I've had most of the stuff sitting on the shelf for months and months now. Hell, I think i've had my springs and shocks for almost a year.
There were a couple of disappointments though.
1) The car isn't any lower than it was before. Even though the spring/shock kit is supposed to lower 1-1.25" the car is the same exact height as it was before. That's not really a bad thing though since the extra ground clearance is kinda nice. I would have liked it to be about a half inch or so lower though, purely for appearance.
2) I had MAC caster/camber plates to go on up front, but couldnt' get the damn things to fit. No matter what I tried, they wouldn't fit on the strut. The part of the plate that is adjustable is just too thick. The only way everything would fit is if i left off the dust covers and/or the spacers that the instructions say are required. I'll have to figure out how to get these to work since I really want to set my camber beyond stock specs.
I'll post pictures of the shiny new bits later.
edit: Here are the pics.
I also want to note that I reused the stock bolts instead of the ones that came with the control arms. The bolts that came with the control arms were 8.8s while the stockers are 10.9s. I did use the nuts that came with the control arms though, since they are nylock and the stock nuts aren't.
There were a couple of disappointments though.
1) The car isn't any lower than it was before. Even though the spring/shock kit is supposed to lower 1-1.25" the car is the same exact height as it was before. That's not really a bad thing though since the extra ground clearance is kinda nice. I would have liked it to be about a half inch or so lower though, purely for appearance.
2) I had MAC caster/camber plates to go on up front, but couldnt' get the damn things to fit. No matter what I tried, they wouldn't fit on the strut. The part of the plate that is adjustable is just too thick. The only way everything would fit is if i left off the dust covers and/or the spacers that the instructions say are required. I'll have to figure out how to get these to work since I really want to set my camber beyond stock specs.
I'll post pictures of the shiny new bits later.
edit: Here are the pics.
I also want to note that I reused the stock bolts instead of the ones that came with the control arms. The bolts that came with the control arms were 8.8s while the stockers are 10.9s. I did use the nuts that came with the control arms though, since they are nylock and the stock nuts aren't.