I know that lowering springs, lower your car, but how do they effect your handling and the smoothness of your ride? Does it make your car sway more in curves or bounce more significantly on bumpy roads? Im just curious Ive never put them on one of my cars and have wanted to know some of the pros and cons.

 

The lowering springs should be coupled with new shocks designed to work with lowering springs. If you lower the car and do it with most of the more popular kits, the car will fill more stable (less sawy) in turns but will suffer from a somewhat rougher ride. It may be more bouncy on bumpy roads, but it's not very likely. If you put good shocks on the car, you will pretty much eliminate the likelyhood of the car being bouncy at all. The handling should improve, but the ride will suffer in the sense that it won't be as smooth and have a more firm ride.
Reading through this thread may help you answer some of the questions about the 'what to do' part.

 

I don't understand why you can't just remove your springs and cut a little off them. What happens if you do this? I only want to lower 2 - 2 1/2". I think I saw it done on Overhaulin'.

Cheers Tom

 

you can, but you have to understand how to do it. you have to do it without heating the spring and changing the temper of the steel. also, cutting the spring effectively makes them stiffer. If you cut stock springs enough to 'only' lower the car 2-2 1/2" (which is actually a huge amount when you take into consideration how much this will affect the geometry of the suspension and steering), it may make the ride unbearable. I'm not trying to discourage you, just making sure you know what you are getting into. You'll have to get some shocks made to handle shorter/stiffer springs, as well, in either case. If you want to do this, research it a little on here. There is a thread on here that has the equations that you need to equate what spring rates you'll end up with if you do cut them along with instructions. Hope this helps!!