i went with the stock and after a year they are blown..

 

i noticed there wasnt a strut in the back.. but what all would i need?? i want sportlines and would want to do everything at once since it would be taken apart.. shocks and struts i thought were the same?? a little confused..

 

technically, you need a shock...however, koni makes rear shocks. theyre listed as "Koni strut-front" and "koni strut-rear"

basically, koni still calls them rear struts, and does indeed sell them, even though it is a shock

 

Now i understand.. Thank you very much HK.. how do you like the suspension you have.. i plan to follow the same

 

Sportlines on factory.....for now

 

When I dropped mine no aftermarket lowering struts were availible yet. My SS factory ones are doing juuuuuuust fine.

 

Lowered on sportlines, put in Koni's at the same time.

 

no problem. i absolutely love it. i remember theres a road to my friends house i take all the time...kinda bendy. i used to start screeching the tires (continentals) at 55mph around the turns, when i went to my Nexen tires, i went about 70mph until my tires started screeching. Now that I have the tires and the springs and the struts, I've gone 95mph before they screeched (that was with a 180* turn in the firm direction, I currently run a 450* turn in the firm direction). It was amazing how much better i could handle the bends. also, its not like its a very uncomfortable ride either, and if you DO find it uncomfortable, then just twist the adjuster the other way and soften it up a bit.

my only complaint is my catback and mud flaps scrape the ground a little bit over certain shaped bumps (the D looking ones, opposed to the |) ones), but that will happen with the sportlines whether you change struts or not, since the struts don't lower ride height at all. It's nothing to worry about...definitely no damage is being done...its just a sound I don't like to hear.

 

Awesome.. Yea theres tons of speedbumps down here in harrisburg, mostly nothing to high.. but i drive like a snail over them anyways.. Man i am glad to hear your response on them.. was it hard to install it all.. just bascially dissasemble and pu ton new??

 

umm its the same as always really stupid. did you used to live here or just driving through? pm me if u dont wanna say in the open public

 

i had a shop do the fronts..bout $120 for the install of the fronts. You have to cut apart the stock housing, and i didnt really feel comfortable doing it myself, especially since i lack the tools to do so. but the rear is a bolt in replacement, as are the springs.

 

Girl I've known since I was 14(I am 21 now) lives there. So I went up there twice to see her.

 

Yea i would have a shop do the front if my one friend couldnt do it.. I am convinced to now do the konis and springs

 

well next time you come here or if u do again we should meet up and look at each others rides

 

Factory because i went with the Eibach Pro-Kit which only dropped the rear a little bit.

later

 

X2....

 

weren't any struts out yet when i lowered mine.

 

had to cut apart the front housing??? to put springs on the strut???

 

....to change out the strut with the Konis....

 

I was also going to get the Pro-Kit springs I just need to know if the stock struts on my base model cobalt can handle them or will they just last a year and wear out.
In that case I'll just get the koni struts and do it all in one shot
Opinions anyone?

 

The stock struts WILL WEAR OUT, there is no time period for it, but eventually THEY WILL. Stock struts are simply not made for lowered applications...IMO there is no other way to do it, springs and struts at the same time or not at all.

 

the ss struts are different the the other models correct?

 

I got some Eibachs then I waited about 2 months so I could get the Koni Struts.

I thought if I was going to lower it, I was gonna do it right.