[darkpuppet]

^-- I drove my 1.5" lowered focus to AND from Thunder Bay during a 72 hour blizzard. Yes, we drove the northern route when all you could see was snow in front, and higher snow to the sides..

The only issue with the suspension was the tired neck at hour 10 of the 17 hour drive... mostly caused by the raised frost ridges in the road for hundred km stretches at a time.

a 1" drop doesn't make much difference in clearance, and I've taken my car off road (and over 8" ditches).... it has a lot more clearance.. even lowered than people give it credit for.

I've even accidentally hit speedbumps at speed and never bottomed out (though it was scary!).

As long as you stay away from retardedly low body kits, there's no reason a moderately lowered focus should have troubles with anything.

I may have only put 30,000km on the SHM kit, but it saw everything from smooth and warm weather to -48C and 1000km of studder bumps. The only issue it ever had was the consistency by which a drive wheel would come off the ground pulling out of my underground garage driveway (or going over said 8" ditches).. But the traction control usually ensured there was SOME power going to a grounded drive wheel...