Lowering advice needed

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Eejii
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Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000
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Re: Lowering advice needed

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vandor wrote:Dunno, I would only cut them on coil. ~20 years ago I cut mine 2 coils and that was waaaaay too much. The upper a-arm were touching the bump stops even at rest.
I agree. I suggest to cut one coil and see how it is. Then you can cut a half more if it isn't OK.
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RoyBatty
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Your car is a: 1975 124 Spider - 1971 124 Sport Coupe
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Re: Lowering advice needed

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Yes, do as noted above.
I took 1.5 coils but I also removed my bumpers.
If you are keeping the bumpers, go with just 1 for starters, then see how she sits.
Good luck.
DieselSpider
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Re: Lowering advice needed

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With the increased installations of traffic calming areas one almost considers raising instead of lower cars where I live.

Can't understand putting a 10 or 15 mph bump in the road entering a corner that can potentially put you out of control over the sidewalk and into a stand of 100 year old oak trees if you don't see it in time and go over it at the posted speed limit.

There are a lot of impact marks left by those that did not clear and bottomed out going over them.

I sure don't feel calm after driving through some of the "calming" areas.
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