how to ghetto-lower a car?

i need instructions on how to heat up the springs to lower a car....my friend has a beat ass 70 something civic, and we want to slam it just for the hell of it, it is a junk car that hardly runs, so we dont care about the ghetto-drop messing anything up, i need full step-by-step instructions, thank you

so does this mean you think we are ghetto and actually know how to do it?

heating them is not ghetto, cutting them is

actually, if you want to get technical, heating the springs is WAY more ghetto then cutting them, because if you heat them, you significantly weaken them, possably resulting in them breaking at any given moment, plus, its lazy, to cut them you have to remove the springs, cut them, put them back on to see if it is low enough, if not do everything over again, so it requires effort, more effort in which i am willing to dish out on this old hoop-dee

well you basically said it yourself... break out the torch get those mofo's hotter' then da hinges o' hell, or just really fuggin hot and put weight on em... don't burn your brake line or tires though... and wah la on slammed civic

My first 1990 civic had a snapped spring on the front left, and they had NEVER been plyed with, when I braked it would pull one way like a BITCH!

you are not nearly ghetto enough my friend.

true ghetto peeps cut the springs while on the car adn remove the part that was cut off :flipa:

btw, i have coilovers, i just know people who did this.

Originally posted by 91civicDXdude
you are not nearly ghetto enough my friend.

true ghetto peeps cut the springs while on the car adn remove the part that was cut off :flipa:

btw, i have coilovers, i just know people who did this.

now that is playing with death... those mofos are under a lot of pressure

..alright..if you wanna be ghetto... heat the springs up nice and hot...get a buddy or two and bounce the car up and down and collapse em..

..or like someone said...torch the springs and pop thepiece you got out...you'll melt the bumpstop and dust boot....but hey ;)

Hey, Slammed!
I did this 'modification' to my 1970 El Camino. My Dad told me how it was done. I got two buddies to sit on the hood of the pickup while he heated up each spring with a torch.
Rrrrt. Rrrrrt. The sag was born, and it took about 3 minutes.
Flunky
PS-They did have to get red-hot.
PPS-I got 39 mothafckn cents. I would like fries with that.

now that is playing with death... those mofos are under a lot of pressure

why does everybody seem to think this? honda springs dont even need spring compressors to put them on or take them off. if you jack the car up and cut the springs, you can take the cut piece right out.

b/c its generally not a good practice to have, yes maybe the honda's aren't that bad, but when some one does a honda and then does a car the does have a lot of compression you get into trouble.. thats why i say that

If your smart you will sit something under the car so that it will only lower to a certian point. I know someon who didnt do this and the car was riding the ground after the springs cooled down.

Originally posted by 91civicDXdude
honda springs dont even need spring compressors to put them on or take them off.

They dont? Thats it then, getting my car lowered on tenzo r's 1" drop ... I dont wanna hear any shit about how I should lower it more either :finger:

you don't but they can make life a lot easier... and only cost like 15 bucks new...

Originally posted by Melt


They dont? Thats it then, getting my car lowered on tenzo r's 1" drop ... I dont wanna hear any shit about how I should lower it more either :finger:

bah no reason to lower it only and inch :finger: you should lower it more :D haha j/k and inch will look at least a lil better than stock

there is absolutely no need for spring compressors. they dont make the job any easier because its already easy. thats like saying you dont need a steering wheel puller for our cars because the wheel comes right off with one bolt, but we'll get one anyways to make the job easier.

they are not needed AT ALL.

i totally agree ive seen so much stuff about spring compressors since ive been here and im like why we have never used a spring compressor what a waste of money to rent it!!!!