Late to the party here. I am updating the NASIOC Lowering Spring FAQ and was looking at some of the great writeups here. Who knew?
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Originally Posted by squidz
Sorry, i guess i misunderstood. I thought the point was to tell people that lowering springs are bad and that if you use them (especially without aftermarket struts) it will make your car handle worse than stock. It really seems that way when you read the beginning of this thread. But like i said, i may have misunderstood what was being said.
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I read the first post exactly the same way. It's hard not to. Here are the direct quotes that stand out:
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Originally Posted by Vew
I believe it's time to just flat out explain why lowering springs do not improve your handling. It infact should worsen it.
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To lower a car properly, you need to either match up the spring with a set of shocks, or do a full blown set of coilovers.
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Originally Posted by Vew
You may feel that your handling has improved, but I assure you it hasn't. That was the point of the whole thread and the debate.
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It's mostly based on one anecdotal example from Whiteline. It basically assumes that it's impossible to design a lowering spring for a stock car. There is a lot of crap out there, but there's a lot of good examples as well. JDM pinks, the Prodrives for the WRX, the Espilirs for the Evo, etc etc. Unfortunately they are not as popular because many more people are concerned with "the look".
I think BigSky's posts are dead on, but some of the language in the first post could be made more clear.
john