ok i dropped my cobalt ls with the eibach sportlines, i was thinking when my struts finally die, what am i gonna replace them with? i mean if i buy ls struts again, they will just die again, but what if i were to put the struts from the SS? dont they mount the same? and theyre probably better anyway until someone makes some aftermarket struts, what do you guys think?

 

your struts are not going to go out for a long time, and by the time they do there will be alot of choices out there.

 

how long do you give it?

 

with those sportlines, how low is the car now? do you have to worry about hitting things alot? do you think with a body kit on it would be too low in a hilly area? i would like lower but im scared to go with anything other than the pro kit due to living in a hilly area where you have to watch how you drive so you dont bottom out

 

I don't know that the MacPhearsons will work on the 2.2 suspension. There are actually 3 different suspensions, one for the 2.2, one for the 2.4, and one for the 2.0. The MacPhearsons work on the 2.4 and 2.0 but I'm not sure if they're the same for the 2.2. You might want to check into that further.

I agree with blown_06, wait and see what's out when your struts die. I don't know if they'll wear out faster with the sportlines on but in my stock Cavi I squeezed 90k out of mine.

 

the other thing that you will have a problem with using the struts from a ss is that your car weighs different from the ss and they might now work. i had the same problem with lowering my gst spyder, it weighs 4100 lbs. and the hard top gst is about 2900 and i couldnt use the springs or coil overs from the hard top. so i would check on that. a good pair of struts from nopi is about 120 a piece, which isnt that bad. good luck.

 

i doubt the ss weighs that much more than the ls, theyre both coupes and mine probably weighs more considering that i have subs in the back and a bigger engine

 

well you have the SS, i have the LS, LS drops way lower than SS does, my car dropped at least 2 inches and its a pretty bumpy ride but i dont mind that (i actually enjoy it), but i wouldnt reccomend it in a hilly area, if your area is as hilly as i think it is, go with the prokit, i live Cali, theres no hills here except for the mountain

 

ok thats what i thought oh well, unless i move to arizona ill never be able to be that low lol

 

What did you put in your DSM to make it weigh 4100lbs.??????????? Being a convertable doesn't add 1200lbs(actually 900-1100lbs). Coupes depending on year weighed 3000 to 3200lbs.

 

the spyders weigh about 4100 stock, thats the curb weight too. thats what the door says. yeah its pretty bad that my eclipse out weighs my cobalt by over 1000 lbs. and it blows the doors off my cobalt, but i love driving it.

 

Impossible... that has to be the gross weight.

 

trust me i have the car and i know what it weighs because ive had problems with aftermarket parts because of the weight. i had to know the weight just to get lowering springs. you can keep debaiting this with me, but i have the car and im just telling you what its say inside the door.

 

What is says inside the door is NOT curb weight. It's either gross weight or max weight capacity.

 

guys if you're thinking about springs, go with H&R progressive springs... if you buy one set of them, i would garauntee you'll never buy another type of spring.. anyone else who has bought them will tell you the same thing. i put a set on my '00 cougar and it made my car handle so well, i didn't even need an aftermarket sway bar.