modified/raised top hats on stock suspension

[K2e2vin]

I'm sure lots of you guys heard about raising the top hat to gain like an inch of travel when lowering the car. I want to lower my car using this method with the stock suspension; Since the springs have preload, wouldn't raised top hats cause a higher preload(the spring rates are progressive right)? Would this cause damage to the shocks since it's being pulled on harder than stock or will the weight of the car counter-act that?

Thanks

 

[xj0hnx]

If you don't change the springs your car will ride at the same height.

 

[K2e2vin]

wouldnt the springs be compressed more? Because there's already preload at stock height and the absorber is extended all the way; raising the tophat should reduce the height of the spring but would the increase preload damage to shocks? In other words, its like im pushing the spring down; but all the stress is on the absorber.

Kind of hard for me to explain but I might make a little Paint image.