Need help with shorter struts.
 

Lowered my car with the eibach pro kit. Rear looked great but front was still high for me. Cut a little off the coil but my it is right at the bump stop. Are there any crosses to a cobalt or what are my options for shorter struts? TIA

No options for shorter struts. Sounds like you lowered it too much by cutting the springs. If it lowered it more than 2 inches from the original height, I could see where the struts could bottom out easily.
Cutting the coil probably altered the spring rate too.

Coilovers would be the next step if lowering springs didn't drop it enough for your taste.

What year and model do you have ? Also, what tire/rim size do you have ? Some with the 16" tire set up just don't look as low because of the visual of the smaller tire.
This is my SS lowered 1.5 inches all around. Stock 18" tires and rims.
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2007 LT with factory 17's. Mine sits close to yours in the front but is on the stops. I was hoping an ss strut or maybe a cobat could cross over

It's on the bump stop cause you cut the coil.

Will fe5 ss struts from a 2009 fit and if so will they lower the car any from stock? Having a hard time finding specs.

They will fit but won't lower it any more.

Not looking to go lower just want to match the rear. I have about 1.5 to 2 inches of wheel gap.

Just a thought, did you cut the bumper on the strut?

I am going to check my strut #'s. They seem to be a universal from side to side and I am wondering if they are wrong. I just bought the car used. It just seems odd to lower the car 1 inch and have no travel. No I did not cut the bump stops.

The "Throw" of the shock absorbers is only a couple of inches. If you cut the springs you are out of "throw".

The springs job is to hold the tire on the ground while leaving enough throw for the shock to be absorbed.

Not universal from side to side. They are side specific, left and right because of the brackets.

I got time to check and I have travel on the right side but not the left. I think my strut may have seized up. Part # is Monroe 72179 universal side to side has bracket for sway bar to cone out both sides.

While you have them apart to check them and trim those bump stops 1 1/2 inches

The part number may be the same but, for Quik Struts it is followed by a L or R it is the direction of the coil . If you re use the old springs they are the same, but the springs are R & L.

I ordered a set of kyb struts. They say to have a shorter compresed height if they are measuring the same points. Will install Saturday and see how it works. Thanks for all the advice.

Now you're talking, I've had KYB's for 5 years, awesome ride!

Hmm. If you put those springs you cut off on the KYB struts, you may be asking for trouble.
Or, are the KYB's quick struts with the springs already installed ?

Gonna try the cut springs first or I still have my factory springs for now.

Just an update. Installed new kyb struts and checked old ones. Left strut would seize up about 3 inches before end of travel. With new struts and cut eibach springs the car sits level and does not bottom out at all. Now just off to the alignment shop. I would post a pic but not real sure how to. Thanks for the advice that you guys gave.

Well, you could look at the links in my sig, or type "how to post pictures" into the search box, or just scan through the stickys in the "how-to" forum. Directions are not hidden.

What's the measurement from the pavement to the fenderlip?

26.5" front 27" rear

Just the same as my uncut Canuck Motor Sports cool springs, good to know, thanks. This is my right rear, just under 27 inches