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Old 02-05-2010, 04:40 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by aznebonix View Post
in a physics standpoint, cutting a spring is just horrible.
springrate isn't increased, causing more stress on shock absorber components. also, with a lowered ride on stock shocks, the gas is always under load, causing it to wear faster and theres a HIGH chance they'll just blow.

btw, lowered ride does NOT equal better handling. many many other factors come into play. suspension geometry mainly.
I completely agree with you here. But on the whole, the benefits outweigh the negatives to the suspension geometry.
Everyone buys lowering springs, cutting springs is the exact same thing (geometry wise)
Lowering springs damage your shocks also, unless they're shortened.
And my shocks are already blown so I don't really care at this point, bilsteins will probably go into it this summer hopefully


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