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The problem with using the metro front struts is that they would force the height of the front body to basically be the same as where a metro hood sits at stock. This was the biggest thing that kept me from seriously starting the triumph spitfire xfi project I originally thought of doing.
When you look at a metro the struts are like a 1/2 inch away from the hood stock. The shortest struts I have found that would fit would only lower it another inch. Adding a solid rod and pivot would let you remove the struts and replace them with a coil over setup but it would be really complicated and hard to make reliable.
I would recommend narrowing the front end by shortening the axle shafts as much as possible and trying to just keep the weight as low as possible to keep it stable. Having a wider front area to push through the wind would make it more stable turning, but then you are ending up with near the same frontal area as a normal metro would have.
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