I like your sense of humor....glad you were paying attention
those 1000 times...
The photos of my car show it to be 1/2 a license plate (3") lower than the stock one next to it and color doesn't matter.
and Michael, painting the roof black will not make a car into a convertable.....
If you buy name brand springs, I'm sure you will have no problems.
Keep us posted on what solution you come up with.-Bob