Neil; If you do cut the coils notice if the seat on the spring has a flat spot or not. If it does have that flat spot, you will need to copy that flat angle so that the sprinf sits correctly. More than one person has had the experience of cutting the coils, not seating it corrctly and then the springs bend and twist. I would still go ahead and order shorter springs, though....Russ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com