Critique my suspension setup

02 Sonic Blue

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Guys I am in the process of ordering my new suspension. As of now this is what I am going to go ahead and order. Let me know what you think and let me know if there is anything else that I should get. I am not looking to get UCAs or LCAs as of now though. Im not that hardcore of a drag racer, just looking for a better stance and dont want the ride to be too bad, so thats why im going with the adjustable shocks/struts. Well here is what I'm looking at:

-H&R supersport springs w/ new front and rear spring isolators
-Strange Engineering 7 way adjustable shocks and struts
-Steeda caster camber plates

Thats what I'm looking at, let me know what you think I need on top of that or what you think I should change. Thank you.

 

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sounds perfect. make the c/c plates 4bolt...

 

02 Sonic Blue

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I thought that you only needed 4 bolt c/c plates if you were going with a coil-over set up...?

 

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I'm in processing of ordering new suspension as well.. but mine will have UCA and LCA

Any pros and cons on Strang adjustable shocks vs tokicos 5-way illumnas? Hmm...

 

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02 Sonic Blue said:

Guys I am in the process of ordering my new suspension. As of now this is what I am going to go ahead and order. Let me know what you think and let me know if there is anything else that I should get. I am not looking to get UCAs or LCAs as of now though. Im not that hardcore of a drag racer, just looking for a better stance and dont want the ride to be too bad, so thats why im going with the adjustable shocks/struts. Well here is what I'm looking at:

-H&R supersport springs w/ new front and rear spring isolators
-Strange Engineering 7 way adjustable shocks and struts
-Steeda caster camber plates

Thats what I'm looking at, let me know what you think I need on top of that or what you think I should change. Thank you.

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Damn. Not a bad plan at all. I think those H&R Supersports will look sweet with those 18"s. Post PICS when you are done with that

02 Sonic Blue, I lived in Overland Park. Thats where my folks are livin now. I know that Sonic Blue has gotta be turning some heads out there in ol Johnson County

 

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02 Sonic Blue said:

I thought that you only needed 4 bolt c/c plates if you were going with a coil-over set up...?

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hmm, didn't know. i would rather have weight on 4bolts of a c/c plate rather than 3 points of the strut tower..

 

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Rear arms are not at all just a racer thing. They make a HUGE difference in normal street driving. If you get the ones with poly bushings, the decrease in ride quality will be minimal.

 

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02 sonic blue, you have a PM

 

02 Sonic Blue

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thanks for the help guys, it looks like im going to go ahead and order the setup that i have listed. once i get some more money, i think i'll go with the steeda aluminum LCA's and then just the FRPP UCA's... thanks again

 

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Sounds like a great plan. When I bought by Eibach pro kit, it came with a smaller bump stop for the rear differential. You will need that. Another suggestion is to reconsider at least lower control arms. They make a huge difference in performance and you have to take the stock ones half way off anyway. Two more bolts and you can put on some good aftermarket arms.

 

02 Sonic Blue

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what do you mean about the bumpstop thing? where do i get one of those, i ordered new spring isolators for all 4 corners, is that what your talking about?

 

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02 Sonic Blue said:

what do you mean about the bumpstop thing? where do i get one of those, i ordered new spring isolators for all 4 corners, is that what your talking about?

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when a car is lowered it is recommended that you either trim your stock bumpstop or get an aftermarket. I trimed mine. Without it trimmed you won't have the range of travel in the rear part of the suspension. it's located in front of your gas tank under the car.

 

02 Sonic Blue

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How much should it be trimmed? Also what do you guys think about these UCAs/LCAs, i found them on ebay, i think that they're the FRPP parts, not very expensive, and for what i do with the car, i don' need anything that is really hardcore or anything. check em out UCAs/LCAs

 

02 Sonic Blue

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TTT, any more help?

 

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Yeah control arms are def a good improvement. Paired with your setup they should be sweet.
As for the bumpstop, you can probably just find one cheap at any place that sells suspension products.