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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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here is all my suspension and chassis mods. on stock rear springs. bought it this way.

Ground Control Front Coil-Over Kit
Koni Double Adjustable Front Shocks
Eibach Linear Rate 500 in/lbs Front Coils
Poly Bushing in front Control Arms
Supsension Techniques 35mm Front Sway Bar
Energy Susp. Poly Trans Mount
LG Torque Arm w/ Heim Joint Front Mount
Global West Dual Spherical Bearing LCAs
LG Adjustable PHR w/ Dual Heim Joints
Bilstein HD Rear Shocks (3rd Gen. Fbody Model)
LCA relocation brackets
Subframe connectors
Strut Tower Brace


just wondering. is this a good set-up with different springs and shocks/ should i invest in rear springs. sorry if its kinda confusing.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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i guess guys dont no wat im asking. Is it bad to mix and match the springs and shocks like that. and is haveing the stock rear springs hurting me????
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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Personally I'd go with the adjustable QA1 hal shocks, i've read nothing but good about them. I wouldn't worry too much about your rear springs, unless you are going to lower your car they are hard to find.
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my car is already lowered.
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Personally I'd go with the adjustable QA1 hal shocks, i've read nothing but good about them. I wouldn't worry too much about your rear springs, unless you are going to lower your car they are hard to find.

thats horrible advice. he has a front suspension and other supporting mods that are setup for cornering and your telling him to get a rear setup made for drag racing..


everything looks great except for the rear shocks/springs...

together they go well, but as far as the rest of your setup, its a bit mis matched. what do you want to do with the car? drag race? just street? some auto-x or canyons?



or call Sam Strano and talk to him about anything/everything you want to do with the car and he'll set you up
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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My advice would be to call Sam Strano also.

I would get new rear springs(talk to Strano for his suggestion) and get konis for the rear also.
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THANKS im going to be mostly drag racing. but might get into auto-x. so i just dont want a drag racing set-up. the guy told me the car was built for the course. i guess i need to pick up so new springs and shocks for the rear. thanks guys.
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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If you ever wanna get rid of those front shocks, just let me know!
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Originally Posted by sportsaddict_21
THANKS im going to be mostly drag racing. but might get into auto-x. so i just dont want a drag racing set-up. the guy told me the car was built for the course. i guess i need to pick up so new springs and shocks for the rear. thanks guys.


you might as well look into getting some koni s/a rear shocks and ground control adjustables since you've got them on the front...



but this will give you a mainly cornering setup...you can still pull some good times at the track though..just won't be getting the optimum or best times/results
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