Settlement of compressed/retensioned springs

[aesc]

got my front progressive springs retentioned today and i was wondering how much drop can i expect as they settle in? is 10mm too much to expect? and how long does it take for them to settle?

[aesc]

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someone must have previous experience with this?

[Bazda]

if u got them compressed, you would of had to of told them how much lower your wanted your car??

[aesc]

yeah well thats exactly the thing. told the guy i wanted a 10mm drop, so got them compressed 10mm but now it sits exact same height as before. so im wondering if hes bull shittin me.

thing is the struts didnt need to be shortened, so im thinkin that the amount compressed has been cancelled out by the springs themselves as they may have been that tight within the strut before, which therefore stopped any drop from happening. (hope that makes sense!)

[Bazda]

huh
if they compressed it it shoudl of gone lower
if it didnt go back to them and get angry

[aesc]

yeah im not happy ay

basically paid $200 for nothing

AND he broke my ABS sensor which ill be payin for

[Bazda]

SAS said to me it cost $120 to compress all 4 springs. but u have to take and fit your self, but a mecanic would do that for like $100

[aesc]

yeah it is quite cheap to compress them but i wouldnt know how to take the springs out. plus ive got super strut which makes it for difficult to get the front ones out if you dont have a hoist.

i didnt actually get them compressed, i got my progressives retentioned which from what ive been told is basically the same as compressing, because i got part of a coil in the front springs "removed"