Suspension Finally gave her the stance she deserves
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04-02-2016, 06:42 PM
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Finally gave her the stance she deserves
Hey guys, figured I'd share a few photos after finishing my suspension job last night. I went the cheap route with parts as I'm ballin on a budget.
Parts: Stagg struts and shocks, Tein S tech lowering springs, Ireland Engineering fixed camber plates, Ebay lower rear control arms, xxr 530 16x8 et20 wheels, 205/50/16 BF Goodrich G Force Comp 2's.
It still needs an alignment but the ride is night and day, it's truly amazing. The shocks were completely blown as they had never been replaced and the car just went over 100k miles this week. It glides over the pavement now, and even shifts are smoother as the car stays flat instead of teeter tottering. After 19 hours of work over 2 days, a few bloody knuckles, a bunch of trips to various parts stores, and most importantly a lot of beer... I finally got it done. Let me know what you guys think!
Parts: Stagg struts and shocks, Tein S tech lowering springs, Ireland Engineering fixed camber plates, Ebay lower rear control arms, xxr 530 16x8 et20 wheels, 205/50/16 BF Goodrich G Force Comp 2's.
It still needs an alignment but the ride is night and day, it's truly amazing. The shocks were completely blown as they had never been replaced and the car just went over 100k miles this week. It glides over the pavement now, and even shifts are smoother as the car stays flat instead of teeter tottering. After 19 hours of work over 2 days, a few bloody knuckles, a bunch of trips to various parts stores, and most importantly a lot of beer... I finally got it done. Let me know what you guys think!
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07-03-2016, 08:27 AM
Hey guys, figured I'd share a few photos after finishing my suspension job last night. I went the cheap route with parts as I'm ballin on a budget.
Parts: Stagg struts and shocks, Tein S tech lowering springs, Ireland Engineering fixed camber plates, Ebay lower rear control arms, xxr 530 16x8 et20 wheels, 205/50/16 BF Goodrich G Force Comp 2's.
It still needs an alignment but the ride is night and day, it's truly amazing. The shocks were completely blown as they had never been replaced and the car just went over 100k miles this week. It glides over the pavement now, and even shifts are smoother as the car stays flat instead of teeter tottering. After 19 hours of work over 2 days, a few bloody knuckles, a bunch of trips to various parts stores, and most importantly a lot of beer... I finally got it done. Let me know what you guys think!
Parts: Stagg struts and shocks, Tein S tech lowering springs, Ireland Engineering fixed camber plates, Ebay lower rear control arms, xxr 530 16x8 et20 wheels, 205/50/16 BF Goodrich G Force Comp 2's.
It still needs an alignment but the ride is night and day, it's truly amazing. The shocks were completely blown as they had never been replaced and the car just went over 100k miles this week. It glides over the pavement now, and even shifts are smoother as the car stays flat instead of teeter tottering. After 19 hours of work over 2 days, a few bloody knuckles, a bunch of trips to various parts stores, and most importantly a lot of beer... I finally got it done. Let me know what you guys think!
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07-11-2016, 10:14 AM
I like it, I just did suspension on my car, granted mine has 63k miles. I did megan coilovers, ebay endlinks, lower control arms and my rsb.
that was a night and day differnence and my stuff wasn't blown! the OEM struts don't seem to have the right dampning. because the oem suspension was definently more jarring, wereas the coilovers are stiffer, but more linear progression. not slamming bump stops
I noticed my shifting was tighter as well, and acceleration was smoother since the car wasn't lifting.
doesn't it feel good to have all that? I spent about 12 hours doing mine
that was a night and day differnence and my stuff wasn't blown! the OEM struts don't seem to have the right dampning. because the oem suspension was definently more jarring, wereas the coilovers are stiffer, but more linear progression. not slamming bump stops
I noticed my shifting was tighter as well, and acceleration was smoother since the car wasn't lifting.
doesn't it feel good to have all that? I spent about 12 hours doing mine
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I like it, I just did suspension on my car, granted mine has 63k miles. I did megan coilovers, ebay endlinks, lower control arms and my rsb.
that was a night and day differnence and my stuff wasn't blown! the OEM struts don't seem to have the right dampning. because the oem suspension was definently more jarring, wereas the coilovers are stiffer, but more linear progression. not slamming bump stops
I noticed my shifting was tighter as well, and acceleration was smoother since the car wasn't lifting.
doesn't it feel good to have all that? I spent about 12 hours doing mine
that was a night and day differnence and my stuff wasn't blown! the OEM struts don't seem to have the right dampning. because the oem suspension was definently more jarring, wereas the coilovers are stiffer, but more linear progression. not slamming bump stops
I noticed my shifting was tighter as well, and acceleration was smoother since the car wasn't lifting.
doesn't it feel good to have all that? I spent about 12 hours doing mine
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