[z3papa]

I can't legally shorten the strut hats. IMO -- even if I had shaved an 1/8-1/4", that's a marginal impact. I don't know how many folks have looked back at their car photos over the years but I have tonight. It's pretty clear the front OE struts really drop ride height over time as my photos show probably a 2.0-2.5" wheel gap (top of tire to edge of fender with understanding the wheel/tire would recede into the well upon compression) when I bought the car, and it sat about 1" lower as recently as a week ago. While that looks good, that suggests a serious loss of suspension travel up front which is no beauno.