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Old 09-29-2015, 05:53 AM
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Lowering Springs install help

alright guys, I have an 06 cobalt. 2.2 sedan, and i need some cheap lowering springs. the stock ride height is ugly as hell. the last time i bought springs, they didn't even fit on the strut, they were some knockoff brand. what is a nice, cheap brand i can get some springs with a nice drop?
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Originally Posted by Dylan Johnson
alright guys, I have an 06 cobalt. 2.2 sedan, and i need some cheap lowering springs. the stock ride height is ugly as hell. the last time i bought springs, they didn't even fit on the strut, they were some knockoff brand. what is a nice, cheap brand i can get some springs with a nice drop?
You should never cheap out on springs. Cheap springs will give you all sorts of suspension issues. Save up until you can afford a quality coil spring set. You will be happy that you did.
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Exactly ^ and you really never want to cheap out on any car part tends to come back and you end up spending more in the end. If you want to go lower you can always get Fe5 springs (stock for the LNF) and get better handling and a tad lower than the springs you have now
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You should never cheap out on springs. Cheap springs will give you all sorts of suspension issues. Save up until you can afford a quality coil spring set. You will be happy that you did.


the car is a beater car so i really dont care about expensive parts. it has almost 300k miles so if it breaks, it breaks lol
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Exactly ^ and you really never want to cheap out on any car part tends to come back and you end up spending more in the end. If you want to go lower you can always get Fe5 springs (stock for the LNF) and get better handling and a tad lower than the springs you have now

I've never heard of those.. where can i get them?
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Originally Posted by Dylan Johnson
the car is a beater car so i really dont care about expensive parts. it has almost 300k miles so if it breaks, it breaks lol
If it's a beater car with that many miles, I'd just install FE5 springs (aka factory Cobalt SS springs).

They will lower your trim height, and can be generally purchased for less than cheapy lowering springs.

The Cobalt SS/TC (08-10) FE5 springs have a few mm lower trim height than Cobalt SS/SC (05-07) FE5 springs, plus better spring rates.

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If you want I have mine for sale we can work a deal on the Fe5 springs just pm me
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dude if you want to slam a beater with 300k just cut the springs! or buy Lotek's on ebay for $75. If you have the money a better id I to buy SSC springs from zzperformance.com for like $220, also theres road magnet springs for the same about the same money. Those would be a good bet.
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I have put the Eibach Pro Kit on just about every damn car I have ever owned, or at least every car I have owned with Eibach support. For some, drunken, reason I purchased the LoTek springs and didnt remember. They showed up and I pursued to install them. Now I have only had them on since Thursday but they drop nice and I dont have any of the horrors of vibration.... yet.

Ill report back to the board in a few months when they really settle but at first glance, GREAT ****.
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Originally Posted by Tupp
I have put the Eibach Pro Kit on just about every damn car I have ever owned, or at least every car I have owned with Eibach support. For some, drunken, reason I purchased the LoTek springs and didnt remember. They showed up and I pursued to install them. Now I have only had them on since Thursday but they drop nice and I dont have any of the horrors of vibration.... yet.

Ill report back to the board in a few months when they really settle but at first glance, GREAT ****.
That's what I thought too. They are on my HHR and with the extra 400 lbs or so they really compress and lose rate. Good job slamming my car for $70 bucks though. I need coilovers!
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