I'm considering getting lowering springs for my mini but when I was looking to see how low I can probably go I realized that my wheel is under my strut, my wheel size is 16x8 would I have to get a smaller wheel , get coil overs, or this won't effect anything if I put on lowering springs

 

Lowering springs wont change the clearance between the strut & the wheel.
They move both of them up.....the clearance remains the same.

 

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Thanks man, I just wanted to make sure before I buy springs and waste money