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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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I'm looking to lower my car using Hotchkis springs. I was wondering if using Hal's F series front shocks and regular Bilstein rear shocks with the Hotchkis springs would be a good combo for my application. My car is basically a nice weather car, doesn't get autoX, and sees minimal drag strip time. What do you think?? Thanks.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Anyone??
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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Better than stock? Fo shizzle. Predictable? Sure thing. Something you want to do? That's a personal preference, you can argue all day long about whether the bilstiens have enough damping for lowering springs, in the end you're back to basics of where is the car going to run. But for the application it should work well for you. Hope that helps
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Thank you.
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Are the Hals shocks set up for drag racing?
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