Italiano99

ok, I know I need a big drop, so im goin with sportlines. After puttin 18's all around it looks like a 4x4. But dont want to do it without gettin new shocks. I don't want to spend a ton, what do you guys recomend.

Greggy

Pleeeease don't get sportlines. You don't need that much drop to look kickass and you will be riding on the bumpstops...which is not good.

Get a good shock. Two nice setups are koni SA's shocks on the lower front perch and hose mod on the rear to lower 3/4". Or get approx. 1.25" lowering springs with a high enough spring rate to keep you from scraping on dips with a revalve Bilstein HD shock matched for the spring rates you choose.

There have been a ton of posts lately about problems with Sportline springs.

RedWS6 00

I have the sport lines, the car is very low, havn't found a speed hump i can get over yet without scraping, but ten my exhaust isn't standard, and hope to tuck it up more.

Your 18's are the overall diameter the same as the 17's. I mean do you have a lower profile on the 18's?
lthough mine havn't rubbed the wheel arch, if your 18's (1/2inchs all round bigger) have the same profile tyre then it will rub on the front wheel arches, you should be okay on the rear.

I think I should have brought new shocks, I still got stock on there, had the springs on there for 1 week now. Trying to choose shocks. Bilstean HD shocks have taken my fancy at the moment, and about $350 from a sponser.

Divergent Lightning

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I would say Konis are about the only thing that can handle as severe a drop as the sportlines provide. Get ready to scrape everything that is in yor way. The bilstiens will not support a lowered ride. They are for stock height.

Good news though! You won't need to hire a snow plow next time it snows up in St Paul. Just drive down your street and the car plows the way with its airdam!

z28hustle

i have eibach lowering springs what about some strange drag shocks?

Divergent Lightning

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Probably not the strange drag shocks. I would imagine that they aren't designed to work with an uber low spring like the sportlines. I would say your only options are a high end shock like a Koni or some other variant that is directly comparable if you want the ride to be semi-tolerable.

z28bryan

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It's hard to make a recommendation for those springs...

You will ride the bumpstops often with their low stance and low springrates no matter what shock you put in, which will always be a rough ride for you.

Another option people are doing which I wouldn't ever recommend, is remove your bumpstops or trim them. With this you risk bottoming out the shock which can damage it. I would recommend Koni's but not if your going to go down this road.

Another option would be to get a different set of springs if a slightly higher profile won't kill you. Sportlines have a lower springrate than most lowering springs out there. Doesn't make any sense being the lowest spring and also the lowest springrate. I don't know who came up with that idea.

Divergent Lightning

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Most likely Eibach made them a lower spring rate so people didn't complain about a "bad ride quality" with the springs being too stiff. With as low as they are, they would have to have a really high spring rate to even attempt normal driving feel. I feel the sportlines were designed for show and not actual driving. They are good enough to get some one around and to the show, but nothing else really.

Italiano99

I have 295 35's rear, 275 35's up front. After puttin on the 18's it increased the gap, so I originally wanted to lower it, but not I need to compensate for the difference. I do plan on gettin headers in a month too, yes yes I know I should be prepared for scrapping, but I tend to stay away from pot holes, dont wanna scratch the wheels.

So it looks like its between the BS HD's or Koni's. Now I know Koni's are typicaly the better of the two, but I really can't spend a lot on shocks now. Any other opinions on the BS HD's for supporting sportlines? P.S., my bumpstops are cut out.

tbird31

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find Sam...he's the man...

Italiano99

ok, so if I decide to go with the prokit, what shocks could I get away with? Would HD's work? Revalved? what?