What lowering springs to get?
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I'm not going to hijack this man's thread. But a spring thread in the appearance section could only mean 1 thing, right? That he's interested in appearance above suspension. Personally I have Konis w/ Hotchkis springs. I love the way my car looks & rides, but yeah Konis are pricey.
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i cant complain with my eibachs and bilstines and i love it...rides very well. got mine off a friend that wanted stock set up...but it made a world of diffrence in the way the car looks, and its not to expensive
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But for the OP, I think something along the line of the Vogtlant or Hotchkis springs is where it's at, with SLP/Bilstein or KYB GR2 shocks. Adjustability doesn't = the best shocks if you have to have them dialed up a ton and super stiff just to properly dampen the higher spring rates you have.
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I'd wager my cut spring + Bilsteins + UMM has a better stance AND a better ride than your BMR springs and AGX shocks, with the only area your setup beating mine in being handling when really pushed hard. ![Winky](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_wink.gif)
But for the OP, I think something along the line of the Vogtlant or Hotchkis springs is where it's at, with SLP/Bilstein or KYB GR2 shocks. Adjustability doesn't = the best shocks if you have to have them dialed up a ton and super stiff just to properly dampen the higher spring rates you have.
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But for the OP, I think something along the line of the Vogtlant or Hotchkis springs is where it's at, with SLP/Bilstein or KYB GR2 shocks. Adjustability doesn't = the best shocks if you have to have them dialed up a ton and super stiff just to properly dampen the higher spring rates you have.
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yeh yeh, enough with all the pety crap. ^lets not forget that eibach's were "DESIGNED to be shorter". with that being said, i'll say that just beacuse something is designed for a specific purpose, it does not mean that it actually accomplishes that purpose, or that it is the best....
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Keep in mind I've had BMR springs on better shocks than the AGX offerings (and also on worse for a short while), so I know near exactly how your car rides, because mine rode the same way for about 10,000 miles before I pulled the setup. I also know how my SS rides with cut stock springs and a suspension setup designed around them, and I know my cut stockers ride better and look better than the BMR setup I had ever did IMO (although the same things I did to make my cut stocker setup ride really nice could be applied to a BMR setup and it would ride a lot nicer also, but comparing straight setup to straight setup the only area your current setup would beat mine in would be handling IMO unless you just prefer a stiffer ride, which I don't, or if you prefer a little more wheel gap, which I don't, but then again all of that is personal opinion).