# lowering car via heating springs

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [October 21, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lowering-car-via-heating-springs/110424 "2007-10-21T14:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lowering-car-via-heating-springs/110424/40 "2007-10-24T21:26:01Z")

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> [@Something for the AMD fanboys](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/4):
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 1. Get one of those portable propane tanks with those brass nozzles ($10 at walmart)
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> 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)
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> 3. I’d recommend getting some welders gloves to handle the springs when they are REALLY hot.
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> 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…
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> 5. Once the springs are glowing red, using the gloves obviously, grab it and then put it into the vice.
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> 6. Start compressoring the vice all the way untill the spring is fully compressed.
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> 7. Leave the spring compressed like that untill it fully cools down.
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> 8. Make sure the spring is cool and then you can reinstall it.
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> 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.
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> Good luck

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

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