Tein vs poopie pants!

 

Pfft maybe Ill apply for RD of Texass. LOLLL

 

HSD coilovers, thats where its at

and pedders of course haha

 

if i had money for coil overs then id get them but, i just want to b lowered a bit not slammed

 

Ontario really showed up in this thread. It's hard to tell someone to get springs when you know there is a much better option.


If you dont want to slam your car pedders would be perfect. If you find they are too pricey I would go with SS/TC springs eibach Prokit are decent but they are actually softer than ss/tc springs

 

i have sportlines. i take corners fast and stay glued to the road. yeah that have coil bind. whatever. the ride is great. and the stance is ight...i wish i had coilovers...but i dont. sportlines are the way to go if you dont want to spend 400 bills on pedders. leave the teins to the jdm cars.

 

where can i get pedders

 

since you asked about teins... they are a great spring, they ride far superior to anyother spring "coil bind" out there that i have rode in. Pedders ride great as well...

 

over the top performance is where pedders are to be had

 

Hey Ls1, still didn't answer my question! I was gone for like an hour and a half bangin on ic pumps! Come on

 

Here's my car on SS/TC Shocks/Struts w/ Pedders Springs.











Sportlines DO NOT ride corner better. "Riding" is an opinion... as different people would prefer their car to ride different ways. The Pedder spring is a pretty stiff spring, so the ride can be considered rough at times... but you'll get that with almost any lowering spring for our car.

I owned Sportlines for 3 years before I switched to Pedder's last year. It was a night and day difference in performance. The Pedder's cut corners A LOT better than Sportlines... and I'm not talking about corners in your neighborhood.

I used to have a chart that plotted the Spring Rates of a few different aftermarket springs for our cars... I'll have to see if I can find it again.

 

What was the question?

 

I'd like to see your expert analysis and track proven times (I'm talking road courses, not "I drove it around the neighborhood and Pedders are definitely faster")

 

I don't have track times. But i've ridden in and driven cars with sportlines. I've owned and thrashed coilovers, and the Pedders are by far superior.

And I have twisty mountain roads to play with them on.

They have been proven on the track. You'll have to ask him for the times, as i don't have them.

 

Have to ask who for times?

 

In all reality, from an engineering perspective, you can just compare the spring rates to know that the Pedder's will perform better. A stiffer spring will handle a ton better on our car.

I guarantee you that Pedder's will perform on a track better then the Tein's, or just about any other spring for the Cobalt. I'm trying to find my Spring Rate info, but I'm not having much luck.

If you want though, I can post up all sorts of Suspension Theory and Engineering info. It'll all look like jibberish to most people.

John Powell. He road races his car... and Pedder's are the spring he'll run on the track in his Redline.

 

how much do pedders actually lower the car tho?

 

There's pictures back a page that is a car on Pedders. Not very much.

 

its says on the ottp site that its 1.5 and 1.6 is that for an ls model or ss?

 

It ranges from car model to car model. They'll lower a Base Model more than a SS/Redline/GT.

Bottom edge of fender lip to ground through center of wheel:

Stock: 28" rear, 27 3/8" front.
Pedder's: 25 15/16" rear, 25 1/2" front

SO lets call that 2.0" rear and 1.85" front. That's inbetween the Eibach Pro Kit and the Sportlines.

These measurements were taken from a Cobalt LS. An SS/GT/Redline won't get lowered as much, since they come lower from the factory.

 

Pssssh, it was just the illusion of the lip kit.....

 

mines 25 1/8 in front, and 25 1/4 in rear

 

So there you have it. Tein's will lower you ~1/2" more in the front and ~3/4" more in the rear.

 

finally some1 answered my question thank you

 

What is the pedder's spring rates? Our ss come with 154 lbs/ inch