Lowering when stripped out

[AdamL200]

When I first bought my saxo I fitted 35mm apex lowering springs and stripped the interior all in 1 go and I bet that it didnt even go down 20mm,now I changed for some h&r springs which are a lot thicker and stiffer. There ment to be 30mm lowering springs and I cut half a coil off, fitted 1 today and I bet it’s as high as a standard saxo, can fit 4 fingers in the arch gap. It’s ridiculous any 1 had a similar situation

[MartinObviously]

Yes

If you take weight out of a car with standard springs, the ride height will increase.

30mm lowering springs means 30mm lower than the ride height you get with the standard car.

If you take weight from a standard car, and the body height goes up 30mm, then fitting 30mm lowering springs will put the body back to standard ride height with the reduced weight.

[AdamL200]

Well ye that’s quite clear but to go all the way back up and past original
Is crazy especially on the front, very little weight removed from the car is near the front

[Stissy]

Originally Posted by AdamL200

I cut half a coil off

How did you manage this? We tried to fit cut springs last year and they didn't seat right.

[AdamL200]

Well the top is on a bearing so seated the bottom and turned the bearing till the top seated