Holden front end mods

[Taily]

Chopping out a coil will increase the load required to compress the spring, which will improve handling.... Reduced ride height and higher load rating on spring!

What you've written is only true on cutting variable rate springs, not common variety standard installed HQ-WB springs which do not taper in wire thickness. Back in the 70's and 80's both cutting or oxy lowering springs was all the rage (we've all done it) as there wasn't much of an aftermarket industry around until mobs like Lovells and Pedders got their act together. By removing spring material is not making a spring stronger (I'd love to see your reasoning for that!) as it will still compress at the same rate for a given load, it does not make a spring more difficult to compress, it just reduces the full bind travel. In actual fact James has hit on the main issues with it. The odd coil off a spring is neither here nor there, any more and you're asking for trouble. There are much better ways of achieving a lower ride height AND keeping full supension travel, of all of them Rod Hadfield has probably the best idea with his dropped spindles, which also go a long way to correcting the inherent bump steer issue our old busses have.

[Vombil]

Goatman - this is what i meant. Lowered springs on circa VS commies and later models seem to have tapered wire. They feel soft and seem to compress much easier than a standard vs commy front spring (cut or not).