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Old 07-19-2011 | 10:31 PM
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Im the 2nd owner of my car and Ive always wondered if the previous owner lowered it. A while ago I parked next to another camaro with known eibach front and rear springs. The rear height was identical and my front was higher by about an inch. I later parked next to a stock '02 camaro and that thing is as high as a 4x4!

My car has bilstein shocks and black springs, all of which look like 100k mile parts like the rest of the car. Tonight I wrote down the spring tag numbers and google searched. Mine are 22077194 front, 22077420 rear. Then I found this link

http://www.compnine.com/chart.php?num=46806

A 22077194 spring is listed in older f-bodies in the above link, and it appears that every year f-body has different spring rate options. Could my non-slp Z28 have some kind of sport suspension package?
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they probably either had some different springs on there and swapped them out for some older, worn-out springs before selling the car, or they could have cut the stock springs to lower it on a budget.
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Wouldn't you be able to tell it rode differently if the springs were cut. How's it ride?
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my buddy's 94 Z28 looks like it is lowered also and it is on stock springs
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Ive ridden in 2 other camaros but werent a good comparison. One was the really low drop eibach (rattled the fillings loose in my teeth haha) and the other was drag susp setup. It doesnt bottom out at all but also doesnt ride like a cadillac.

02z28ls1, what wheels do you have? Those look awesome!
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Originally Posted by CLRD4TO
Ive ridden in 2 other camaros but werent a good comparison. One was the really low drop eibach (rattled the fillings loose in my teeth haha) and the other was drag susp setup. It doesnt bottom out at all but also doesnt ride like a cadillac.

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