Coilover install question

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    Over the winter on whim I purchased a 2004 forester x as I have always wanted to lower one. It's going to be my summer beater and probably won't see more than 2-3k miles per year. I purchased from Fitment Industries "which on a side note has been the worst purchasing experience of my life" a set of BC Coilovers BR series. When I purchased them I was told I won't need the extreme low's so I went with what they recommended. Go to install them this weekend and in the front the threaded body is hitting the CV Boot and I still have a pretty good wheel gap. They won't take them back despite their bad advice since they have been installed now. My question is would I be able to cut an inch or two off the the threaded body to prevent it from tearing my CV Boot? It seems like it is just solid plastic but I'm not sure if the dampener goes to the bottom or if it's gonna be full of oil or something. Any help is appreciated I'm not too savvy at this stuff. Thanks.
     
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    Body is full of oil, you would have to drain the fluid and reweld them. Std bc coilovers depending on the car model do go low enough but a generalized reseller probably doesn't have the expertise to really say for sure what the results would be.

    If you want lower you could try selling them and buying something else
     
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    Thanks, yeah I'll probably just try to sell them and get something else, Fitment said they would sell me the extreme low version at cost because their rep didn't know what they were doing, so I guess that is some consolation
     
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    Do you have a picture?
     
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    Whoa whoa whoa they admitted to screwing up? Boy you just hit the jackpot. Lol I feel like if you press them hard enough you should be able to get whatever you want. You have to be a shrewd negotiator though.
     
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