Compress existing springs?

[ljming99]

Originally Posted by yarisugi

It's possible to compress springs with clamps.
It's also possible to heat the coil springs up until they come close to each other.
It's also possible to cut one coil off.
but NONE of these are recommended.
What's recommended? Buying a set of lowering springs that's made for your car.
You can buy them new or look in the [For Sale] section for used ones.
In fact, there's a member right now selling a set of used lowering springs.

Just to add on,

By modifying the original springs, you have change the specs of it - (e.g. spring rate / sprung/ unsprung weight)

That in return changes the way the car handles and that can be very dangerous in high speed cornors or even in emergency braking as the behaviour the car can become unpredictable.

When it involves handling, braking or even tyres which are also the safety aspect of a vehicle.......Never take the shortcut or cheap way out.