importracer287 wrote:ok i swear i used the search button but i want to know if there are some lowering springs that will lower my car an inch or less. i looked up the trd, eibach, and tein and they all lower more than an inch and i would be ok with that its just that my dad wont let me lower it if its going to lower it more than an inch. o and i have a 2000 solara sle v6. so any help on this would be much appricated. thanks!
I have a solution for you. Just go with any lower springs you want, however, as when you or someone install the springs, don't cut the "bump stop", the plastic thing that goes between the spring and the strut.
IF you don't cut that bump stop, the car will still be lower, but not as low as it's supposed to be.
this is what I speak from my experience. I installed the Votland springs on mine, and didn't know that i was supposed to cut that bump stop thing, so after lowering, my car was still lil high. At the Mid-Atlantic meet, people saw it like 3 fingers gap.
Thinking that the Votland springs were at fault, I later bought the Tein and with the help of RayCarlos, I found out that the bump stops were the problem.
According to the Tein, the bump stop needs to be cut like 1 inches for the car to be lower 1.75 inches from the ground (i'm not sure about the number since it'd been a while). Therefore, maybe you could cut the bump stop 1/2 inch??
good luck dude.
by BradOwens » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:43 pm 
