strut question

[blu3kgt]

well this past week i decided that i wanted to lower my car so i just cut the springs because i wanted a lower drop than the eibachs, the drop looks really really good and im very satisfied, but i do know that cutting the springs is not the right way to do it but the ride isn't too bad, the front does bounce a little bit but my struts are blown, so i was wondering if i replace the struts would it help out to stop the bouncing since the bounce isn't excessive with blown struts??

[X2Xtreme360]

Unless you know exactly what you're doing, cutting springs is not smart. The fact that your struts are bad is probably because you cut the springs.

Do yourself a favor, get some new KYB's and a set of Intrax springs. It's not too expensive and it will save you a lot of BS. I'm not sure how low you want to go, but the Intrax set up looks very nice.

[blu3kgt]

no my struts were out before i lowered it, and i got them cut by someone who knew what they were doing...and i was aiming for a 2 inch drop which is what i have now... the bouncing isn't excessive but it's not confortable either but that's one of the sacrifices made when lowering a vehicle isn't it? and also i have read that even with the intrax spring the ride still bounces a little bit even with good struts, is that true?? and which struts would work better, the Kyb gr-2's, or the bilstein??

[Stealthee]

Cutting the springs is the worst thing you can do and will lead to QUICKLY blown struts.

[blu3kgt]

well i do know it will cause premature wear on the struts, but what i was going to do is just buy struts with lifetime warranty so every time they go out, i will just switch them again lol ... i have become a pro at changing them too, i removed both the front and rear struts, and put them back in all in around an hour and a half. that's including jacking up and removing the wheels

[Stealthee]

There are no struts with a lifetime warantee.

And hour and a half? Ha, I had my old struts out and coilovers in in about 45 minutes. And I had never had my rear struts out before so I wasnt 100% sure how they came out.

[X2Xtreme360]

Bottom line here, you shouldn't take short cuts. Sounds like a new set of struts every time the springs cause wear on them would be an awful lot of work. I would just get KYB GR-2, they're good struts and stock at that.

A few brands in mind for springs:
Tein, Intrax, Eibach, Ground Control (adjustable)

All good brands, and good luck.

[blu3kgt]

there is struts with lifetime warranty,like the struts at autozone, all their parts basically have a lifetime warranty but the parts are refurbished of course

[jason_bet]

Originally Posted by blu3kgt

there is struts with lifetime warranty,like the struts at autozone, all their parts basically have a lifetime warranty but the parts are refurbished of course

The kyb's i quoted you have lifetime warrenty but if there was a problem you would have to ship them back and pay to ship the new ones out there.. I am thinking 40 bucks bolth ways if that...

Jason