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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Default Suspension Crew... Thoughts on this?

My Eibach Pro Kit is about worn out... as are the Bilstein shocks.


Looking at going w/ this setup:

Sway bar:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=129&ModelID=8

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http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=115&ModelID=8

Shocks:
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=21&ModelID=8
http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=21&ModelID=8


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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Street car? Autox? The car will sit higher, but handle better, and probably ride better than the Eibach springs.
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:44 PM
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One of the more recent pictures I have of it






I can put maybe 1-2 fingers b/t the passenger rear tire & fender well and like 3-4 fingers b/t the driver rear tire & fender well.

I've been running the current setup for 6 years and ~100k miles.
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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the front/rear shocks are on sale right now as a package: http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=21&ModelID=8
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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Chris... so this instead?

http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...=129&ModelID=8
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 03:36 PM
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If you want the rears ya..but since you just drive around on the streets, it's not as necessary (like for me). If you start feeling the rear end to be slow in transition on corners or 'floaty' at all, then you can think about getting it.
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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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That's what I have. It's a perfect setup for street comfort and handling. I'd never go with anything different.
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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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Thanks!
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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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If you ever start second guessing that setup, just do a search. You'll find out it's the most popular setup around for a street/handling setup. I usually go into more detail why.. but I don't have a chance to right now.

Oh also, I personally have the strano front bar and a 19mm stock rear. I think the 22mm is a better balance for most people in general. What I'm basically getting at is, setup the car the way you personally want it. There's no right or wrong. But anyone would be silly to overlook at least considering the capability and balance of the koni/strano shock/spring combo.
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I think I'm going to wait on the rear sway bar, but will get the front, the koni shocks, and strano springs.
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Ordered... but it never asked me for my credit card information... or if it did, it still accepted me submitting my order w/out providing it. LOL I guess I'll probably be hearing back from them about this, lol.
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Just call sam and let him know it didn't ask for your cc info. He will take care of it and process the order. If you don't you might be waiting for a long time to receive your goods.
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Originally Posted by DANSBIRD
Ordered... but it never asked me for my credit card information... or if it did, it still accepted me submitting my order w/out providing it. LOL I guess I'll probably be hearing back from them about this, lol.
Are you sure you hit the order button? I believe once I "thought" I ordered something from Sam and really didn't. I can't recall why that was, but once I did it I noticed that I missed a button. I'm probably just an idiot
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Originally Posted by z28bryan
Are you sure you hit the order button? I believe once I "thought" I ordered something from Sam and really didn't. I can't recall why that was, but once I did it I noticed that I missed a button. I'm probably just an idiot
I got a confirmation email on my order, lol.


It's no biggy... He's out of town until Tuesday anyway, so I'll just call them 1st thing Tuesday morning.
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Originally Posted by DANSBIRD
I got a confirmation email on my order, lol.


It's no biggy... He's out of town until Tuesday anyway, so I'll just call them 1st thing Tuesday morning.
New ordering process:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...ease-read.html
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