I plan on buying Rims/Tires soon, but I also want to lower my car as well. Im going to get the Eibach Pro Kit, but im not too sure what else to buy. I heard that if you lower your car without buying new struts.. etc. it could put some excessesive wear on them. Is this true?

 

give it a few months i have the pro kit on my car not happy,love the ride verry smooth but not low enough even with the body kit and rims but i have a inside tip that HR is coming out with a coil over kit in about two months so for now get ur rims and i highly sugest getting the eibach sway bar kit a must have on these cobalts

 

I dont think I can afford coil-overs....

 

what about the sportline drop would that be low enough i saw some pics of the sportline drop and it looked amazing

 

i want to see the pics of the sportline drop. can you post them?

 

look in the pictures forum here youll see them

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/sho...&searchid=1301

 

click on the ride of the month pic to see about 1000 pics of my car

 

Here's my notes on the Eibach stuff:

You have a base/ls model. You will notice a significant drop using Pro-Kit, yet you will still have a very street-friendly car. If you had and SS, you would only see a tiny little bit of drop in the rear end (a half inch). So basically, you will be at the same ride height as an SS with a Pro-Kit.

With Sportlines, you will drop much more, but you will no longer be very street friendly. The ride is so low that bottoming out becomes a problem. They are really designed for use on straight roads, like for drag racing cars. They don't go over driveway inclines.

You "may" need an alignment kit for both the rear and front. See my thread HERE for my notes on that topic.

I don't have any info on the H&R products yet other then what they post on their website.

 

Lower yer car b4 you get rims.

 

in another thread i just got word that the sportline kit on the ss/sc left a 4.5 inch ground clearance in front and a 5 inch ground clearance on the sides, not sure about the back though but i think it would be higher or the same and the sides, with those numbers and careful driving i think they could still be used on the street but im gonna take some measurements of my stock car on some driveway places to see how much clearance i have now

 

i would go for the Sportlines if you're looking for a drop...I'm willing to bet you'll wish it was lower after.

I've got a 1.75" drop on Sprint springs and don't have problems bottoming out and I live in the same area as you do.

HOWEVER, your struts/shocks WILL eventually begin to crap out...less than 5K miles on my Sprint springs and I'm already starting to notice that the rear is loosening up a bit and gaining a little more bounce over bumps. Not bad but not stiff like it should be...

Unfortunately you have no choice yet when lowering your car, until some struts/shocks are available your stock units are gonna take some damage. You may or may not experience any wear before some do become available...

 

Ok, I think im going to go with the Sportlines, because I live in AZ and everythink here is completly FLAT, and strait.



Should I lower my car before/after I get rims/tires? IF before, will I need to get an alighnment?

I also plan on getting Eibach Anti-roll kit, how much work does that require to install?

 

i dropped my ls and its real low and ride is mega bumpy, as soon as i get my car back from the collision shop, ill post pics, but for now heres this one https://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/sho...&searchid=1303

 

is that a pro kit or sportline drop?

 

I photochoped my car, lowered. Well I TRIED, should look like this somewhat.. right? With the Sportlines of course.

 

I would get the springs first...or put the wheels & the springs on at the same time...they really need each other to get that full effect.

And yes after the spring install, you will need an alignment...it doesn't need to be the instantly after you install but you should probably make some time in the near future to do so.

as far as the roll bars, the rear sway bar is supposed to be like a 15min. bolt on job...the front swaybar I have heard is a little bit more work but not exactly sure what is needed to install it with these cars.

 

Ok, thanks for the info! I hope its not a extremely difficult job to install the bars cause I want to be able to do them myself.

 

sportlines

 

now thats what I wanted to hear who doesn't like stiff sports suspension

 

if you're down I can help you install your springs...I've never done swaybars but I've done two Ion spring installs so far.

I'd imagine its not much different at all on a Cobalt...gotta get some experience on both cars.

 

The pro kits are fine if you want a 19 inch or bigger wheel, they also ride and handle better than the sportlines, i know this from owning multiple sets of each.

Sportlines slam the car but ride alot bumpier without the proper strut/shock replacements. Depends on where you live also.

Definitely go with eibach however, proven reliable and performance.

 

I just may take you up on that help! Thanks. Ill keep you updated if/and when I get my springs/shocks/sway bars.

I plan on getting some 17's so im probally going to get the sportlines because of the drop, for shocks/struts, any recomendations, for a "proper" replacement?

 

the sportline's are not bumpy at all they are very smooth just not low enough for me you want bumpy get sprints those thigs suck

 

wtf u dont have sportlines, and if u do, theyre fakes, its bumpy as a ****