M6HuggerSS

well i just finished my H/C and going back to suspencion.....
already have BMR stb, sfc, phb, lca ... and am thinking of getting some of there springs...and sway bars and maybe a torque arm.....

so how do you like the springs and sway bars? (its just a street car. )
-are they to stiff?
-do the springs drop to low?
-how do there sway bars feal?
-will the torque arm make a diif. do i really need it.?

any input would help..... thanks.

XtinctHawk02

Get the Hotchkis performance springs. They ride smooth and the stance is great!
Hotckis set-up

Hit the link above and you can see my stance with these springs. The pics were taken right after I got home from the shop. The springs will probably drop me another 1/2" after they settle some more.

Stangkilr

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I havw the BMR springs on my Trans Am and they do not set too low and the ride quality is really good.

M6HuggerSS

cool i dont want a low car, just a little stiffer...
and do you guys like there sways and TQ arm.....

XtinctHawk02

I don't have either of those. I do have BMR's sub-frame connectors (weld-in's), BMR Xtreme strut tower bar and Bad Z's adjustable pan-hard.
Wth just those my car ride's really stiff. My brother-n-law has an 02 Hawk and is basically stock. Once he test drove mine, he said it was like night and day difference in stiffness. He really liked it.

M6HuggerSS

anyone have BMR sways or TA

Thunder175

I got the BMR rear swaybar on my car and couldn't be happier. Noticed a difference almost immediately.

Cal

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I did have the BMR front sway bar, but got rid of it. I would not recomend it. It is heavy, and not much stiffer than a stock SS bar. It does have a nice powder coat finish however . . . Now that I've seen the formula for calculating the stiffness of a swaybar, I can see that the stiffness of a solid bar vs. hollow is increased only by 7% but increases the weight by a killer 33%! The BMR front bar is 32 mm solid, the SS stock bar is 32 mm hollow. I bought the BMR front bar based on their claim "40% stiffer than the popular 1LE front bar" I don't think so . . .

The BMR rear bar is 21 mm solid, which is good, but the same thing as a 1LE 21 mm bar which you can buy a lot cheaper. Get the BMR rear bar if you want a 1LE rear bar with powder coat.

I sugest you get the Hotchkiss swaybar set or the Strano front bar and a 1LE rear bar. The Hotchkiss rear swaybar is too big for low speed turns, but good for high speed stuff. If you're going around tight, low speed turns, go with Strano bars.

As for the springs, I would sugest a set of Ground Control coil-overs. That way you adjust the ride height to exactly where you want it, plus they use standard sized coil over springs so you can get exactly the spring rate you need.

M6HuggerSS

so just getting the rear sway sounds like a better idea! so how does it feal?
-better launch?
-better handling?

JAXFLSS

I got the BMR front and rear sway bars,adjustable panhard rod and 1" lowering springs and couldn't be more happy. The ride and handling is much better than stock.

Mike K.

If you are purely a street car you might do good with just a set of BMR springs and some bilstein hd shocks. The two feel very good street wise on my car. If you are going all out drap get the coilovers in the front, keep the stock shocks in the rear and get hals all the way around.

M6HuggerSS

so just getting the rear sway sounds like a better idea! so how does it feal?
-better launch?
-better handling?

n2oblkz

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I initially had BMR springs and the car sat unever. I had to return them and ended up going with DMS springs. The BMR's that I had rode like a log wagon!

RICKY00WS6

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I put the Hotchkis sway bars on and it made a BIG difference. I was reading some thought the rear bar was too big, but I'm very happy.