Thanks to modernperformance for shipping me the springs promptly and for a good price!

Ride is 200x better, looks 100x better, and I'm super happy

PICS!@#

Front corner before:


Back corner before & after:


Side before and after:


Rear before and after:


Front bumper before and after with ruler:


Middle of driver's door before and after with ruler:


Front wheel gap before and after with ruler:


Rear wheel gap before and after with ruler:




Sorry for the blurry ruler pics, hard to get my auto-focus to dial in

 

looks good man!! now throw on a nice set of wheels and you got yourself a car! haha nice ride man

 

I'm gonna rock the steelies probably another year. Motocross season is coming quick, dumpin lots o money into the bike.

 

Sweet pics, man I thought I was set on which springs I was gonna get but now you have made me reconsider, dang it looks real good dropped like that too, and Im going with 17s so I would think that they would be fine under there with no rubbing.....hows the ride and where did you order them from? For the most part they are similar price but my alternative solution was the springtech springs that I saw on ebay that were like 150. Eibach is definetely better quality in my book. Looks good man!

 

Never mind about where u got them from, just saw from modern performance ha, Ill have to check there.

 

ive realized as ive grown older that hubcap-less wheels is not cool

 

Nice. how is the alignment and everything. did you have to change all the toe and camber stuff?

 

thanks for sharing those pics...very informative for anyone wanting to do this...

looks great too...

 

I took the hubcaps off because all they did was squeak like hell, took it to the dealer and they put padding behind them and they squeaked worse, so I just took them off. Wheels soon.

As for the alignment, I notched the lower strut bolt holes and used a camber tool that you stick on the brake rotor and just eyeball it. Our alignment machine at work is ancient so I didn't trust it. I took it up to PepBoys who just got a brand new Hunter and they put it on and camber was right in spec, front left wheel toe was out a half a degree. Springs were $235 shipped from Modern and came very promptly. Ride is very good, not harsh at all. Scrape every once in a while, but I live in PA and we have crazy ass hills and roads.

 

looks good and really good pics man

 

Definitely better after the springs. looks good

 

damn that look NICE...Now I have to go get me some

 

looks great... that's one of my only gripes about my LT... it's way too high without the springs

 

that looks awesome man, have you had any camber or ride issues with the base strut/shock suspension?>
from one sportline owner to another
now get some 18s

 

Looks nice man...

 

looks good, how is the ride?

 

steelies look so much worse than hubcaps...hopefully you're planning on purchasing wheels some time soon.

nice drop btw...

 

Nice drop.....I'm thinking of doing the same springs...cuz of the height of the car and fender gaps...but being in NH.....I might do the pro kit instead....

 

Nice, get some wheels...

 

Ride is good, way way better than stock and not harsh at all. I'm used to driving a slammed fullsize chevy so this is nothing. No camber issues, lined right up no problems, been watching the tires and no uneven wear. Wheels are coming soon, I have more important things to invest money into right now i.e. motocross season coming and the truck needs painted.

 

have u scraped your car on anything yet?

 

looks awesome, def. picking these up for the summer. Did you just do springs or did you do struts as well?

 

Looks good. How much did the dealership charge you for labor to install them?

 

The man goes out of his way to document a mod on his car and some folks use the thread to trash another aspect of his ride. Not cool. If you can't say anything nice, can you at least stay on the ******* topic?

Bob

 

^ Word.

I installed them myself, I work at the dealership. Just passed 1000 miles on the springs, ride has gotten a LITTLE harsher due to the springs finally settling in, also dropped another 1/4". Couldn't be happier. I'm still on the stock stuts and shocks(kind of, I had both front struts replaced under warranty due to them both leaking a couple weeks before I put the springs on), no options as of yet for anything adjustable.

I'd say if you were going to get them installed at a dealership, probably cost you about $150 or so. I'm no certified mechanic by any means and I installed all 4 springs no problem in under 2 hours. So take 2 hours and multiply by your favorite shop's flat rate and you can guesstimate a price. Also will need an alignment afterwards.

I've scraped that black piece of splash guard under the front bumper thousands of times, Jeannette/Greensburg hills are unforgiving. And first night out on the springs I ripped both mudflaps off the front on a low speed bump, and since they're molded in with the inner fender liner I just cut them the rest of the way off.