you've got to be kidding me...all this because some of us want to lower our cars an inch...if my springs made in Germany are that d@mn weak, I better change them out rt now whether I cut them or not...but in reality, this little car has seen 125 many times w/ stab braking hard to reduce speed to 60-80 mph range in order to make my turn from the straightaway many, many times... I throw this car around a lot, I can't understand how cutting a spring a half coil changes anything that I will feel while doing above mentioned driving, except lower my center of gravity just a little...its more for appearance for me, but I am hoping for a little better handling, if not, doesn't matter...the original question was does it hurt anything cutting your springs...to lower your car...an inch, I don't think so, cut it in half and yes you will bottom out, distort the whole suspension, might as well add hydraulics and set her on the ground...but that's not what most have done, they have cut only a half of one coil....now, does that hurt anything...1/2 Coil...this is the answer many were looking for...I decided to do just that, others may buy a lowering kit...like eibach, but after looking into that, I don't think those springs will have the spring rate I have now...they look to be smaller in diameter...I don't have a way to measure spring rate, maybe someone on here has that answer...I want a more stiff spring if I am going to buy something else. I haven't seen a definitive answer here either way