Repurposing car coil springs for ????????

metalhead212121 · Sep 20, 2014

I have 4 brand new Subaru STI coil springs that I keep holding onto because I keep thinking I could repurpose them something. Yes I've tried to sell them. No bites what so ever. Any ideas on what I could use them for? I don't have a Subaru. I did a google search but didn't come up with anything useful in my opinion.

sz0k30 · Sep 20, 2014

Get a couple of bucks for them at a scrap metal recycler.

domain · Sep 20, 2014

furniture or the like?

skyking · Sep 20, 2014

I have seen kids hobby horses mounted on them and anchored into the ground.
Makes. For a great ride.

Tie a rope on one and drag it across your local lake you will snag all kinds of ****.

Or just scrap them.

TheEquineFencer · Sep 20, 2014

skyking said:
I have seen kids hobby horses mounted on them and anchored into the ground.
Makes. For a great ride.

Tie a rope on one and drag it across your local lake you will snag all kinds of ****.

Or just scrap them.

I second this. Or you can weld a plate to one end, mount to a slug of concrete and bolt a board across the other, kind of make a rodeo seesaw out of them.

rob0781 · Sep 20, 2014

TheEquineFencer said:
I second this. Or you can weld a plate to one end, mount to a slug of concrete and bolt a board across the other, kind of make a rodeo seesaw out of them.

Don't bother welding anything to them unless its just for looks, spring steal doesn't weld well.

404 · Sep 20, 2014

Catapult.

Regards,
404

duhicky · Sep 20, 2014

forge a knife

SM Racing · Sep 21, 2014

I take coil springs and cut coils off then cut the coil in half. Then I weld the half to trailers for tie down loops. They work great. Spring steel is extremely clean wire and it welds nicely.

You could also cut coils off and smash them down in a vice and **** weld the ends for rings.

kkroger · Sep 21, 2014

duhicky said:
forge a knife

This... and old leaf springs too.
Machine Hacksaw Blades
etc...

Hephaestus29 · Sep 21, 2014

I was going to put a mailbox post on one to keep the idiots from breaking my post but never did do it.

kerrynzl · Sep 21, 2014

metalhead212121 said:
I have 4 brand new Subaru STI coil springs that I keep holding onto because I keep thinking I could repurpose them something. Yes I've tried to sell them. No bites what so ever. Any ideas on what I could use them for? I don't have a Subaru. I did a google search but didn't come up with anything useful in my opinion.

Cut 1-1/2 coils from them and sell them on Craigslist to some rocket scientist as Lowered springs.

If that doesn't work they can be repurposed as scrap.
Don't get attached to them and think you have to do something with them

shocker998md · Sep 21, 2014

Agree on the selling as lowering springs.

NUTTSGT · Sep 22, 2014

Where did you try to sell them ? Locally ? If they are brand new, I'd try to sell them on a Subaru forum as those cars seem to have a decent following.

metalhead212121 · Sep 22, 2014

To answer a couple questions/suggestions.....

Yes I have considered just tossing them in the scrap pile.

I've tried selling them on craigslist and on a WRX/STI forum. No luck.

I believe they ARE lowering springs because I seem to remember that the pink springs (which is what they are) are either lowering or performance springs.... I forget. I got them from a Subaru dealer I worked at years ago.

One member here said coil springs don't weld well and another that says the opposite. Any other thoughts on welding coil springs?

For now I'm just gonna hold onto them. I have a couple ideas in my head. We'll see what happens down the road....

Kingcreek · Sep 22, 2014

I welded steel plate to a couple coil springs for pistol targets.

tarbellb · Sep 22, 2014

Make a wine rack out of them.

jimgood · Sep 22, 2014

rob0781 said:
Don't bother welding anything to them unless its just for looks, spring steal doesn't weld well.

SM Racing said:
Spring steel is extremely clean wire and it welds nicely.

That's the internet for ya!

volleyball · Sep 22, 2014

Well one guy knows how and the other doesn't.

zkling · Sep 22, 2014

Since they are new, I'd try to find someone that can use them for their intended purpose. How much they would be willing to pay :dunno:

but IMHO it would be a bit of a shame to destroy something that is still useable as intended

volleyball said:
Well one guy knows how and the other doesn't.

In general it's a bad idea, but people can and do get away with it in certain applications until that one day... Spring steel has a high carbon content and thus when welded becomes very brittle in the HAZ. Steps can be taken to mitigate the effects, such as pre and post heat depending on the steel in question, but it is not something you should rely on. Especially in a bending load situation, even more so in fatigue.

Guster · Sep 22, 2014

Some farmers here use them to make scarifier/tow-rake teeth and I've seen a few knives forged from them.

Jon Jacobs · Sep 22, 2014

When I was a kid my neighbour used a set of springs off a Pinto on their pool diving board. Had an adverse effect, he went over the fence behind him.

KerryH · Sep 22, 2014

STI springs shouldn't be that hard to sell to someone with a plain wrx. Not sure what price you listed them at but it must have been too high.

Terracar · Sep 22, 2014

Cup holders, tool holder (think the large concrete breakers), cut rings and use for hanging stuff.

Cut 'em in ring thirds/quarters, mount on plywood or weld to plate metal to make a reel for hoses.

-Terracar

Mike Miller · Sep 23, 2014

I welded an old tractor seat to one end on a couple of them and a piece of drive line to the other end, planted them in the ground outside the shop. A lot of fun to sit on at beer thirty. :thumbup:

adam728 · Sep 23, 2014

Guy on nasioc listed for $295 obo and sold his. What were you asking? Which forum did you post on?

Some Google-fu showed you listed them on a Caviler Z24 site.

WRX guys are always all over those coils. Selling should be a piece of cake.

BlackjackNA · Sep 24, 2014

Test your expensive drill bits... Were they worth all the money?

samer0214 · Sep 25, 2014

metalhead212121 said:
I seem to remember that the pink springs (which is what they are)

I believe that there is why you can't sell them. Have you tried selling them to a girl? No man wants PINK springs on his car, unless it's for his Barbie Mobile!

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GSEninja · Sep 25, 2014

i just went to google image search and typed "Coil spring repurpose".. a lot of 'artsy' stuff in there, personally I thought this was cool

volleyball · Sep 25, 2014

samer0214 said:
I believe that there is why you can't sell them. Have you tried selling them to a girl? No man wants PINK springs on his car, unless it's for his Barbie Mobile!

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Maybe stereotyping but what about guys with boyfriends?

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