okay this question wasn't for my car, but the more i think about it, the more i wonder... i was asked by a honduh driver "if you clip a coil from your spring, should you clip it off from the bottom or the top of the coil?" at first i thought the bottom, but then i was thinking, maybe you should clip it at the top, so you can still lock the tapered coil into the spring perch... what do you guys think? it's for a 90 honda civic that already has the 1.75 suspension techniques springs. are they even tapered at the bottom like ours? (his car is like .5 lower in the back and he wants to even it out.) the springs have between 8-10 coils so i was figuring cutting one coil off shouldn't harm the ride too bad. am i right? the springs already have a tighter spring rate than stock. would one coil be enough to lower it 0.5"? or should he grind off 2 coils? is it smartest to remove the entire shock/strut assembly, or is it safe to use a grinder and just pop the wheels off and grind it on the car?

let me know what you guys think, it's a member of my car club, and although i know this is a DSM board, i would really like to help him and his saggy rear end honda out. you guys are the best at this stuff, so i wouldn't even consider a honda forum.

thanks, PJ