debadge it, or do as another member here once did, he painted the star black and left the chrome circle, it looked pretty cool in my opinion, as for cutting the springs just make 100 percent sure you cut them equaly, i personaly would prefer lowered springs, however, cutting the springs would give you your desired ride height....so its up to you, there has been countless threads discussing this, and we never reached to a consensus about this issue lol.