Wow. That Scott doesn't mess around. I hit submit on a really sweet (and constructive) reply and find out the sucker's locked. Luckily I was able to hit the back button and copy paste my words of wisdom.
Good. I'm glad he locked it. Okay. Let's start over, shall we--and play nice:
Here's the deal:
It's virtualy impossible to talk about lowered front springs without also discussing rear springs. It's a matter of ride height.
If Jake is frustrated, that must mean that he has installed lowered springs, dropped the thing off the jackstands, looked back, and said WTF? Same as me. Show me a nicely lowered car and I'll show you a garage with a pile of extra springs laying on the side. Springs are wierd. And it really sux to spend money on springs only to find that you did not achieve the desired ride height. Then your buddies tell you "Don't worry, they'll settle. B.S.!!
Coil springs are easy. Bust out the whiz wheel or chop saw and a bucket of water. But leaf springs? You gotta find someone to de-arch em, put em in, check, remove, de-arch, lowering block. It blows. So DSE came out with a lowered leaf spring especially for cars with 25" tall tires. Nice.
Here's your avatar pic:
I'll tell you what. The car in that picture has DSE 3" springs plus maybe a lowering block (which you won't want or need) and some 2" drop coils with a half a coil removed.
Like I said, springs are wierd. And so am I.