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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Thanks for posting up some pics. The car looks great.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
Have you had a chance to get measurements yet?
Not yet man, im gonna make it a point to get some tomorrow. sorry man.
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Thanks for posting up some pics. The car looks great.
your welcome!

It may not look low in the pics, but in person, the car is lowered just perfect IMO.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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well the measurements I got were:

27" in the rear, and 26.5" in the front.

275/40/17

I did it really quick, so i will have to remeasure it later whenever I get outta class.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Thanks so much, and please post the "more careful" measurements after class. Really appreciate it.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bongva
it was easy, but i had a problem, the front struts were rusted to hell, so i couldnt seperate the struts from the rest of the suspension, had to cut them off.

but other than that it was pretty easy, and the back was cake!
LMAO! I had the same problem
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
Thanks so much, and please post the "more careful" measurements after class. Really appreciate it.
OK well, the back is 27" and the front is 26.25" those are the final measurements.

do you have some from your car as well?
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bongva
OK well, the back is 27" and the front is 26.25" those are the final measurements.

do you have some from your car as well?
That's great thanks.

Mine are RR 27 1/4 LR 27 1/2
RF 26 1/2 LF 26 5/8

I had to shim them to get the height I wanted with a little bit of a rake to front so when I go for replacements this winter I was hoping to get something with the same (or nearly) height.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
That's great thanks.

Mine are RR 27 1/4 LR 27 1/2
RF 26 1/2 LF 26 5/8

I had to shim them to get the height I wanted with a little bit of a rake to front so when I go for replacements this winter I was hoping to get something with the same (or nearly) height.

whats the tire combo on your car?
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much better
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did you do just springs? or shocks and all the other parts too?
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Hows the ride with those springs?
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bongva
whats the tire combo on your car?
275 40 17 & 285 40 17
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Originally Posted by 00RedMaro
did you do just springs? or shocks and all the other parts too?
springs and monroe shocks from oreillys is all i did.


Originally Posted by 01 Trans-Am WS6
Hows the ride with those springs?

pretty stiff, little bounce, but overall a good ride. havent rode in another lowered f-body so i couldnt tell you how it would compare. but a lot stiffer than stock.
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Originally Posted by bongva
pretty stiff, little bounce, but overall a good ride. havent rode in another lowered f-body so i couldnt tell you how it would compare. but a lot stiffer than stock.
I always heard lowered F-Bodies ride like ****. I really want to lower my car but I don't want it to be a hard, bouncy ride from hell. I rode in an SRT-4 Neon with Eibach lowering springs and every bump we went over the car felt like it was going to snap in half. Ride was HARD and I do not want that.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 01 Trans-Am WS6
I always heard lowered F-Bodies ride like ****. I really want to lower my car but I don't want it to be a hard, bouncy ride from hell. I rode in an SRT-4 Neon with Eibach lowering springs and every bump we went over the car felt like it was going to snap in half. Ride was HARD and I do not want that.

Same here. I will be installing my Konis this weekend and been debating going with the stock springs or getting lowering springs from BMR or Strano.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by cajunss
Same here. I will be installing my Konis this weekend and been debating going with the stock springs or getting lowering springs from BMR or Strano.

If you decide to go with ours give me a call. Don't forget our springs are guaranteed for life against spring sag. We have them in stock and we can ship them out same day if ordered by 3pm est. If you have any questions please give me a call.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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I like the stance of the car as well, Would it be dumb to lower just the front??? I really don't think that the back looks bad how it is but the front always has a hell of a gap between the tire and fender. I swapped out my rear shocks with some bilsteins because mine where shot and making all kinds of noises over ever bump but didn't swap the front shocks or any springs. I would like to run 26.5 tall tires in the back and some skinnies up front so i would like to keep the back as is but yet install some new springs all the way around lowering the front an 1 and half inch to take that gap out. How would this affect the ride. I have all adjustable BMR suspension so would I have to adjust for this type setup?
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