James, I might be wrong about this, but I have a feeling that only America got the pumped-up, nose-in-the-air front suspension, because only they had the legislation that necessitated it. So, if your DPO cut the springs down, either he had American front suspension in there before (unlikely), or it was at the right height in the first place, and he went and lowered it.
For every-day driving as you do, I would really think that standard suspension was plenty hard and low enough. If I were you I'd replace the springs - they are under #20 each. BTW, normal shocks should have absolutely zero effect on ride height - all they do is damp the motion of the suspension so it doesn't keep bouncing up and down, but it cannot provide a long-term force either up or down. Shocks can only affect ride height by having adjustable spring perches (thereby changing the distance between the end of the spring and the mounting point on the chassis/wishbone), or the 'air shocks', which I don't know much about but presumably use air pressure to provide an extra springing effect. A totally gone shock might contribute to bottoming out, by not damping the initial movement of the wheel, but I wouldn't have thought it would make that much difference. Check the shocks by pushing down on the corner of your car and letting it go - if it settles straight back to the original position they are fine, if it bounces up and down several times they are shot. Richard & Daffy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Notice: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally-privileged. If you have reason to believe you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful and you are requested to contact the sender urgently and dispose of this email -----------------------------------------------------------exp. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
