goldwing2000 said:Arizona?? Well, s***. There's the explanation, right there. Too much sun fries the brain.
Besides that, a "pothole" in AZ is like the size of a golf ball. You have to understand something, man... we (Michigan and Lower Ontario people) have potholes that swallow cars whole. I'm not even exaggerating a little bit when I say that we have s*** that causes tires, wheels, ball joints, struts, control arms, tie rod ends and anything else unsprung to break right in two on BRAND NEW cars. If we tried cutting springs around here, we'd be riding on the frame rails in about a week.
Not to mention all the little critters running around. I hit a racoon one time and it did $700 damage... to a 1989 Toyota Tercel! Biggest frickin ring-tail I've ever seen. Must have weighed 40 lbs.
Anyway, I can't agree with what you did but you have balls for doing it. A shorter spring with the stock spring rate is just asking for trouble.
Best of luck to ya!
heh heh... you think roads around here have golf ball sized potholes? oh man, i wish that was the case. between the sun beating on the asphalt year round, followed by torrential downpour, much of the asphalt actually breaks loose and forms GIANT potholes. so big that even the rednecks in their giant full sized SUV's with 38" wheels have to dodge these bad boys.