How to bring q car's ground clearance back to original?

So I live in Brazil, and from what I have seen, most, if not all cars are raised in ride height before being sold here, to adapt for our velvet smooth roads, which as you may understand, ruins looks and handling (unless you like the off-road look).

So I'd like to know, if someone here can help, what changes manufacturers make to the suspension to get this result in terms of springs and dampers, for lenght, stiffness and travel range, if there are further changes made beyond that, and what could be done to bring the car back to the state it was designed in. Would I have to import springs and dampers from a 1st world country, or are there simpler changes that can be done? Notice that I'm trying to improve looks, handling and safety and am willing to give up a bit of comfort and practicality if necessary. Also that I may not ever do this, but would like to get a better understanding of how manufacturers safely raise the vehicle's height.

Thank you very much!

 

First you need to check out if the manufactures or dealers use lifting pads on top of the spring in the strut assembly or do they use a different spring or strut?

Usually spring pads or lifting pads are commonly used to lift cars without replacing springs,struts or dampers, its easy & cheap, if this is the case you need to find the correct pads for your car & replace them at a workshop.

 

I don't think there's anything abnormal with the spring seats, so it's probably the springs and shocks themselves that are different, especially because they probably have a softer ride to go with the taller height. But I wasn't able to find anywhere with proper information on the subject, and most people don't even know that happens.

 

At least in my experience (older benz) every car type of one series, let say a W124, the coupe/cabriolet has a set of spring rate & dampers, sedans have their own & estates have their own, what MB did was to change the spring pads to lift their cars depending on the country market, but spring rate / dampers remains the same. unless you go for the sportline suspension or similar.

 

I don't think that's the case here. At least I've never heard about someone lowering their car by changing the spring pads, and I've never seen spring pads thick enough to considerably raise the car, I think they're all standard here. My thought about changing spring and damper rates was because, since they're making the car taller to cope with the crap roads, perhaps they'd make it softer as well, both because the height would allow it, and because it would help even further in coping with the roads. But still I'm not sure what's done to get that result.
Most people don't even know that it happens, and in my experience the few people that know that it happens don't know how. A good way to rule out springs would be to take a brand new spring for a given car here in Brazil and on Europe and compare it, but it's harder than it sounds since it's not like just opening google and finding out how tall is a brand new spring for a Golf GTI, for example.