Got in here a bit late on this discussion but I cut mine in half shortly after purchasing my VX, the jarring ride was tooooo much. Even so I was still experiencing a noticable stiffness in down travel. I put some grease on the contact point of the axle, took it out for a street test ride thru some mild dips and pot holes. Came home to see if there was grease now on the bottom of the rubber bump stops. There was. I removed them completely. BIG difference in the suspension travel, but let me mention I still had the stock wheels and tires so no problem with making contact with the clad. Further, there was absolutely no noticeable difference in cornering even at high speed. Now with my oversize tires and wheels with the 0 offset it was necessary to reinstall the bump stops. I had to use the cut off portions as well by mounting them on top of the bump stops with longer screws, it does the job quite well. So, if you have a stock suspension setup on the rear and not happy with the ride, take them completely off. But,save them, you can reuse them later on if you decide to go to over size tires and wheels.

The front had a harsh ride too. I took off the front sway bar, it was tooo stiff also. Big improvement in ride, no noticeable difference in cornering at all, I still have the rear sway bars. So before you poo-poo this tip, try it.