Good minimal drop lowering springs?

[eriklieders]

I'm a little confused by your reply. My reply is simply to the OP. Where I live, we have a substantially higher amount of tight curves than a large part of the US (Appalachian mountains/ NW SC, SW NC, SE TN). We do have straight interstate highways as well. With that said, road maintenance can become a bear sometimes as some of our roads are pretty rough.

Sorry for the misunderstanding; I meant that in my case, due to the abundance of turns, I don’t quite understand the point of a slight lowering. I did it for better handling and to avoid any roll. But you’re right — now I have to be careful about the road surface so as not to polish the underside. Sorry again if I offended you. P. S. I installed the same Steeda, and after that, I started getting knocking noises from the rear when going over small bumps; we checked everything we could, but nothing helped. Plus, it turned out that Steeda for the S650 cannot be legally used in Germany. Yes, we need to have a special document for non‑original parts. And there are very few of them. I was riding a KW v3. And they also started making noise over time. In the end, I installed the original shock absorbers and ordered ST adjustable springs, which are approved for use with the original shock absorbers. I envy you for not having to deal with all this nonsense about approvals.

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[JPGC_S650]

Sorry for the misunderstanding; I meant that in my case, due to the abundance of turns, I don’t quite understand the point of a slight lowering. I did it for better handling and to avoid any roll. But you’re right — now I have to be careful about the road surface so as not to polish the underside. Sorry again if I offended you. P. S. I installed the same Steeda, and after that, I started getting knocking noises from the rear when going over small bumps; we checked everything we could, but nothing helped. Plus, it turned out that Steeda for the S650 cannot be legally used in Germany. Yes, we need to have a special document for non‑original parts. And there are very few of them. I was riding a KW v3. And they also started making noise over time. In the end, I installed the original shock absorbers and ordered ST adjustable springs, which are approved for use with the original shock absorbers. I envy you for not having to deal with all this nonsense about approvals.

No worries and no offense taken. I actually would prefer to be lowered a bit more than I am but, unfortunately with my Mustang being a daily driver as well as something I can take cruising in the hills, I have to compromise. Between the areas, I drive in, of crappy roads (maintenance and damaged roads) and transitions (driveways, business entrances, etc.), any lower and I would be constantly scraping.
As far as the knocking noises with the minimum drop springs from Steeda, I went through that when I first installed them. This may not be the solution for any or everyone but what solved it for me was to add isolators to the springs. I basically did the installation of my suspension twice to check everything for damage and torque. Only thing I could find was paint rubbing off of certain areas of the springs. Sure enough, where the coils in those areas were touching when compressed/ going over sharp bumps caused the slight "knocking noise" and buzzing I was hearing. Steeda actually offers them on their site now (purchased separately) so I do recommend getting a pair with the springs. I ordered my isolators before they added them to the site for the S650s from a company on Amazon. I am a long time fan of Steeda so I do think that Steeda should include them with certain sets of springs, btw...hint hint.
Yeah, the state I live in and most states in the US don't require approval/ special documents for aftermarket. I am thankful for that. The one negative side to that though is some of the riff raff that you will routinely see on the roads out here. Lol, like vehicles that look like they should be deemed not road worthy/ totaled rolling down an Interstate at 80-90+ mph. I just let them get on down the road and out of my path, lol.