Has anyone found lowering springs for the ss/sc plz post site or info

 

They have cobalt springs around but I doubt they will work on the SS/SC cause I would assume they FE1 and the FE5 suspensions have different spring rates and geometry.

 

have you heard of anything in the works from those companys

 

It is built for handling and performance, lowering kills that.

 

Go to gravanatuning.com. They have two or three set ups available: Eibach sport and race, and H&R sport. Personally I will be going with the H&R sports, the Eibachs by my experience with other cars is a little rough. You may want to also check out the sway bar upgrade that Eibach has. It's a must with the spring upgraden for me. The sway bars will help keep the car level and nuetral in hard cornering. So with the combination of the springs, for lower center of gravity and sway bars the SS will be unstoppable.

Good luck

 

Are those springs for the ss/sc it just says cobalt makes me think they are for the normal cobalts

 

I wouldn't say that it "kills" it, but I doubt it would help. THe strut front suspension makes lowering it very iffy for performance. Plus, I cannot even tell you guys how many hours went in to tuning this suspension. The car handles beautifully at the track and I love it.

 

Wait how will lowering it make the handling worse? I don’t know much about suspension and all but isn’t it that the lower the car the lower the center of gravity and intern the better the handling.

Also a drop isn’t usually done for handling anyway, (in a real world situation) most people don’t push the car that extreme, we neither have the skill or ***** (in some cases) to take the car to its limits. Drops are for aesthetics, it looks incredible lower to the ground!

 

To an extent but when the car comes low it was usually designed so that it is already at its peak lowering...

example...

a lowering kit for the stock cobalt would prob drop it about 2"

the SS is prob already that much lower if not more....

 

Official word from Eibach is that the "SS" is lowered 1/2" from the factory. This means that the 1.5" drop springs will only drop an "SS" 1" more than factory or to the same level as a base or LS model with the same lowering springs. So "Yes" they will fit all three models.

We carry both Eibach and H&R.

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will i need a camber kit with the springs or do you not need with this car?

 

Nope...not with those front struts. If you hog out the upper strut bolt then you can really adjust the camber. The toe isn't an issue and caster is not adjustable. You must be used to Hondas or something...

And yes, the handling is very dependant on suspension geometry, so lowering it will make a big difference. Do a bit of reading and you'll run across this.

 

It is recommended to re-align the frontend after lowering your car. If the back is off the alignment shop will tel you this also.

RC

 

what do you recomend as far as h&r versus the eibach springs and why
and you have a pro kit and a sportline kit whats the drop for the spotline kit ? it does not say.
thanks for the info.

 

What do u u guys think aobut these lowering springs. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7983377731&catego ry=33582&sspagename=WDVW

I want to drop my SS. So this says that itll drop a cobalt 1.7 Meaning that the SS will actually drop like 1.2 with these springs rite!.

 

the link did not work for me but it what he said about the springs being the same, only the car already rides .5 lower i guess that would be true of all springs for the cobalt
not 100% on this ???

 

Will the H&R coil overs be ok on the SS? I was also just wondering if stiffness can be adjusted as well on these coil overs?

 

we have more questions than answers, we need sellers with answers.

 

i agree with this where is all the customer support??

 

it'll be greatonce people start buying alot of kits and reporting back to them on issues and results lol

 

dude DO NOT buy cheap springs! i would not buy anything other than H&R personally, after the last set i had. it made my ride so bad ass i didn't even need a sway bar. so it saved me money in the long run. the eibachs... can't tell you about them, other than they do alot of marketing, so of course they are going to sell more. but again, stay away from knock off springs, but if you do get them, you might want to get an air-ride seat to compensate for your car's crappy, bouncey ride down the highway lol

 

Hey man, can you so much for leading me the right way. Now im just gona get the H&R no more than that!

 

Here's a pic of my old cavalier on the Eibach Sportlines. In my opinion it was a perfect drop and the ride quality was great in my opinion. My worry is that with the ss the sportlines will drop it too low to where the fender well is in question since the ss is that much lower from the factory. The back has a sh_tload of drop, but the front is questionable. I want to order a drop asap, im probably going to go with RKSPORT'S coilovers. That way I can set it EXACTLY where I want it.

My old Cav with Sportlines:

 

I agree Eibach makes great springs. I had pro-kits on my camaro before i got rid of it for my SS. They made the car handle and stop 10X's better. The only problem i noticed was the stock dampers didn't last as long. So i recommend replacing them at the same time as the springs and buying nice and strong ones.

 

I dropped mine useing Sprint springs, supposed to be 2" and 2 1/2". I didnt get a chance to recheck the height now exactly. And the SS is 10mm lower than a regular cobalt.