You're missing the part about the difference in coils, if my coils are stiffer I'll need to cut more off than phunky did.
His issue was the ride was stiffer from the cut coil .... hence why kmax had custom coils made. so, already starting with a higher spring rate + having to cut more coil off = even stiffer suspension. That's the issue. It all boils down to which OME spring they tried using..... hence my question