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Old 08-21-2010, 08:14 PM
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Been going back and forth for weeks if i should lower my car or not. Car looks great now but would like real nice lowered but it will cost me a pretty coin to do so. THe car has SLP LT's that hang down i think 6feet under ground, LOL so they will have to be replaced and when i got my TSP rumbler exhaust it didnt find perfect so it had to be cut and welded a little so i know i will want to replace that then i will need new shocks to go with the lowering springs and relocation brkts. Then the car may need to be retuned with the new exhaust setup. Looking at an easy $2,000. What to do!!!
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Took me 3 months to decide on mine, every other car/truck I've owned I lowered so it was just a matter of time lol. It's well worth it.
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if your set on lowering it, then its gonna happen, just do it ONCE and do it RIGHT. practically everyone complains about SLP headers. Pacesetters are the cheaper fix, Kooks and ARH are the last set you'll ever buy. Lowering springs are about what you want out of the car, much like the shocks you choose to go with them. Strano springs and Koni shocks or reworked Bilstein's will bring the best cornering and over all drivablity. QA1 shocks are mainly drag car setups.
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Also i was thinking about putting some new 18in wheels on it. THink if i go up in rim size i can get away with lowering it without touching the exhaust?
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i have sportlines with bbk lt's. its low but the ride is ok. for shocks i haved kyb agx's. my car handles night and day better!!
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Well SLP makes TWO sets of LTs -- their "Re-design allows for over 2" inches of ground clearance (over our tuned length design)" -- so perhaps only one has this issue?


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practically everyone complains about SLP headers.
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Do it. I have Hotchkis 1" drop on Koni 4/3's. Cant get much better.
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you have to lower your car!!! im rolling on 18x9.5 Z06 rims on all fours..im lowered with BMR 1.25 lowering spring and it looks so sweet.
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I kinda got forced into lowering mine this summer. While installing the Bilsteins I found a broken front spring so I ordered new front Moog springs & it jacked the front end up 2 inches so it looked terrible. After that I figured the only way it wouldnt look jacked up is get lowering springs. I couldve got some used front coils but I decided against used springs. I went with the Strano springs & it sits perfect now.




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