FYI for all the clueless people out there... the length of the spring or the suspension stroke has NOTHING to do with why the stock struts wear out faster with drop springs. It has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that drop springs are not just lower but also stiffer. When you lower a car you need to make the springs stiffer to keep it from hitting the bump stops all the time, plus it improves handling. One of the struts jobs though is to control motion of the spring. If the strut is designed and valved to handle a spring of a certain stiffness, and you put stiffer springs on them, what do you think is gonna happen? Thats right, it's going to wear out faster.
It's very simple. Remember physics? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The strut is designed to dampen spring motion. It's valved for a certain spring stiffness. When the spring is compressed by a bump, and then it rebounds, the strut slows it down. Now imagine what happens with a stiffer spring. Car hits bump, spring is compressed... what happens when you compress a stiffer spring? It rebounds in the opposite direction with equal force... i.e. MORE force than a stock spring. That extra force is transmitted directly to the strut, and if it's handling more force than it's designed for, it will heat up more and wear faster.
Try to find TEINS, it'll solve all your queries. You can expect an unbalanced drop due to many reason.... Might have a CNG tank in there or maybe if the guy went for lowering springs after driving 40k kms on his cars stock suspension? what do u suggest what could possibly go wrong ? of course the wear and tear at the front and back is not equal. Shouldn't happen with a new car
P.S those who cross the line for looks always upgrade to coilovers eventually
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