Lowering question on F-Bodies
03-06-2012, 03:24 PM
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Lowering question on F-Bodies Im working on an 01 SS. Currently its got stock suspension. Im wanting to lower it and do a 315 tire in the rear. Any sugestions.. A good budy of mine suggested Strano shocks and lowering springs. My question is, will I have any issues running a 315 out back with those springs and shocks..
Best Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie
03-06-2012, 04:29 PM
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I have Stranos and Konis on my car with 315 Nitto 555 and it fits fine. My car is a Trans Am which the fender is a little wider than a Camaro. Also a 315 Nitto supposedly is narrower than most other 315's. I did roll the fenders to which was easy to do.
03-07-2012, 01:28 PM
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I am running Konis and have installed stranos on the front. Still trying to find time to install the rear springs and rear suspension with my nitto 315's. I'll let you know how they fit. Hoping this weekend I can finish installing everything.
11-12-2012, 06:19 PM
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defintly can run strano/konis with big tires. as stated, depends on your offset. I have some BMW 10" deep dish Rondell 55s with 295 Kumho XS with pretty healthy positive offset. i need to roll my fender since i rub ever once in a while on heavy dips. I have vogtlands on my car but drop the car the same distance as the stanos 1.25" roughly. make sure you keep your isolators in the rears or it will drop it way more then 1.25 and might rub way to much.
im going to stick some black C5 ZR1 10.5" (i think)rims in the back with 315s to be able to fit wider tires. The biggest thing your going to run into is the bump stop. if you can keep it i would, but your gonna have to massage the inner fender to fit 315s... IE a hammer. mostly in strategic areas. there are some threads on this on where to smack it so your not just bashing around under there all ***** nilly like lol
you can save your bump stop if you lift the car on the axle but that can be a pain in the *** if you cant do it that way or have a lift that lifts by frame or pinchwelds.
alot of peopel say they have cut them and then install some kind of bumpstop some were around the springs. im not to sure on how to do that though. still have my bump stops.
defninitly get an adjustable pan hard bar. an on car makes it alot easier but not neccesary. if you get the UMI panhard support rod, youll also need a driverside pan hard relocation panhard mount because with the dropped geometry will cause the pan hard and pandhard relocation support bar will contact eachother with NOTICABLE banging. its enough to make marks in the nice powder coating
the one i got is called a jegster... not sure who wlse make these. UMI doesnt from my understanding unless they added it to their inventory recently.
im going to stick some black C5 ZR1 10.5" (i think)rims in the back with 315s to be able to fit wider tires. The biggest thing your going to run into is the bump stop. if you can keep it i would, but your gonna have to massage the inner fender to fit 315s... IE a hammer. mostly in strategic areas. there are some threads on this on where to smack it so your not just bashing around under there all ***** nilly like lol
you can save your bump stop if you lift the car on the axle but that can be a pain in the *** if you cant do it that way or have a lift that lifts by frame or pinchwelds.
alot of peopel say they have cut them and then install some kind of bumpstop some were around the springs. im not to sure on how to do that though. still have my bump stops.
defninitly get an adjustable pan hard bar. an on car makes it alot easier but not neccesary. if you get the UMI panhard support rod, youll also need a driverside pan hard relocation panhard mount because with the dropped geometry will cause the pan hard and pandhard relocation support bar will contact eachother with NOTICABLE banging. its enough to make marks in the nice powder coating
the one i got is called a jegster... not sure who wlse make these. UMI doesnt from my understanding unless they added it to their inventory recently. 
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11-13-2012, 05:06 PM
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My Koni with vogtlands
Before along before my rim refinishing
before with my "travel" rims
After with "travel" rims
and with the refinished wider rears
as you can see, 1.25 isnt much and leaves you room for other rims and tires. Mine are all 17s
Before along before my rim refinishing
before with my "travel" rims
After with "travel" rims
and with the refinished wider rears
as you can see, 1.25 isnt much and leaves you room for other rims and tires. Mine are all 17s
12-26-2012, 05:01 PM
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and now with 315s lol now its more relavant but still,
with a little grinding and trimming on the bump stop and slight hammering on the inner fenderwell, you can have it fit right on there. No need for cutting off the the bump stop completely.
Mines dropped with the same hieghth as stanos with Vogtland springs, 1.25" drop in the back. no rubbing issues at all for me.
with a little grinding and trimming on the bump stop and slight hammering on the inner fenderwell, you can have it fit right on there. No need for cutting off the the bump stop completely.
Mines dropped with the same hieghth as stanos with Vogtland springs, 1.25" drop in the back. no rubbing issues at all for me.
12-26-2012, 07:06 PM
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^^^ those look like 17x9.5's. Mine are the same exept they have about 2in of lip thats not powder coated in the rear. Mine are the 17x11's with 315's and my bump stops had to be removed to allow the wheel to even be bolted on the car as the tire was hitting the bump stop when the car was on the jack. BTW my offset is 50mm acording to OE Wheels.
12-26-2012, 10:50 PM
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^^^ those look like 17x9.5's. Mine are the same exept they have about 2in of lip thats not powder coated in the rear. Mine are the 17x11's with 315's and my bump stops had to be removed to allow the wheel to even be bolted on the car as the tire was hitting the bump stop when the car was on the jack. BTW my offset is 50mm acording to OE Wheels.
i think i lucked out and got a different offset i guess. that or my 98 TA has a wider rearend and allowed me to not have to grind off my bumpstops all the way.
12-30-2012, 08:34 PM
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my car is lowered 2 inches and i got a 325 45 17 in there with only slight rubbing on the plastic bumper. they are m&h racemasters on 17x11 vette rims and measure around 28 tall and just over 10 inches wide.
12-30-2012, 09:36 PM
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plus one on this! I got my major UMI components thru him. Shipping was pretty quick considering he had to send my stuff overseas at the time, but it all got to me quickly and in great shape
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Im working on an 01 SS. Currently its got stock suspension. Im wanting to lower it and do a 315 tire in the rear. Any sugestions.. A good budy of mine suggested Strano shocks and lowering springs. My question is, will I have any issues running a 315 out back with those springs and shocks..
Best Regards,
Charlie
Best Regards,
Charlie
My buddy was running 17x11's with 315's on his car which was lowered and he said the rubbing was minimal but suggested I order the Jeep bump stops that Strano sells. I also have some UMI lca's and adj. phb but I won't be able to put any of this stuff on the car for at least another month. I am looking to find some Nitto NT05's because they run slightly smaller (or so I've been told). I know there are a lot of members on here running very similar setups though and IMO that says something in itself. It must not rub too bad if so many people drive with it every day. Good luck
01-02-2013, 10:52 AM
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im running 17x11's with a 325 45 17 and my car is lowwww, fits no prob. i didnt even have to touch the bump stop it only needs very little trimming on the back bumper but i havent even done it yet it only rubs when i hit the right bump. i didnt even have to roll my fenders lol ill get a pic in a few
