I am going to order the Koni inserts for the front boge's on my 951 as well as the adjustable ride height kit. Will these dremel type tools with cutting wheels take the spring perch off easily?

 

That's what I used, with the carbide reinforced cutting wheels. Cut it like butter. I then cleaned it up with the grinder before priming/repainting.

 

Thanks. Off to ebay!!

 

Air grinder with a composite cutting wheel will do very well also. If you are very handy with a sawsall with 18 TPI blade, you can do most of it and grind the rest off within minutes.

 

I used a Dremel with heavy-duty cutting wheel. Pictures on my 951 RacerX website under the '2.5" coilover' install section.

 

Having done over 100 of these so far, I'll give up the dirty little secret j/k

I use an air cutoff with 4" medium duty wheels and clean it up with a hand file. I've tried just about everything - even plasma. Dremel will work, slowly - and, be sure to get quite a few wheels. Sawzall is too big for the job and has you grinding forever to clean up the mess. Plasma cutter is too much trouble relative to the setup, cost and time it takes to use the air cutter. I even built a jig for a metal saw to do the work but it's the wrong angle and has you again grinding away too much. With the air cutoff I can get a nice clean safe cut and clean up the edges easiest by hand. Used a bench grinder for a while but trying to keep it from nicking the tube or melting the metal was too much work.

FWIW, the best way to chop the ends off is with a pipe cutter - $25 from any hardware store. Been using the same wheel for over 25 sets.

I'd make a horrible magician...

 

I used the pipe cutter for my ends too, worked perfect.