Quote Originally Posted by Glides
My Corolla has cut springs in the back. Cut them right and you have no problem. Cutting springs will not make your car bouncy. Bad shocks will make your car bouncy.

They don't make them in the height I needed so I clipped one coil off the ones I had, which were already lowering springs. Works great. Ride is the same, no weird gremlins threatening to throw me from the roadway and nobody ever knew the wiser, til now.

So if you aren't a total idiot, you can cut your springs and make them work for what you need.
Lowering springs are normally linear so nothing will change but the height when they are cut. Most OEM springs are progressive and will become either harder or softer depending which side of the spring is removed.

Like you said, it doesn't matter as long as the dampener can meet the needs of the spring rate and application.