It seriously is
bad@$$. I love simple mods that make a huge improvement (thanks for your help). I highly recommend anyone thinking about taking this on to do so, its so easy and the results are great. I pretty much followed the "lowering guide" that is posted on all the Fiat forums with your recommendations.
Rear:
1. Jack up rear of car
2. Set jack stands
3. Remove rear wheels (clearance to drop suspension)
4. Support rear suspension with floor jack
5. Remove shock bolt (2 places, 1 driver side, 1 passanger side)
6. Lower suspension with jack and pull out springs
7. Remove spring "spacers/cushions" from old springs and place on new springs (don't mix up tops and bottoms). Make sure spring ends are in the slots.
8. Remove bump stops (2 places)
9. Cut 1" off bottom of the bump stops (2 places)
10. Install modified bump stops
11. Place springs back in suspension - note there is an orientation to match up on the bottom
12. Raise suspension
13. Install 2 bolts, torque (think it was 75ft-lbs)
14. Install wheels, torque (star pattern)
15. Jack up car
16. remove jack stands
17. lower car
Front:
1. open hood
2. snap off windshield wiper plastic covers 2 places (remove from left side, right side is tabed in)
3. remove plastic caps on windshield wipers 2 places
4. remove windshield wiper nuts 2 places
5. push down on windshield wiper and pull off 2 places
6. remove 3 plastic expansion pins and pull down and rock out plastic trim, don't need to remove hoses. just slide up out of the way
7. pull of shock tower caps 2 places
8. remove 19mm shock tower bolt and cap, 2 places
9. loosen 18mm spring/shock cap bolt, 2 places
10. jack up front of car
11. place jack stands
12. remove wheels (2 places)
13. remove brake line from shock assy (2 places)
14. remove spring clip from shock assy (2 places)
15. remove sensor line from shock assy (2 places)
16. loosen 16mm nut from sway bar (2 places), don't remove
17. support suspension (2 places)
18. remove 15mm/17mm bolts from lower shock tower (4 places)
19. remove 16mm sway bar nut, may have to raise suspension with jack
20. wiggle out and remove shock assy (2 places)
21. remove 18mm bolt from shock tower, spring will jump up, be careful, spring compressor not required (2 places)
22. remove spring from shock (2 places)
23. remove shock boot from spring (2 places)
24. remove bump stop (2 places)
25. cut 1" off top of bump stop (larger side)
26. Install bump stop on shock (2 places)
27. Install boot on new spring (2 places)
28. Install new spring on shock, check orientation to make sure spring end is in the correct cutout locations (2 places)
29. Install shock/spring cap and 18mm bolt, torque down(2 places)
30. Install shock assy into car (2 places)
31. Install 17mm/15mm bolts, torque to 55 ft lbs (4 places)
32. Install brake line (front side of shock, 2 places)
33. Install brake sensor (front side of shock, 2 places)
34. Install spring clip (2 places)
35. Install sway bar 16mm nut loosely, may require raising suspension ( 2 places)
36. Install shock tower cap and 19mm bolt loosely (2 places)
37. torque down 16mm sway bar nut (2 places), may have to raise suspension with jack
38. tighten down 19mm nut on shock tower cap (2 places)
39. install wheels (2 places) and torque
40. raise front of car
41. removed jack stands
42. lower car
43. check 19mm nut (2 places)
44. instal shock tower cap (2 places)
45. slide plastic trim piece back, get all clips to line up , 2 chasis studs on outside
46. install 3 plastic expansion pins
47. install windhshield wipers (2 places)
48. install windshield wiper nuts (2 places)
49. install plastic caps (2 places)
50. install plastic covers (2 places)
51. shut hood.