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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Well to make a long story short I got a good deal on some 'cheap' lowering springs last year. I put them on the car with a new set of stock type shocks. Well the drop ended up being over 2", wayyyy too low. I want to raise the car back up with some springs but I don't really want to replace shocks again. I'm wanting to find a budget set of springs in the 1.5" area. Any ideas?
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Any idea what springs they were?
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I got them off eBay because I had store credit (long story) they were orange, I'm thinking they are called ksport or something like that. The drop looks great but just not practical for my town & gravel driveway.

*I'll sell them cheap if anyone is interested. Less than 100 miles on them...
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id recommend stranos springs, they are about 1.2", they are $275 and free ground shipping for now. im sure you know this, but you NEED to upgrade your shocks.
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Need or should?
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ofcourse it will work with stock springs, but you "should" replace them. my buddy is lowered on stock shocks and he as well as i thought it rode good. but then i just got some bilstein hds and have stock springs. and mine rides a lot better.
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I was just on Sams sight, the SLP Bilsteins don't look that bad for $420. I may go that route. I'm buying a stall too so I'm trying to pinch pennies.
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i would get sams "strano specific" bilstein hds. he uses an older version of the rear shocks that provide better dampening than the new ones. those are the ones i went with. if i were you i would either send him a pm letting him know what you want in relation to what you want out of your car, or give him a call tomorrow. i would do 1 of those 2 things before you made your order. good luck either way man. anythings better than the stock shocks.
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