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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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What would I need to purchase to have a good overall handling/ride Daily Driver?
I already have a set of Spohn CM LCA's, Spohn PHR. I want to add a set of Bilstein HD shocks and SFC's. I'm not sure if I should get sway bars and springs. I will not have the car lowered.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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IMO sway bars, shocks, and springs are the three things that will affect the handling the most
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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I agree, but which one's to buy?
My car will not be on the drag strip, but I enjoy going through the curves.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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Strano for all the parts you can, or so everyone here agrees.
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You can talk to Sam Strano. Tell him whats done to the car your goals and your budget and he can help you pick out what you need
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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Thanks for the advice!
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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35/21 or 35/22 swaybars. strano has a nice set of hollow bars but if they're out of your budget the UMI solid ones are a great bargain. bilsteins will work well with stock springs.

on a side note i daily drive my car. lowered with lt's and sfc's and hardly ever scrape. my front springs are more than twice as stiff as stock (600#). ride quality isn't bad at all. you can get a car with stock springs to handle very well but springs are a nice upgrade too. not sure why you don't want to lower but it's not bad at all if the roads around you are okay. just thought i'd point that out.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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When I bought the car it had a Eibach pro kit springs on it. I didn't like it. My car scraped on everything.Very annoying.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Price isn't to much of a problem, as long as I get what I want. No need to spend money unwisely.
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Shocks/sways with stock springs can give you a good ride and corner well. Either Koni's/Bilstein's for shocks should suit you well, and Strano/UMI sways also. You'll have a tighter ride, even with stock shocks, but less harsh and will corner a lot better.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by therealcreeper
35/21 or 35/22 swaybars. strano has a nice set of hollow bars but if they're out of your budget the UMI solid ones are a great bargain.
Thanks for suggestion UMI Performance! Like mentioned above if you are looking to improve your handling. UMI Performance offers both front and rear solid sway bars. Our fronts features a 35mm chrome moly and the rear is a 22mm. And everything is included for the installation process. Below is a link to show you what I am explaining

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...bgnigbbebtecf7

If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6r
Shocks/sways with stock springs can give you a good ride and corner well. Either Koni's/Bilstein's for shocks should suit you well, and Strano/UMI sways also. You'll have a tighter ride, even with stock shocks, but less harsh and will corner a lot better.
Exactly what I'm looking for!
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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1. Konis'
2. Sams hollow bars

3. Set back and enjoy
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:08 AM
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Some LCAs and LCA Relocation brackets wouldn't hurt either.
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Originally Posted by Sicko
Some LCAs and LCA Relocation brackets wouldn't hurt either.
It looks like he already has LCA's, and RB's aren't really necessary unless he's having traction problems, which doesn't seem to be a problem being he's not drag racing and they actually hinder cornering a bit.

IMO, if you lower your car, RB's can be helpful if you are experiencing wheel hop, if not, it's not really necessary.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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I'm never going to lower the car. It was lowered when I bought it and it scraped on everything. I do not have any problems with wheel-hop.When I nail it I do have a problem with traction. I'm hoping the LCA's and PHR will help with that.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Get Koni Shocks and Sam's Hollow bars

if you want you can lower the car ~.75" with just the shocks and hose mod. It will look a little better and you won't scrape on everything.


BTW, the LS1 Pro kit springs you had were probably really sagging (they have horrible quality problems) and that is why you probably had so much trouble with them.
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