I think that the usual reasons for cladding along the bottom of the body is done to reduce the visual image of height or hide mechanical underbody bits rather than create an appearance of being lowered. It's hard to make a car look like it's been lowered when there's still a substantial gap above the wheels (no matter what else you do).
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