Lowering the Camaro
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Lowering the Camaro Just had an idea to lower the car. If I wanted to get some lowering springs, who would you recommend I go with, and by how many inches should I lower it?
Is the ride quality really affected that much by lowering the car? And will it handle noticeably better from being lowered? And lastly, will a lowered car reduce how long the shocks will last?
Is the ride quality really affected that much by lowering the car? And will it handle noticeably better from being lowered? And lastly, will a lowered car reduce how long the shocks will last?
Hey WhiteKnight. Do you have a plan for how much you want to lower your car? One inch vs. slammed takes two different approaches. A balanced spring and shock package with a one inch drop can feel pretty nice yet still give an acceptable increase in handling as lower is faster due to the lower Center of Gravity.
I see you already have Bilsteins. Sam Strano at Stranoparts.com would be your best source for which spring would work with those if you intend to keep them. Balance is key.
As you lower your car, the rear moves side-to-side and can be corrected with an adjustable PHB. Our part http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=355 is available from Sam as well.
Slammed-low requires heavier spring rates to keep from riding the bump stops all the time and can have an appreciable impact on handling (nice!) with a decrease in ride comfort which some find acceptable, others don't. If you want to go super-low, let us know that as well.
Good luck.
ramey
I see you already have Bilsteins. Sam Strano at Stranoparts.com would be your best source for which spring would work with those if you intend to keep them. Balance is key.
As you lower your car, the rear moves side-to-side and can be corrected with an adjustable PHB. Our part http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=355 is available from Sam as well.
Slammed-low requires heavier spring rates to keep from riding the bump stops all the time and can have an appreciable impact on handling (nice!) with a decrease in ride comfort which some find acceptable, others don't. If you want to go super-low, let us know that as well.
Good luck.
ramey
Just had an idea to lower the car. If I wanted to get some lowering springs, who would you recommend I go with, and by how many inches should I lower it?
Is the ride quality really affected that much by lowering the car? And will it handle noticeably better from being lowered? And lastly, will a lowered car reduce how long the shocks will last?
Is the ride quality really affected that much by lowering the car? And will it handle noticeably better from being lowered? And lastly, will a lowered car reduce how long the shocks will last?
Whether you perform the installs yourself will determine if you would want to lower your car in stages. What I see a lot of people do is just install springs for the look then do the shocks/PHR later as they get money and time. This route would cost you more in the long run if you are paying for your installations since they will be doing a portion of the work twice. If your labor is free however, this can easily be done. Just keep in mind however that springs alone will not provide the ride or handling advantages you are looking for. The higher spring rates need better shock valving to realize these performance gains.
Bilsteins and Konis are the popular shock of choice and if you poll the forums you will see that BMR and Strano have the most popular springs. We have spring/shock packages with Tokico, Bilstein, or Koni shocks if you are interested (http://www.bmrsuspension.com/?page=p...d=57&catid=157).
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