Before and After Pics* Koni SA's and Strano Springs
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Before and After Pics* Koni SA's and Strano Springs Just installed my strano springs and Koni's and took the car for a drive, the car is much more confidence inspiring and the springs sit perfectly in my opinion. Takes care of the 4x4 look and doesnt go too low. Installed on upper perch and no HH mod done.
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01-20-2014, 10:13 PM
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Me too, haha, It actually settled about a 1/4 inch more than when the pics were taken, It is a completely stock ls1 t56 car. I read somewhere that the shape of the fenders were cut inconsistently on these cars which might be a reason why it sits low, it almost looks like prokit height to me
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01-21-2014, 06:15 PM
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Looks great. Thank you for taking the time to post both the pictures and your thoughts about how the car drives.
As for the comment about his car being lowered more than normal... Um, I disagree. Not all cars drop the same amount, as they come with a lot of different springs from GM. And they are now old enough that stock springs can be weak, folks cut them, or swap them for other things. Plus there is a lot of things that tweak heights from there. This is a stock car, not lightened in front (which raises the front as there is less weight on it). It's not got poly control arm bushings that stick and bind and can cause the car to be propped up, etc.
I think, on average you will see most cars looking like this in the end with my springs. Some sit higher in the rear when they have bigger diameter axle tubes (all springs will in that case as the springs sit on the axle). Some sit higher in the front. That can be variance in the shocks (where the spring perch sits) or the weight, or other front suspension parts like control arm bushings, or the lower control arms themselves (as the shock sits on the arm where the location is for bolting it on changes the result.
In the end, I never made the springs for the looks. I made performance handling springs. Ride heights can and do vary on all cars with all springs, that's why you see drops for springs listed as *approximate*. I just said screw it and removed the estimated drop altogether because somehow folks think that's set in stone, and refer folks to pictures like this one. If you want 100% control over your ride height and 1/8" variance, etc. is a big deal, then I suggest a coil-over/weight jacker setup so you can set the height as desired. Trouble is there, only one has a damper that is going to work like a Koni and that's KW and they are $2200+.
As for the comment about his car being lowered more than normal... Um, I disagree. Not all cars drop the same amount, as they come with a lot of different springs from GM. And they are now old enough that stock springs can be weak, folks cut them, or swap them for other things. Plus there is a lot of things that tweak heights from there. This is a stock car, not lightened in front (which raises the front as there is less weight on it). It's not got poly control arm bushings that stick and bind and can cause the car to be propped up, etc.
I think, on average you will see most cars looking like this in the end with my springs. Some sit higher in the rear when they have bigger diameter axle tubes (all springs will in that case as the springs sit on the axle). Some sit higher in the front. That can be variance in the shocks (where the spring perch sits) or the weight, or other front suspension parts like control arm bushings, or the lower control arms themselves (as the shock sits on the arm where the location is for bolting it on changes the result.
In the end, I never made the springs for the looks. I made performance handling springs. Ride heights can and do vary on all cars with all springs, that's why you see drops for springs listed as *approximate*. I just said screw it and removed the estimated drop altogether because somehow folks think that's set in stone, and refer folks to pictures like this one. If you want 100% control over your ride height and 1/8" variance, etc. is a big deal, then I suggest a coil-over/weight jacker setup so you can set the height as desired. Trouble is there, only one has a damper that is going to work like a Koni and that's KW and they are $2200+.
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Looks great. Thank you for taking the time to post both the pictures and your thoughts about how the car drives.
As for the comment about his car being lowered more than normal... Um, I disagree. Not all cars drop the same amount, as they come with a lot of different springs from GM. And they are now old enough that stock springs can be weak, folks cut them, or swap them for other things. Plus there is a lot of things that tweak heights from there. This is a stock car, not lightened in front (which raises the front as there is less weight on it). It's not got poly control arm bushings that stick and bind and can cause the car to be propped up, etc.
I think, on average you will see most cars looking like this in the end with my springs. Some sit higher in the rear when they have bigger diameter axle tubes (all springs will in that case as the springs sit on the axle). Some sit higher in the front. That can be variance in the shocks (where the spring perch sits) or the weight, or other front suspension parts like control arm bushings, or the lower control arms themselves (as the shock sits on the arm where the location is for bolting it on changes the result.
In the end, I never made the springs for the looks. I made performance handling springs. Ride heights can and do vary on all cars with all springs, that's why you see drops for springs listed as *approximate*. I just said screw it and removed the estimated drop altogether because somehow folks think that's set in stone, and refer folks to pictures like this one. If you want 100% control over your ride height and 1/8" variance, etc. is a big deal, then I suggest a coil-over/weight jacker setup so you can set the height as desired. Trouble is there, only one has a damper that is going to work like a Koni and that's KW and they are $2200+.
As for the comment about his car being lowered more than normal... Um, I disagree. Not all cars drop the same amount, as they come with a lot of different springs from GM. And they are now old enough that stock springs can be weak, folks cut them, or swap them for other things. Plus there is a lot of things that tweak heights from there. This is a stock car, not lightened in front (which raises the front as there is less weight on it). It's not got poly control arm bushings that stick and bind and can cause the car to be propped up, etc.
I think, on average you will see most cars looking like this in the end with my springs. Some sit higher in the rear when they have bigger diameter axle tubes (all springs will in that case as the springs sit on the axle). Some sit higher in the front. That can be variance in the shocks (where the spring perch sits) or the weight, or other front suspension parts like control arm bushings, or the lower control arms themselves (as the shock sits on the arm where the location is for bolting it on changes the result.
In the end, I never made the springs for the looks. I made performance handling springs. Ride heights can and do vary on all cars with all springs, that's why you see drops for springs listed as *approximate*. I just said screw it and removed the estimated drop altogether because somehow folks think that's set in stone, and refer folks to pictures like this one. If you want 100% control over your ride height and 1/8" variance, etc. is a big deal, then I suggest a coil-over/weight jacker setup so you can set the height as desired. Trouble is there, only one has a damper that is going to work like a Koni and that's KW and they are $2200+.
01-23-2014, 11:43 AM
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I know I wouldn't mind more pics. In fact if you get some really good clean background ones, I could use a few new cars up on the website at some point.
Sam
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