Just curious to see who around here might happen to have a really low 122.. i can only seem to find spring sets that might lower a wagon about an inch or so.. anyone running coilovers or anything of the sort?

Mine's too low to mount a spoiler under the bumper. Is that low enough? I'm running some sort of progressive lowering springs that don't lower it any on the back and can't keep it off the bumpstops in the front. No fancy coilovers but I am running a modified front subframe that drops the upper A-arm mount 2" and induces a ton of negative camber when the things sits on the bumpstops. The next rendition of this car will be a bit higher in the front and a bit lower in the back and won't have quite as much negative camber and should have a bit more front suspension travel...

For reference, my car is the white one and I've got Vintage Performance progressives installed in that picture. It is about 1" lower than stock.

well ive decided to go with air bags :)

If the progressives on your car are red they are probably the ones from Scandix. The company that makes them, Lesjofors, got the rates all wrong. ( I know as they sent me a sample set to try and I put them on spring rate checker. ) They don't work as they should and are too low in the front.

If you want to go really low and preserve suspension travel, the body can actually be lowered on the crossmember. This actually raises the engine and suspension in relation to the body, so a limiting factor as to how far you can go using this method is preserving adequate clearance between the transmission and the trans tunnel.

For any lowering that is done by shorter springs the bump stops should be modified. I've found that on the front, taking off about half of the amount the car is lowered works well. It can be done in a couple of minutes with a reciprocating saw without taking them off the car. Try to preserve the bump stop's original shape, instead of just cutting the tops off, so they will continue to work progressively ( the reason for the cone shape ).

John
V-performance.com