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Old 12-19-2010, 11:40 PM
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yeah i wanna lower it about 1-1.5". i live in the mountains so i gotta watch out with it but if riced out dubs drive around here slammed then i can lower a little. i wanna lower it this winter since shes in the garage until march, so im trying to get some ideas on what to do, and whats good out there (:
 
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Old 12-20-2010, 12:42 AM
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Mine is lowered 2" if you were wondering.
 
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Old 12-20-2010, 05:31 AM
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i am lowered 1 inch in back, 3/4 in in front and with lt headers the car will rub the exhaust on the tall speed bumps. like i said look over strano's site, he has some very good 1.2 in lowering springs that dont sagg over time like the others. most of the 2 in lowering springs will sagg and go even lower over time, riding on the bump stops much of the time. i have all spohns suspension mods. look in my sig.
 
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Old 12-20-2010, 10:26 AM
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yeah i was thinking all spohn or i saw eibach has a couple kits. i saw stranoparts has that same eibach pro kit, lowers it like 1.3". thats basically the height im looking to lower. i eventually want to get lt's and we have some pretty bad roads so i want it to look and handle right but i dont want to damage anything.
 
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Old 12-20-2010, 06:03 PM
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haha im looking into lifting my rear end!!! no joke
 
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Old 12-20-2010, 07:21 PM
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haha im looking into lifting my rear end!!! no joke
but then again, my wheels stick out an inch and a half past the rear quarters
 
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Old 12-22-2010, 02:52 AM
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suspension mods in my sig. UMI an awesome company to deal with and shipped to me in UK in only 3 days . LCA, panhard and strut brace really stiffen the car up.

Got some KYB AGX adjustanble shocks, ok so they are bound/rebound on the same dial but are much cheaper than Konis. Really depends what you want and how much money you have.

I got the eibach pro kit but as craby said they sag in the rear. Some like this look but with positive offset 9J 18" BMW alloys the tires were scrubbing. I swapped them out at the rear from some springs from a 97 Z28, they were lower than my stock 99 Z28 springs by an inch so maybe LE1? Either way the car rides much better with these in rear and eibachs in front.

MelloYello, I've been thinking about putting my stock spring in the rear to lift it another inch and get some big rubber on the rims.
 
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Old 12-22-2010, 09:31 AM
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Socom, what kind of springs did you use to lower 2"?
 
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Old 12-22-2010, 10:03 AM
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Vogtlands. They advertise that they lower 1.2" but I measured and it was about 2".
 
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Old 12-22-2010, 10:45 AM
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Thanks, I just installed the Eibach's in the beginning of Nov b/c I didn't ask around first and now I know they sag so when they do start to go I want to have a few ideas.
 


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