Originally Posted by Saxfiend
Unfortunately, most people's method of lowering is to chop up the current suspension and hope that it holds together. This often comes at the cost of comfort (obviously) and performance (YES... performance. If the suspension is no longer balanced to your vehicle, handling will be significantly compromised.) I have no doubt that an excellent suspension setup can lower a vehicle and increase it's handling performance while maintaining a near stock ride... but I think you know as well as I do that most people don't put much thought into lowering their vehicle the RIGHT way.
BTW, any time you've lowered your vehicle in a manner that makes it difficult to navigate driveways or cruise over small potholes, you have NOT done it the right way.
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Yeah, I hear you on the cut springs thing. To many people do it incorrectly. :down: I was just talking about it being done the right way. Yes, when it's done the wrong way performance IS compromised because everything gets thrown off since the springs don't have the right spring rate anymore. The shocks will blow, the camber and toe are forked over, and the A-arms might start hitting.
However, when you say that stuff about driveways, I'd disagree a little bit. My family has a VERY steep drive way that's hard to get up with my stock setup. Once I lower in a couple of months, I'll be taking the other side of our u-shaped driveway to get up. It kinda depends on the driveway.
And in that first reply you know I was just ribbing you back a little.
No hard feelings!