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I am in the process of lowering my 1986 Targa, and started with the rear since it seemed far tougher to tackle compared to the front. I took apart the spring plate but I cannot seem to get the torsion bar out to re-index it. Is there any tricks to getting the torsion bar out? It wiggles, but I cannot pull it out. If I were to lower the car by only rotating the spring plate one spline on the outside of the bar and leave the inside as is, I predict the car should be lowered by 2.6 inches since there are 44 splines, and therefore each spline means 8.18 degrees of rotation. The radius arm length is 18.5 inches, so using a little trig... 18.5sin(8.18) = 2.63 inches, if my math is correct. Has anyone lowered their car this much, I mean rear by one outer spline? Any photos of what this will look like. Am I nuts to go this low, I think it is probably too low? The car is stock US height now.

Thanks.