Anyone have any tips as to who has the best price for a lowering kit for my '92 GXE? Looking to get the springs, shocks and struts in a combo kit for a great deal. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

http://www.shox.com/

 

i know tokico sturts r the best......but how about springs? which springs r the best?

 

Koni are the best shocks. Tokico comes in second from our selection. As far as the springs go, "best" varies for what you want. I've heard and read eibach's have the best ride/performance, but they are only a moderate drop (1.2"), Where as B&G, Intrax, and Sprint are all lower, meaning lower center of gravity, but much harsher ride.

 

Just like Pearl said, Konis are the best, followed by Tokicos. I've got KYB's on, and the ride is decent.

 

thanks that helped...

 

is your car lowered? If so, how much did you lower your car by?

Thanks.

 

Yes it's lowered, B&G springs 1.6 inch drop.

 

I like mine....B&G rock.

New Sig! yay!

 

did you purchase the shock mounts and boots when you purchased new shocks/struts? Or are the one's on the car usually reuseable?

BTW, nice ride!

 

oh, and do you have any rubbing issues with the large wheels and lowered car?

 

The strut mounts are typically reusable, but the strut dust boots are usually trashed unless some previous owner replace them within the last 5 years or so..

 

Who? me or traxtar?

 

Car looks absolutely sick. I expect an extensive thread with lots of pics Beautiful Pearl Paint job too. Makes me want to strip mine down when I get some money and get the body perfect and shave the antenna. Awesome job..

Back on topic:

I think the size of the wheel and offset/ tire size are the main attributes to rubbing. Generally dropping the car on Eibach's or B&G's you won't have a problem with most normal size wheels (16"-18"), anything lower like an Intrax or Sprint (1.8";2.0") You may have to roll fenders. But I'm sure someone who has actually ran with them will chime in sometime.

If not, do a search, there are a bunch of helpful suspension threads.

 

both

 

My wheels are not large, only 16 inch/w 205/50's on them.


They do not rub at all thanks to a 45mm offset, i wish they were about 40mm, as they don't stick out far enough for my taste. but they were free so meh.

 

dam you got some tiny tires on there.

 

inexpensive though...

I run 16"x7.5 BBS RX's
+38mm Offset
225/50/16 Tires

No rubbing... on an eibach drop

 

205/50 is small even for ricer tires.

 

17x7 +22mm offset 225/50/17 (25.9" outside diameter, compared to 25.5" stock outside diameter) rub on STOCK springs in the back when cornering, over speed bumps, and if you dump the clutch in 1st at a stoplight................ if you want something to stick out that far AND drop the car, you'll need to get the fenders rolled in... unless you want a nice little gouge in your sidewall. Don't ask me how I know this.

 

but that lower center of gravity comes at a cost to performance as well. there is such thing as too low.... a big drop (i'd say 1.8" and higher) is going to start to make major changes in your suspension geometry due to the angle of the control arms (they should basically always slant down or sit flat.. never up), plus you got rid of almost 2 inches of already-limited suspension travel.the control arm angle is something I'm working on developing a fix for when I drop my car. I'm going to use eibachs.

 

Traxtar, man that came out nice!!! You have got to be happy.

As for rubbing, I have Sprints with 235's and no rub.

 

45mm offset limits my range of tire sizes.

 

eh, I wouldn't have used them personally then. I need a relatively accurate speedo myself.

 

and i guess you don't feel like hassling w/ longer studs and spacers?

 

meh, my speedo is only 2-3 mph fast, not enough for me to not accept free wheels.

 

correct.

 

well you also accelerate quicker on those smaller tires... but get worse MPG.... I run bigger-than-stock tires with the VE tranny but i'm gonna get a longer 5th gear to put in my tranny so i'll have longer-than-stock-VG top gear. I just hope to hell that I can still drop my car on these tires without having to run majorly negative camber (so the tops won't rub)

 

nope, more than that. 7.1% too fast
60=55.7 actual.

 

Not according to the police radar things on the sides of the road around here. They are always 2-3 mph off from my speedo, and that is all that matters to me.

 

Looks sick man, I didn't know you had the pearlness.

 

Is it me or is everyone confusing Super White for Pearl? Unless the monitor at school has a different color to it, that looks like what he already had; Super White.

Matt, when do you plan on coming back to Chicago? I plan on redoing my max as well and would like to "inspect" yours perhaps you can recommend me a bodyshop

 

your speedo is broke too

 

wouldn't surprise me..

 

I used to have a spare

 

me too

i'm about out of extra parts..

 

I've still got a bunch of odds and ends buried in the garage.

 

I could never confuse Super White with Pearl. It may not be a CHO pearl, but it is definitely pearl.

 

Eh I guess it it pearl, I'm at my home PC now and can see it. It also says it on his sig...

 

CHO FTW!

and to the OP:
my car sat on Intrax with Tokicos. The ride was a little rough, but i really liked it. http://www.gregg-henry.com/gallery/ there are some pics for you to see my drop.