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[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal)]

> > you can safely lose an inch by cutting one of the tight (close
> > together) coils off on each side.
>
> Actually, you'll only lower the car the thickness of one coil because
> with the weight of the car on the spring all the close coils are tight
> against each other.

Don't forget that this will also further stiffen the spring rate as well.
The spring rate is determined by the LENGTH and THICKNESS of the wire, not
the height of the spring or the distance between coils.

> > My control arms seem to be
> > exactly horizontal.

This is exactly where they should be. Any lower, and your effective spring
rate will change yet again. (bounce-bounce-bounce!) If you don't care about
performance, do whatever the hell you want. Just don't whine about crappy
handling...

Neal