I have a 2007 Lt and im concidering converting to the FE5 shocks ans struts. Can some tell me if there is a ride hieght difference between these.

 

So wait. What do you have now? The stock set up or the FE3? The LT came with the FE1 suspension, not the FE3. The FE3 was only available on the 2.4 Cobalts and the ION Redline.

The FE5 will drop the car a good bit (I think either an inch or an inch and a half) from the stock FE1, it's a less noticeable drop between FE3 and FE5.

 

yes my mistake i have the FE1.

 

Has anyone ever done this and is all the mounting the same or do I need new mounts

 

There've been several people who've done it, everything should mount up the same. The only thing off the top of my head that I can think of is you'll probably need new endlinks for the front sway bar, as the FE5 mounting point is lower than the FE1 mounting point. If you do need that, don't buy stock, get the Moog endlinks.

 

thanks for the help. hopefully have this done by the end of the summer

 

No problem. If you want to go lower than stock SS/TC ride height, you can put lowering springs on the FE5 struts as well. It all depends on what you want.

I upgraded just from the SS/SC suspension to the SS/TC suspension and it was a huge difference, you'll be very happy with the difference from the base suspension.