you mean new springs like sport or lowering springs or the spring bushings?

 

I mean new springs. In my experience with both 2nd gen I've owned they have needed new springs. You can get stock replacement for around $100 each.

 

i want to lower the front 1 or 2in. but its like 700 for that alone

 

New springs aren't necessary, unless your car sags in the rear. Front springs either, unless it's too low now. Mine are original multileaf rear, but I replaced the front with small block Chevy springs, as I wanted the front a bit lower and that worked perfectly with my big block.
As for installation cost, you should check your local Les Schwab, or front end place to get an estimate, if you can't do the work yourself. It's not rocket science, but it does take time and tools.
Speaking of tools; I think the best money a guy can really spend on his car is good tools, and training! In the long run both of these will save you tons of money when you can do this stuff yourself! I've watched friends spend 3-4 times what I spent on parts alone, to get the same things done at a shop. I couldn't have afforded to keep my car for the last 36 years, if I paid for all the upgrades.

 

well i didn't have a parent that teached me how to do it..i would love to learn how to do more stuff myself though...

 

Neither did I. In fact by the time I was 15-16 yrs old I was working on my parent's cars, as I knew a lot more than my dad did. Worked on the family cars until my parents died about 20 yrs. ago.
I think I was about 10 when I got really interested in mechanical things, and wanted to tinker with cars. I knew a guy a few houses away that had a repair shop in his home and I used to go hang out and try to keep out of the way. Eventually he let me hand him tools, and in a couple years I was turning wrenches with my dad's permission.
When I graduated from hi school I went to work for a Cadillac dealer as a mechanic's asst., and they sent me to the GM Training Center to "refine" my skills. Got bored of working on cars for a living when I returned from the military, and changed professions, but never lost interest in hotrods.
Guess my point is to hang out with guys who know and work on their cars, or take a community college class over at Clark in automotive, so you'll gain some confidence. There's a lot of minor things like brakes, etc. that you can do to get your feet wet, and work up to bigger things.
I've always owned a second car (many of them beaters!) just so I could work on my rod and not be pressured to get it back running for work the next day.

 

none of my friends in high school were really into cars but i have always loved hot rods and muscle cars

i have been wanting to take a class at clark on cars but have been so busy with my major(biology) and stuff..i have tried to learn on my car though by reading my manual and tinkering with stuff..im just worried i will screw something up since it is my daily driver for now..im saving up to buy a beater so i can drive that during the winter though

 

Yea, my daily driver is a 1 ton Ford van. Big and ugly, and of course a FORD. Ugh.
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