Lowering springs = can’t use bump stop?

Ok. Thanks! 1" air gap for the snubber sounds like very little travel but I will go with it! :)

So...just sharing this for any other novice/idiot mechanics who might try this job: some bolts must be tightened with a load on the springs. Is that obvious? probably...but I didn't think of it.

So this came up when I called Hotchkis about the super stiff feeling to the springs and they suggested that if I tightened the front eyelet bolt when the car wasn't on it's wheels, that I'm probably in "bushing bind." The remedy is to loosen the bolt, bounce the car up and down and re-tighten the bolt. I will try this tonight and I'll keep you guys posted.

I'm obviously not a good mechanic (though I am a motivated one) but something told me that I probably made that exact kind of a mistake. Someday, I'll anticipate this kind of thing. :D