I agree too, I think making the wheel gap ( or lack thereof) on the RA the same would be great. But I'm very afraid to lower anything, after my last car. I changed out the springs and struts on my '02 Cav with H&R/Koni Reds......and the suspension went to hell. All sorts of clunking noises, rattling....

I guess I just want to be sure that when RRM says you can use your stock struts with these springs, are they just saying that to push product, or can it be reasonably comfortable and safe to drive with them?

 

This is the route that I will be going, The adjustable ones are pretty expensive but well worth it.

 

If there's no spring lowering kits that make the ride height even, you can get coilovers with adjustable ride height and even it out that way. If you have the money that's definately the way to go. Since you won't need your stock shocks anymore, they stay new while you drive on the coilovers. If you end up selling the car, you can put the stock suspension back on and say the shocks are new.

 

any lowering you do at all will void your warrentee so if you want to keep it then keep the car stock... as far as trade in goes it will lower your trade in value even if you use the best performance springs out there (I know from experience) lowering the front does give the car a more even look which is nice but if your planning on not keeping the car for long I would keep it stock unless you don't mind spending a lot of money to lower the value and kill your warrentee just so the car looks a lil better

 

That's just the lovely Chicago roads.

I've killed a total of 5 wheels on my DSMs on Chicago potholes. Oddly enough, only the wheels were damaged. The tires were always fine.

Yes, I know you're supposed to avoid the holes, but when it's dark, raining, and you're going 70mph they're hard to see. All of those bent wheels happened on my way home from work, at around midnight.

 

Thats how a rally suspension works, you can't lower just the front cuz then you would get some funny handling

 

if i lower mine, i will only lower the front, i like how low the rear is and how is looks stock

 

This is not a wise idea. This will effect your braking and handling. Springs come in kits anyway so unless someone wants to buy just the rears then you would be out of luck.

 

Well, buying the car already voided the warranty! So, you might as well do what you want!!

 

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Okay, this will probably establish a new record for the dumbest post on this forum... mostly because I know squat about springs :

Can stock springs be modified so that they are 1/2in lower? I mean, can springs be cut/heated/compressed??? I guess not, or people would be doing that all the time... but who knows.

Now, it's done... I've asked the dumbest question, right? Hey, maybe there's a special gift for that?

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You cannot heat or chop factory springs, they are what you call a progressive sping. The coils are more tightly coiled on one end than the other. By chopping or heating you affect the ride dramatically. you could get extreme bounce out of the car and ruin your springs.

 

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That makes sense... then again, 1/2in? That sounds so marginal a chop...

Well, anyway I'm sure you know much more about springs than me, so I'll deffer to your judgement. Thanks for the answer (and for only laughing at me in private ).

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Dont chop your springs, itll send your alignment all to hell. I have known some people who chopped them and they could literally not get more than 5000 miles out of a set of 4 tires because the alignment was soo bad, regardless of how many times you take it to get aligned, if you chopped your springs more than likely it will never get aligned properly again unless you put on a whole new suspension.

 

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