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Old 12-01-2011 | 06:41 PM
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i have a 98 z28 with factory ground effects, and wondering if it would look too low if i got strano 1.2" drop springs? any pictures of a lowered ground effects car by anychance? or if you hve seen one what do you think of it?
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I had one awhile back...it had the factory kit and lowered. It had eibach sportlines, so it was low. But it looked so badass...
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mine has factory ground effects and im running sportlines on it. I think it looks great. Not the best pic but its a the only one i had
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Nice! That's how mine looked but black..
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i plan to lower my z with ground fx. just have to avoid certain driveways and probably speed bumps
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I had the 1" BMR springs with matched strano revalved bilstiens. It did pretty well except for speedbumps and really steep driveways. But it was usually the 3" true dual exhaust that was the issue with speedbumps.


My car back when it was more stock and the windows had 20%



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Lowered on Eibach Prokit.









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i like.....idk is there a company that makes half inch to an inch drop springs? maybe should post in the suspension thread
Old 12-01-2011 | 10:13 PM
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some sweet looking rides
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Originally Posted by Floorman279
i like.....idk is there a company that makes half inch to an inch drop springs? maybe should post in the suspension thread
maybe you missed my post...

BMR makes 1" spings.
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GoFast your car was the reason i bought my Z.. i wish it looked like that minus the kit and hood.
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^ thats pretty cool
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lowered on strano springs.
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lowered on strano springs.
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Here's my old 98Z, hypercoil springs with kyb's, roughly a 1.5 inch drop


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Originally Posted by GoFast908Z
I had the 1" BMR springs with matched strano revalved bilstiens. It did pretty well except for speedbumps and really steep driveways. But it was usually the 3" true dual exhaust that was the issue with speedbumps.


My car back when it was more stock and the windows had 20%





holy **** im excited to get my car done.... i bought the same hood a couple weeks ago and i have the same wing and wheels. i love the ultra z hood. and im planning stranos for lowering it... my car is mystic teal metallic so it should be pretty cool to see the outcome of it all... beautiful car man
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if i lower my car on my stock 16" rims with big stock tires, will i most likely have to raise it back up once i put 18" rims with low profile tires (around 245 series)? i'd like to go ahead and lower it but it'll be awhile before i get rims.

current tires:
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hey jimbo, are those 18's? and yes lol i missed the 1 inch drop part my bad........idk i think stranos may be the biggest drop i go with........idk do they make less than 1" springs tho? im not much of a low profile tire guy, so if i ever get rims they will be 17" oewheels zr1s.....that way i can get a little more tire......very nice z28s guys......all look good
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Originally Posted by FastRidesOnly
if i lower my car on my stock 16" rims with big stock tires, will i most likely have to raise it back up once i put 18" rims with low profile tires (around 245 series)? i'd like to go ahead and lower it but it'll be awhile before i get rims.
You shouldn't have to if you choose the right tires. It's usually just optical illusion caused by the smaller sidewall of the 18" tires.

Nice cars in here btw! The blue one was really tasteful with the ground effects, even with that hood which I usually don't like.
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yea i was fond of the blue one too



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