Lowing Springs vs Coilovers

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

So happy to hear about the improvement. Lower or not, it looks superb with the last adjustment you made. I'd personally go for a little more, but it's win-win either way.

Thanks Ernie. I do want to go a touch lower. Interestingly, I am at the lowest setting in the back. I did however use the rubber spring pad from the OE set up. I bolted the HSD spring retainer on top of it. The rubber pad is about 1/4" thick when compressed, I expect. I think if I remove the rubber spring pad and take out the locking ring from the HSD spring retainer, I could get another 1/2" to 3/4". If I remove the spring perch and locking ring, and set the springs right down on the bottom of the spring retainer, I could probably get a whole inch. I may yet do all of the stated. The front has at least another 1/2 drop capability. After that and I'd be running into the end link bracket on the damper.

I'm not sure of the appropriate terms in my explanation above, so here's a labeled pic of what I call the parts: