Lower bumpstop travel
edit that, I cut mine down by about a
HALF INCH
I have about an inch between the cut bump stop and the Kframe, running .92" bars, but it feels like the suspension is still sitting high
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And yet it's not high enough for that suspension set up.
The factory intended the bump stops to be part of the suspension travel, it's why they're progressive like they are. They progressively add rate to the suspension as the bump stop contacts the frame, slowing the suspension but still allowing it to travel some. Effectively you get a rapidly increasing wheel rate until the bump stop is fully collapsed. That allows the soft wheel rate from the little factory torsion bars without totaling the suspension components or creating a bone jarring ride. It also means most people don't have a good idea of how often their suspension is on the bump stops. If you run factory bars and a lower ride height it's A LOT. And there are handling consequences for doing that.
If you get rid of the progressive part of the bump stop, you have to increase the wheel rate so you're not using the bump stop all the time. Basically it goes from a working part of the suspension to something that just keeps things from going "metal on metal", which is a different suspension philosophy if you will.
Those two different bump stop uses require very different clearance and wheel rates to work properly. If you want to run small factory style torsion bars, you need the progressive bump stops and you need more than 1" of clearance, just like the factory ride height set. If you use non-progressive bump stops, you either need to increase the wheel rate dramatically so you don't need as much suspension travel, or you need to increase the clearance. Either way you need to adjust things until you aren't using the bump stops very often.
A .92" bar is not enough to run that short of a bump stop and clearance. If you want the car lower, you will need larger torsion bars. Setting this up right is a balancing act between the wheel rate and available suspension travel (basically the ride height) and the type of bump stop you're using.