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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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which is better eibach pro kit or the eibach sportlines? i want my car low but dont want it to ride like crap....whats the pros and cons on both of these sets? which one would you prefer?
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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I have sportlines and love them.
Good drop, decent ride. pretty popular too


pro kit doesnt drop as much.
I have nothing else to tell you about the pro kit because I havent heard much about it.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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Search around is going to be your best bet. Im sure this has been discussed before.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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yea i want the biggest drop but i dont wanna have a crappy ride with the lowest dop but i believe i will go with the sportlines.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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If you want the car to look lowered go with sportlines. I have the pro kit now it does not look lowered.
And since you already have a SS the Pro Kit will not lower yours at all.

Here is mine with Pro Kit.



Here is the sportlines.

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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Sportlines dont ride bad at all. Ive been driving with them for about 40k+ miles now and everythings all good.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by gCobalt05
Sportlines dont ride bad at all. Ive been driving with them for about 40k+ miles now and everythings all good.
no issues with strut wear?
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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Pedders are apparently the ideal.

Sportlines are the happy medium.

B&G will drop the car another inch all around (compared to Sportlines), but I can't speak to the ride quality of the B&Gs.

I thought about this a LOT, and ended up getting some lightly used Sportlines (for unfortunately more than I could have gotten them a few weeks later).
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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no issues with strut wear?
No sir. I recently installed new FE5 struts and shocks because I didnt want something to happen unexpectedly. But yeah roughly 40k miles on stock struts and shocks and sportlines with 0 problems.

ACTUALLY now that I think about it
the guy who swapped them out said they were looking rough, so it was good timing.

But as far as ride and me noticing anything in driving, nothing.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 11:43 PM
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Comfort and road holding generally don't go together, al least not in a sport compact. Sportlines are a relatively cheap way to lower your car, but not the best. Ride quality will suffer, but that's the price you pay...

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