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Originally Posted by Yoniyama
Effects of lowering by 1 inch:
(1) Ride quality deteriorates noticeably. Unless the road surface is perfect, you spend much of the driving time with your eyes focusing on bump and pot hole avoidance. That actually takes away a lot of the driving pleasure.
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I dodge potholes whichever car I drive, including the Corolla. To some, driving at elevated level awareness is pleasure. When you're aware, you notice potholes. Not a big deal. I paid for the TRD springs when I bought the car but they pushed it out the door without the springs. So I was at stock height for a few week. Wouldn't be a bad idea to keep dodging the potholes even at stock height if you ask me...
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(4) Need to slow down to a snail pace every time you come to your driveway or speed bump. And you still keep scraping the front end.
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Slowing for driveway and cutting speed bumps at angle can also be second nature to some. Once again, I do it regardless of which car I drive. And I've had one slight scrape up front after a little more than a year. It's way at the bottom so you need to crawl around to see it.
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(6) When driving at night, headlight of other vehicles is blinding your sight, because you are sitting so low. SUV's and trucks are particularly horrible, because their headlight sit high.
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Corolla is like 7" higher then a lowered 86 and I still have problems at night all the time. I somehow doubt stock height on a twin would make much difference. SUVs and trucks would always be horrible unless you're one of them. Seriously.