Cut Spring Doesn’t Worth The Saving
Want to lower your car? Sure thing! Especially if the fitment is made to be really tight with the right Forceum tyre, for example a stance look with Forceum Hena. Guaranteed your car will look good.
Well, what do you want to use to lower your car? Coilover? Of course you can. Air suspension? Of course. WDon’t want to spend too much? There are aftermarket lowering kits. In essence, there are many ways to make the car lower and improve your fitment.
But, of all these ways, it is not recommended to cut your springs, let alone cut them by a lot. Because it's not worth it.
This has to do with the spring rate, aka the weight required to press the spring by 1cm so that the length of the spring is related to this spring rate.
For example, 60 kg / cm, it needs a load of 60 kg to press the spring as far as 1 cm.
If you cut it, the length of the spring will change, then the spring rate also changes. Indeed, cutting a little doesn't really matter because the changes aren't significant. But cutting a lot for the fitment can be dangerous.
The car will feel bumpy. Then stability and comfort will disappear. The extreme case, the spring can be separated from the shock because it is too short to be properly mounted.
Therefore, preferably, use the right parts to lower your car, aftermarket lowering springs are widely available at a relatively affordable price.
Use the right tyres as well, Forceum provides a variety of tyres that are suitable for your needs.
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Mau nyeperin mobil? Boleh banget! Apalagi jika fitment dibuat pas mepet fender dengan ban Forceum yang pas, misalnya tampilan stance dengan Forceum Hena. Dijamin mobil kamu bakal ganteng maksimal.
Nah, cara ceperinnya mau pakai apa? Coilover? Tentu bisa. Suspensi udara? Boleh banget? Mau lebih hemat? Ada lowering kit aftermarket. Intinya, banyak banget cara buat membuat mobil makin rebah dan fitment makin manis.
Tapi, dari seluruh cara tersebut, tidak disarankan memotong per, apalagi memotongnya banyak-banyak. Karena, hal ini tidaklah worth-it.
Ini ada kaitannya dengan spring rate pada per, alias berat yang diperlukan untuk menekan per sebanyak 1cm sehingga panjang dari per terkait dengan spring rate ini.
Misalnya 60 kg/cm, maka perlu beban sebanyak 60 kg untuk menekan per sejauh 1 cm.
Nah, jika dipotong, karena tinggi per berubah, maka spring rate juga berubah. Memang, memotong sedikit tidak terlalu masalah karena perubahannya tidak signifikan. Tetapi memotong banyak demi fitment yang rebah, bisa jadi bahaya.
Mobil akan terasa limbung dan selalu bergoyang, kestabilan dan kenyamanan pun sirna. Kasus ekstremnya, per bisa lepas dari dudukannya karena terlalu pendek dari aslinya.
Karena itu, sebaiknya, gunakanlah parts yang tepat untuk merendahkan mobil, lowering spring aftermarket sudah banyak tersedia dengan harga yang relatif terjangkau.
Gunakan juga ban yang tepat, Forceum menyediakan berbagai ban yang cocok untuk kebutuhanmu.