Watch How Automotive Springs Are Made in This Video

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

Interpretive dance isn’t for everyone, but we can all appreciate the efficient, graceful and damn near artistic manner in which automotive parts are made.

Coil springs already look fun, but after viewing this video of a spring being made for the now-defunct Toyota FJ Cruiser, you’re liable to quit that paper-pushing day job for a shot at doing what this guy does.

Hot, scorching stuff.

Every aspect of a new vehicle is designed via a computer, but men and women still need to make steel glow to create the parts. Presumably, even the self-driving vehicles that will carry us to pre-selected, government-approved destinations in our collective dystopian future will enjoy such hardware.

The future is terrifying, but springs are a joy.

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  • Zackman Zackman on Oct 28, 2016

    I wonder if that factory is air-conditioned? Sure would be awfully hot in summer!

  • NeilM NeilM on Oct 30, 2016

    Seem likely that this video is at a supplier. First, car manufacturers don't make their own springs (or shocks, or strut bearings, or bushings, etc.). Second, a Toyota worker would wear an overall with the company name/logo on it. Third, you can see pallet loads of springs wrapped for shipping, so at the very least they're going to another location or company.

  • ToolGuy North America is already the greatest country on the planet, and I have learned to be careful about what I wish for in terms of making changes. I mean, if Greenland wants to buy JDM vehicles, isn't that for the Danes to decide?
  • ToolGuy Once again my home did not catch on fire and my fire extinguisher(s) stayed in the closet, unused. I guess I threw my money away on fire extinguishers.(And by fire extinguishers I mean nuclear missiles.)
  • Carson D The UAW has succeeded in organizing a US VW plant before. There's a reason they don't teach history in the schools any longer. People wouldn't make the same mistakes.
  • B-BodyBuick84 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport of course, a 7 seater, 2.4 turbo-diesel I4 BOF SUV with Super-Select 4WD, centre and rear locking diffs standard of course.
  • Corey Lewis Think how dated this 80s design was by 1995!
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