lol it doesn't stop there - when i trimmed the springs so it would look less like a monster truck, i did 1/2 a coil, then it sat better, but looked too high, so i trimmed a 1/4 of a coil. Then before installing back in, posted on here about which way up the spring should be as i was having a lot of difficulty with it. Someone posted saying pigtail down, flat side up in the chasis rail. Now, i had been putting the coil pigtail up, as that's how it came out the first time. That explains why the car was probably so high in the first place! needless to say, didn't need to trim the extra 1/4. Now i have to take apart the front suspension again to get an isolator in there to lift it back up.
Thanks for the tip on plastic mirror, i'll try and find somewhere local as that would save a lot of hassle!
Front ride height when i got the car: (used the wood block to get an exact measure on the height of the tyre, rather than tying to guess by eyeline)
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