Perhaps you could find a low mileage/well maintained car in the scrap yard to pull springs from?
I've never seen a good result from cutting a coil spring. I've heard of some folks cutting very measured segments from springs to get a desired ride height effect, but like Sean said- the ride will be crap and cutting an 1/8th or so of a coil a time and then reinstalling/test driving can be horrifically time consuming. Additionally, the heat generated from cutting a spring will almost always cause the spring to lose its tempered strength (what gives a spring its rebounding properties) in the area where it is cut, unless it is done very, very slowly by hand. |