Suspension revamp and Forgestar shoes
06-30-2012, 06:06 PM
#1
Suspension revamp and Forgestar shoes So after some thought a few months ago, I decided that I was tired of my car only getting driven onto a trailer and off to run at the drag strip and nothing more. I missed being able to just drive the damn thing....
Once my daughter came along it was solidified that if I wanted to keep the car in our family for a while, I would need to make it safe enough that I would feel comfortable taking her cruising with me when shes old enough.
MT ET Street radials and skinnies, running stock brakes just wasn't going to cut it.
Old street/strip set-up:
BMR lowering springs
Bilstein SLP/HD shocks/struts
no front swaybar
stock rear swaybar
Weld prostars 15x10 and 15x4.5
disintegrated bumpstops
86K mi bushings all around
New stuff to handle and stop:
Forgestar F14 wheels in textured gunmetal 18x9.5 and 18x11
Kumho Ecsta XS 275/35 frnt and Hankook Ventus RS2 315/30 rear
'07 CTS-V 4 piston brake upgrade using 5th gen Camaro SS rotors
Hawk HPS pads
Braided brake lines from both Kore 3 and flynbyme
Refabbed front hubs
Strano adj rear sway bar and 35mm front
Strano springs
Koni 4/3 shocks/struts
Fays 2 Watts link
BMR 1" drop lower A-arms
BMR 1/2" strut spacers
New tire rod ends and ball joints
New rubber upper strut mounts
"softened" prothane bumpstops
She now handles like a dream and stops on a dime. I forgot just how much fun these car are to drive around corners on windy country roads.
Once my daughter came along it was solidified that if I wanted to keep the car in our family for a while, I would need to make it safe enough that I would feel comfortable taking her cruising with me when shes old enough.
MT ET Street radials and skinnies, running stock brakes just wasn't going to cut it.
Old street/strip set-up:
BMR lowering springs
Bilstein SLP/HD shocks/struts
no front swaybar
stock rear swaybar
Weld prostars 15x10 and 15x4.5
disintegrated bumpstops
86K mi bushings all around
New stuff to handle and stop:
Forgestar F14 wheels in textured gunmetal 18x9.5 and 18x11
Kumho Ecsta XS 275/35 frnt and Hankook Ventus RS2 315/30 rear
'07 CTS-V 4 piston brake upgrade using 5th gen Camaro SS rotors
Hawk HPS pads
Braided brake lines from both Kore 3 and flynbyme
Refabbed front hubs
Strano adj rear sway bar and 35mm front
Strano springs
Koni 4/3 shocks/struts
Fays 2 Watts link
BMR 1" drop lower A-arms
BMR 1/2" strut spacers
New tire rod ends and ball joints
New rubber upper strut mounts
"softened" prothane bumpstops
She now handles like a dream and stops on a dime. I forgot just how much fun these car are to drive around corners on windy country roads.
07-01-2012, 01:30 PM
#4
TECH Senior Member
Sick.
Why the shock spacer and the 1" lowering A-arms though?
Also, what do you mean by "softened" prothane bumpstops? Did you modify them? How do you like them, are they still pretty stiff?
Why the shock spacer and the 1" lowering A-arms though?
Also, what do you mean by "softened" prothane bumpstops? Did you modify them? How do you like them, are they still pretty stiff?
07-01-2012, 03:48 PM
#5
By softened I mean, I drilled them with varying depths ans varying hole sizes. They are stiff as hell w/out doing this. I'll try to get a pic of it to illustrate.
07-01-2012, 08:29 PM
#6
TECH Senior Member
If I remember right, off the top of my head my car sits 26" front, 27" rear with strano springs.
By softened I mean, I drilled them with varying depths ans varying hole sizes. They are stiff as hell w/out doing this. I'll try to get a pic of it to illustrate.
