anyone got shots of their rear coilovers off the car? i want to see the tops. plan on making mine sometime soon.
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10-07-2011
anyone got shots of their rear coilovers off the car? i want to see the tops. plan on making mine sometime soon.
10-09-2011
Long ones are rear
10-09-2011
those need to be so much shorter to slam the car.
10-10-2011
thanks for the pics! anyone think the stock mount is capable of holding a 300-325lb spring? or should i make my own out of 1/4 in or even 10ga?
10-10-2011
stock mount doesnt accept 2.5" diameter springs without the right spring seat.
i would make your own upper mounts.
10-11-2011
Front upper mounts you can modify the stock mount, it retains the curvature but will require
( in my case) some machine shop work. The rear mount we found it easier to start from scratch
using the stock mount as a model. 3/16" steel is what we used. Machine shop is still the center
cup for the rears so I can't post any pics yet.
10-11-2011
Is the purpose of coil overs to adjust ride height?
10-11-2011
For most thats probably it. Some want to handle which is what i'm after so i'm looking for some stiffer rates or just better setup overall. I plan on keeping power under 300 to the wheels and possibly 5spd swap since i've noticed even my tuned regals transmission hates cornering and applying power when i want.Originally Posted by tms8582
Thanks for the help guys! I seen the one person who has done his own and used modified factory front mounts just wasn't sure about the rears. Pretty sure their plastic anyways.
10-11-2011
Sounds like you need a LSD more than a 5 speed.
10-11-2011
No, it was the way it acted when I was coming out of a corner. Floored it then jumped around atleast 3x then engaged so hard it hurt me...
10-11-2011
torsen from the gmpp catalog is 1900....
10-12-2011
wow. That could pay for my sons' preschool and some schooling after that for some time. Or 3 sets of tires. Or redo my entire suspension and new exhaust.
10-12-2011
Coilovers at 1500 just to get started.
Throw in a set of sway bars other than GMPP and you're basically at 1900.
Still have the LCA's, trailing arm, lateral arms, tie rods etc.
10-12-2011
who said i was buying a coilover kit? i'm making my own which will be no where near that price. Especially since i work in a steel shop and my buddies' work has a full on machine shop. Also if i was buying a new diff it wouldn't be GM's.
10-13-2011
I agrre about making your own....with a little elbow grease, you can make your own for not much more than the cost of a good set of struts and lowering springs...that's what i am doing
10-13-2011
What struts are you using?
Because quality struts cost big bucks.
10-13-2011
I got all dat stuff.
I have about $3k in suspension alone and I'm still not done
10-13-2011
Believe me, I know...I'm still not done
10-13-2011
I have a set of koni's that are getting custom two stage valving done by a race shop(a guy who does struts for the SCCA racers). I dont suppose you would want to sell a couple of rear upper mounts would ya?
10-13-2011
quality struts are what i can afford. The 1500 dollar ones from hmt or whatever their name is are just made with kyb's anyways. Unless you wanna give closer to 2k for the koni's.
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