lowering car via heating springs

[Fobwall]

@Fobwall

Hey, I’ve done it before but it is a pretty long process especially if you’re doing all 4 springs. Cause first of all, you need a spring compressor to get all the springs off.

And then you’re going to need a pretty big vice (to compress) the springs… so you need one that can fit a really large spring. The rears are really long.

1. Get one of those portable propane tanks with those brass nozzles ($10 at walmart)

2. Remove all 4 springs from your car using a Spring Compressor (can be rented at Canadian tire or partsource…just need to give them a $100 deposit if I remember correctly)

3. I’d recommend getting some welders gloves to handle the springs when they are REALLY hot.

4. Start heating up each spring. Do it one at a time… It will probably take a good 6 minutes to get it really hot…

5. Once the springs are glowing red, using the gloves obviously, grab it and then put it into the vice.

6. Start compressoring the vice all the way untill the spring is fully compressed.

7. Leave the spring compressed like that untill it fully cools down.

8. Make sure the spring is cool and then you can reinstall it.

To be honest though. Doing this will only lower it by an inch an a half MAX… so I don’t know if all this work is worth it to you. If I were you, I’d just buy a new set of lowering springs. Saves a lot of time that’s for sure.

Good luck

Like I’ve posted… thats how you do it. If you don’t wanna do it. Buy some actual lowering springs.