Quote Originally Posted by Spinner
It depends on the suspension setup. For example, Koni DAs lower my car ~1.5" compared to the factory bilsteins because they're a low pressure shock vs the high pressure shock that's on the car right now, totally independant of damping rates.
An 1.5" difference seems really unbelievable. I don't believe that shocks affect ride height. My theory is that sometimes when people install new suspension parts rubber bushings or insulators take awhile to "settle" to it's original state. So it may give off the wrong impression that a new shock affects ride height or that new springs need time to settle.

I've heard of high pressure monotube shocks acting as transient springs, but that's mostly in very specific situations where the shaft velocity is higher than a car sitting still, in which the shaft velocity would be 0.