It's been about 12,000 miles. The 'bounce hasn't kicked in'
Get your facts straight. Cars bounce when the strut doesn't have enough room to go its full range of motion before bottoming out. Struts are designed to operate with a certain amount of fluid below the strut cylinder, to provide a damping affect. If you put in a shorter spring(lowering spring, ground controls, cut springs) This will shorten the range of motion of the strut. If you put in a spring that is really short, the 'bounce will kick in'
. It is not the cut spring that causes bad ride. I could throw a set of Ground Controls on my factory struts, slam the car, and it would ride like dooky. You need stiffer struts to overcome the shorter strut travel that comes with shorter springs. So, 1 cut coil still allows the strut to operate within its intended range. If I had cut 2 or 3 coils, then the car would be bouncing down the road, and you would be a happy man because you would be right. But not becuase of the cut coils, because the struts don't have enough movement.
I have firsthand experience right here that cutting 1 coil on this particular car causes no problems. All you've got to back up your case is some bull you've read somewhere along your travels in the Internet. Take a venture into the Mustang world, you'll see spring cutting, and spring heating(which I would avoid) is far more common place than you would think. Why should I spend $200 when I can get the same affect for free. I'm not going for handling, but the front end of my car sat way to high. Judging from the pictures of your car, I bet you can relate to that
