Only lower the rear?
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Good afternoon,
I just got a free pair of BMR rear lowering springs for my 02 camaro. I was initially going to wait until I got the fronts as well to lower it, but then I realized I actually really like the wheel fitment I have on the front. Maybe I could get away with only installing rear springs for now? I’m running 275/40r18s on all four.
Has anyone tried this? How did it turn out?
I just got a free pair of BMR rear lowering springs for my 02 camaro. I was initially going to wait until I got the fronts as well to lower it, but then I realized I actually really like the wheel fitment I have on the front. Maybe I could get away with only installing rear springs for now? I’m running 275/40r18s on all four.
Has anyone tried this? How did it turn out?
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Well, just doing the heater hose mod on the rear left me with a reverse rake, which looked pretty bad. I got Koni Sports on the lower perch up front to get the stance right. My guess is that it would be worse in your case with lowering springs. But changing rear springs is not a big deal, so you could try it and switch back if you don't like it.
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This will cause the car to handle poorly. Perhaps dangerously.
Lowering the rear will cause the car to catch air underneath and lift the front wheels (the ones you need downforce in order to steer with). The car already has an understeer problem and I would expect this would really accentuate it and/or make it unmanagable at speed.
Lowering the rear will cause the car to catch air underneath and lift the front wheels (the ones you need downforce in order to steer with). The car already has an understeer problem and I would expect this would really accentuate it and/or make it unmanagable at speed.
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The car will look very stupid 🙄 like a jet trying to take off with only the rear end dropped.
I had a mismatched front & rear springs on my 3rd Gen Camaro for a while that's how I know from first hand experience it will look very stupid. Folks laughed at the stance and so did I.
BMR lowering springs drop the rear of car an average about 1.25 inches. BMR makes a spacer so that might fix the issue.
BTW - What shocks are on the car?
The stock rear shocks are pretty lame even when new and steadily get worse. Good shocks really help.
I had a mismatched front & rear springs on my 3rd Gen Camaro for a while that's how I know from first hand experience it will look very stupid. Folks laughed at the stance and so did I.
BMR lowering springs drop the rear of car an average about 1.25 inches. BMR makes a spacer so that might fix the issue.
BTW - What shocks are on the car?
The stock rear shocks are pretty lame even when new and steadily get worse. Good shocks really help.
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This will cause the car to handle poorly. Perhaps dangerously.
Lowering the rear will cause the car to catch air underneath and lift the front wheels (the ones you need downforce in order to steer with). The car already has an understeer problem and I would expect this would really accentuate it and/or make it unmanagable at speed.
Lowering the rear will cause the car to catch air underneath and lift the front wheels (the ones you need downforce in order to steer with). The car already has an understeer problem and I would expect this would really accentuate it and/or make it unmanagable at speed.
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I also just lowered the rear on my 1999 TA last summer. BMR 1.25 inch lowering springs with koni srt shocks. I didn't like the big gap in the back, and since the front's are compressed, i left them stock. It doesn't look too bad and I haven't gone airborne yet. Give it a try.
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You are way over thing this. If the car squats like a stinkbug, you just change it back. This is what this hobby is all about, trying things. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, but you don't know until you try. No one here is saying to go and try to set a land speed record with the nose of the car 4" in the air.
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Nathan C (03-21-2022)
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You are way over thing this. If the car squats like a stinkbug, you just change it back. This is what this hobby is all about, trying things. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, but you don't know until you try. No one here is saying to go and try to set a land speed record with the nose of the car 4" in the air.
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Only lowered the rear today. Stance is pretty solid. I think it would look better with front springs too, but it still looks better than stock. No handling problems thus far.
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Oh wow good point. I’ll have to go do that and see if that changes anything