Im askin b/c I got progress springs right now and after puttin my new shoes (19s) on I want the front about 1inch lower, the back is fine. I have a set of coilovers that my friend gave me and have been thinkin about just puttin on the fronts so I can lower it another inch. Is there any disadvantages to doin this other than it bein a harsher ride????? I could put coiovers all around I guess but im happy w/ my rear right now. And no I wouldnt be payin someone to do it

 

it all depends the shocks you pair them up with. you can have different brand of springs/coilovers in the front or rear, but you gotta have good shocks to go along with it.

well...last time i noticed you have stock shocks on ground control... maybe you should pick up some illuminas, koni yellow, or agx before you swap the springs.

just my .02

 

then why does eibach have an option for different rear spring rates for their ground controls?

 

so are you saying no? not a good idea

 

Without good shocks it will be REAL harsh riding. 19s will take a REAL beating. Get stuts/shocks. I used to roll around with GCs on the rear and Eibachs up front on my 4th gen. It was good for fun at the track.

Fom my experience, Dropping the front lower may cause the rear to raise slightly from less weight on it. In Your situation I'd lean towards not a good idea.

 

With an extremely stiff front spring and softer rear like that, the outside front tire will be heavily loaded in corners causing extreme understeer, otherwise known as "I'm turning the wheel, but my car isn't turning"

Basically it's dangerous.

Also, you will need adjustable struts, coilovers blow stocks and tokico blues usually in less than a few weeks. Especially with a 2.7" (1.7 + 1.0) drop like you want. Also with that drop, you will be sitting directly on your bumpstops without strut shortening or bumpstop cutting.

The only real way to get a drop like that and have it be somewhat comfortable is with fully integrated coilovers. Most of the ground control owners have switched to JICs because they handled horribly at such a low drop.

 

Ok, I thought it might cause addition pressure on the front wheels when cornering but wasnt sure and didnt really want to experiment w/ it. I guess Ill just try to run coilovers all the way around. Do you think the Illuminas would be the least likely to blow? I do remeber seeing something that said the warranty is void if you lower more than 1.5", does that mean they cant handle much more that that? Or would it be better to go w/ AGX's. And this may be a NOOB question but what/where are the bumpstops and is their a guide to cutting the, a link or somethin. I put my springs on but I didnt see these bumpstops, I think they may be a part of the dustboot b/c my stock ones were all ripped apart....

 

you have to take the stock dust boots off for GCs anyways, the bump stop is the rubber ribbed thing and u cut that in half or more

 

Illuminas and Konis don't have any drop limit for warranty. AGX specifies a 1.5 in drop maximum.

Currently the recommended shock is the Illuminas.

 

If you are gunna slam the max then do yourself a favor and pickup some motivational engineering struts and rear shock mounts. http://www.motivational.net/