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03-21-2010, 02:20 PM
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DD handling What would I need to purchase to have a good overall handling/ride Daily Driver?
I already have a set of Spohn CM LCA's, Spohn PHR. I want to add a set of Bilstein HD shocks and SFC's. I'm not sure if I should get sway bars and springs. I will not have the car lowered.
Any opinions?
I already have a set of Spohn CM LCA's, Spohn PHR. I want to add a set of Bilstein HD shocks and SFC's. I'm not sure if I should get sway bars and springs. I will not have the car lowered.
Any opinions?
03-21-2010, 06:24 PM
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35/21 or 35/22 swaybars. strano has a nice set of hollow bars but if they're out of your budget the UMI solid ones are a great bargain. bilsteins will work well with stock springs.
on a side note i daily drive my car. lowered with lt's and sfc's and hardly ever scrape. my front springs are more than twice as stiff as stock (600#). ride quality isn't bad at all. you can get a car with stock springs to handle very well but springs are a nice upgrade too. not sure why you don't want to lower but it's not bad at all if the roads around you are okay. just thought i'd point that out.
on a side note i daily drive my car. lowered with lt's and sfc's and hardly ever scrape. my front springs are more than twice as stiff as stock (600#). ride quality isn't bad at all. you can get a car with stock springs to handle very well but springs are a nice upgrade too. not sure why you don't want to lower but it's not bad at all if the roads around you are okay. just thought i'd point that out.
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03-21-2010, 08:06 PM
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Shocks/sways with stock springs can give you a good ride and corner well. Either Koni's/Bilstein's for shocks should suit you well, and Strano/UMI sways also. You'll have a tighter ride, even with stock shocks, but less harsh and will corner a lot better.
03-22-2010, 07:26 AM
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http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...bgnigbbebtecf7
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
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03-25-2010, 11:44 AM
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It looks like he already has LCA's, and RB's aren't really necessary unless he's having traction problems, which doesn't seem to be a problem being he's not drag racing and they actually hinder cornering a bit.
IMO, if you lower your car, RB's can be helpful if you are experiencing wheel hop, if not, it's not really necessary.
IMO, if you lower your car, RB's can be helpful if you are experiencing wheel hop, if not, it's not really necessary.
03-25-2010, 06:40 PM
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I'm never going to lower the car. It was lowered when I bought it and it scraped on everything. I do not have any problems with wheel-hop.When I nail it I do have a problem with traction. I'm hoping the LCA's and PHR will help with that.
03-25-2010, 08:13 PM
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Get Koni Shocks and Sam's Hollow bars
if you want you can lower the car ~.75" with just the shocks and hose mod. It will look a little better and you won't scrape on everything.
BTW, the LS1 Pro kit springs you had were probably really sagging (they have horrible quality problems) and that is why you probably had so much trouble with them.
if you want you can lower the car ~.75" with just the shocks and hose mod. It will look a little better and you won't scrape on everything.
BTW, the LS1 Pro kit springs you had were probably really sagging (they have horrible quality problems) and that is why you probably had so much trouble with them.