so...my automotive instructor got fired for teaching the class **** like this...haha pretty funny too