Convertible Vehicles - Springs & ride hieght for WS6 convertable.

I have posted this here as I know convertables are a little heavier etc.. and when it comes to springs and ride hieght ... who better to ask.

I have been through several springs front & rear. I now have Strano springs & Koni shocks. Love them. My issue is that my front end is up too high for my liking. Most normal human beings would say it looks fine however, it is higher than I like.

History: originally had Eibach Pro's they looked great and perfect hieght ... espescially after they sagged after a year or so. LOL... thats the problem they are obviously not the quallity of the Stranos that I have now. The Strano's are not much taller ... when we installed them I just needed to remove the rear isolator and the fronts were close enough. The problem started when we replaced the front A arm
( as it was bent from a previous fender bender). After the replacement and allignment the front end came up at least an inch ??? The very respectable Allignment/ Repair shop say everything is as it should be ... nothing out of adjustment or pinched off too high ??? "My camber was way off and with that fixed it is what is "

I am trying to make lemonade out of lemons... I do not want to abandon my front strano springs ... but not sure if I have any other choices. I was thinking of going back to the Eibachs & this time go with the Sportlines... this is not where I want to be. Cutting the coil is not an option either. Does anyone know of springs that are lower than Strano's & Eibach Pro's for that matter ?? and have a spring rate that can handle the wieght of a convertable.

Thanks

you can adjust your ride height with a set of QA1's. That may be something to look in to.

Hey NitrO, did you put the strano's on the lower setting of the koni's?

I have a 2002 WS6. I just chopped my factory springs and went with Edelbrock shocks. It dropped the front end perfectly and it drives and handles better than new. Has anyone else done this?

An even drop all around makes these cars look funny.
You want about 1/4" less drop in the back. You might
try going back to stock rear springs plus hose mod,
it looks good on mine at -1" fronts but might be too
much rake at -1.25" (or whatever the Strano springs
give).

I've been nothing but happy with my Gabriel air shocks
back there. Yeah, they're not damping-adjustable and
yeah, people think it's a mullet way to go. But they
damp the thing fine as far as I can tell and you can
get whatever rake you want.

NitrOmm, you may want to look into BMR's new lower A-arms, they say they lower the front about an inch w/o lower spring, but if you have the lowering spring, it will be even lower.


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