Ivan's coupe: seeing RED

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[quote="Ivan141"]
Anyway..my car is lowered now. I'm not completely satisfied with the springs though. They are supposed to be progressive, but the 4 closely wound lower coils dont do anything at all..they bind when the weight of the car rests on them. What's the use in having 4 coils doing nothing?[quote]

They're supposed to be bound like that - the rate of the close-together coils is very low.

The spring manufacturer does this so that you get a lower initial height, but with a similar spring length to stock. If you go too short on spring length, the spring will not be under tension in the strut (front)/perches & body (rear).

That is why you need a really short stroke shock in the rear if you are running a short straight-rate spring; to keep the spring in place.