Str8upChevy

It's my opinion that lowered 3rd Gens are the best looking 3rd Gens out there! It's also my opinion that there needs to be a thread that specifically caters to only lowered cars.

Let's officially make this the place to post pictures of any and all lowered 82-92 Camaros & Firebirds so that everyone can get a good look at 'em. (Preferably at multiple angles)

I just recently cut 3/4 of a coil off my springs, but unfortunately it didn't come down that much. I'll be re-doing it here in the next couple days (weather permitting) so that there's ZERO wheel gap left.

Alrighty then,......let the posting begin!!!

Twin_Turbo

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rear needs a bit more cut off

itsMikey

agreed...still looks badass

Str8upChevy

Screw it, here's a couple of how it sits right now. I'll definitely take some better pics after I cut more off and get rid of all that wheel gap.


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Mongoose

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Here's mine, Eibach Sportlines with 1/4 coil trimmed from the front.

built91Z28

I dont think it needs to be any lower. I think it looks perfect just like that. I agree that they look MUCH better lowered, but there is too low.

84 z28

bradley23150

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AG brand lowering springs, I believe the advertised drop is 1.6f/1.4r

Stephen

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On Ground Control Weight Jacks....



I'm almost all the way out of adjustment on the front & down, so to go lower, I'd need shorter springs.

alfredo1984

it looks awesome

dust3r

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Hey Stephen, What length springs did they give you for the rear? 10"? They gave me 10" 200 lb/in rear springs, and the lowest I can get the rear isn't anywhere near as low as yours looks to be in your sig. I bought 9" 200 lb/in springs to swap, but haven't done it yet. What shocks are you using? BTW I love the combination of your cars stance and no spoiler.

Ill throw a picture up of my car in a few weeks after I get my new wheels made.

stormdrop

dude that car is sick. thats about the stance i plan on doing with my bird.

Str8upChevy

Nice lookin rides,......I hope we get a lot more people that post pics of their lowered cars.

Thanks, I appreciate your comment as well as your opinion. I DO agree that there's a lot of them out there that definitely "Too Low",.....but for me it's a matter of getting rid of that wheel gap between the top of my tires and the fender lip. I just don't care for having ANY wheel gap on my cars.

I'm gonna find a picture of what my car looked like when I first bought it. That picture will show you exactly why I like lowered cars. Trust me, this will be very funny. (Be right back)

Str8upChevy

Ok, this is what I was talking about. The very first thing I did after buying this car was to grab my camera and take some pictures. The previous owner said the "Stance" was his favorite part about the whole car.
Back in the day we use to call these G.I. cars. (I grew up close to McCord Air Force Base where 9 out of every 10 basic training soldiers had cars that looked exactly like this)

I actually grew up with a family of drag racers, where the preferred stance was very low. So, the bottom line is, I like 'em low!!!

Check these out...............(Can you say: "STINK BUG")


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Sickness91Z28

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90-irocdx3

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procharger syncs my hotchkis springs!!

Str8upChevy

Wow, those are both really nice cars!!! I love those wheels you have on your black Z28, those are sick!

Orr89RocZ

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Eibach Prokit springs. BEFORE AND AFTER


WITH STOCK IROCZ SUSPENSION 140K miles on it.


AFTER with PROKIT

flrtin1

Lowered it in Dec of 85.........

flrtin1

lol just a referance photo also

SnistahRS

one92rs

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what size rear tires are those.

BlueZee28

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Hotchkis lowering springs:

brutalform

I agree with the above posts. Lets keep the disagreements off this thread, and do it via PM. Lets keep this thread going. Alot of nice, BUILT, lowered third gens here.

Thirdgen89GTA

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You all make me want to go out there right now and lower my car with a hack saw. My car rides like a truck compared to those. Grr. Must lower car. I can stick a knife hand inbetween the rubber and my front fender, the gap is very large.

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...f38ce15ba0.jpg
Do want this, love early TAs.

Orr89RocZ

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Added before and after pics with the Prokit to my post above

Sickness91Z28

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so...I guess "back on topic"


looks great Orr!

FSTFBDY

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Lovin it. Here I'll add a few we alkways like over the years also hu.....






My current vert.. Front needs to come down a little more.
Gonna move onto some weigh jacks

flrtin1

Aaaaahahahaha......I was chuckling that I beat ya to this thread

FSTFBDY

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lol. Time to see what kinda grief we get over then pic's.. How is the ol car doing? Anything new?

flrtin1

doing good....all new exhaust setup, got a stand alone nitrous setup about 1/2 done and we are little over two weeks away from a 1400 mi Power Tour run with it.....sooooo life is good

FSTFBDY

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nice... Boost and nitrous hu... 1 isnt enough for ya? lol (see sig) Better see lotsa power tour pic's.

Bowtiebruiser

I for one can NOT wait to do my QA1 coil overs

flrtin1

lol ya after all these years I decided to spice it up a little.....(but just following your lead I see lol).....My 18yro is graduating a week before we leave and it going to be just me and him so really looking forward to it (he's got control of the video and camera for the trip so we will see if he paid attention in his photoraphy class lol)....nother local guy from this forum is running his bird in our group so should have lots of pics

FSTFBDY

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cool deal. Im sure he will have a blast with ya. My 3yr old son loves to go out when I mess with the car.

ok back on topic. Not mine just a google image but he is a member here and a bad *** car.

usacamaro

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Str8upChevy

This is hands down (in my opinion) the absolute baddest 3rd Gen I've seen on this site! Then again, I am partial to anything with a blower or anything that has the Pro/Street look!!!

Those are actually a discontinued size. (BFG 265/50/15) I pulled them off an old set of Torque Thrust II's that were sitting around for the last few years. They worked out perfect on the rear Convo's, being that they look fairly wide and don't stick out further than the fender. Now I just need to lower it another 1" in the back and another 1.5" in the front so it sits more like flrtin1's car.

flrtin1

Thanks man I really appreciate that.......yours are awesome also... that 72 is rockin lol, looked at your past ones on Cardomain very nice.
Its funny you mention the BFG's being discontinued, I just put new BFG skins on the front on Monday and while I was looking for them on line I noticed they dont list the 275/50/15's I have on the back......that sucks!

Str8upChevy

Thanks flrtin1, as you could probably tell from my cardomain garage, I'm definitely brand loyal to Chevy.

And yes, that does suck about the discontinued 275/50/15's. I searched high and low for a pair last year to put on the back of my lowered 89 Silverado. The 295/50's are about the only thing still available in the 50's series that have any width to them. Unfortunately they were a little too wide to put my 91 (with the Convo back-spacing) or I would've gone with them. It's gonna suck when these 265's wear out and I have to replace them with something.

Str8upChevy

Well, I finally got around to pulling my springs out and cutting them today. I had to cut a total of one and a half coils off the front springs, and two and a half coils off the back to achieve the ride height I wanted.

The only thing I need to do now is have my exhaust pipe modified. It sits too low directly after where the two pipes come together. (Between there and the Cat) You'll see what I mean in the last picture. It's only 2.25" inches from the ground as of right now. There's enough ground cleance everywhere else to handle such things as speed bumps and pitched driveways as long as I go slow. (which I obviously will)



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That pack of smokes is exactly 2-1/8" wide, so yeah,......2-1/4" is definitely not going to cut it. I'll be raising the exhaust up tomorrow!

Stephen

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Your transmission pan is not going to be happy at that (lack of) ride height. Don't ask me how I know this......

Str8upChevy

Ouch,....sorry dude, that must have sucked!!! Actually my tranny pan isn't going to be an issue with my car. The bottom of my ground effects are 5" from the ground, and my tranny pan sits higher than that. At some point, somebody redid the exhaust and it just needs to be put back where it's suppose to be,.....then I'll be ok.

Trust me, I thought this through very carfully before doing it. Obviously when it comes to lowering a car this low, you HAVE to think about the pros and cons before doing it. Actually with any modification you do, if you don't think about what you're doing before you do it, you're flying blind and have no business doing it in the first place. I'll have the exhaust fixed on it tomorrow so I'll be just fine.

Here, look at these two pics.......in the first one you can see that I have more clearance that what it appears to be. (5 inches - the pack is just over 4") In the second one you can see (over on the left) that somebody modified the stock exhaust pipe. I'll modify it back to where it sits up higher than the ground effects.



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84 z28

got some new pics of the car all washed up and the hood on. Looks like one bad ****.

Str8upChevy

That hood looks great man,......I also like the "big & little" tire combo you're running. I went with mine because it gives the car more of that Pro/Street look.

KnottyBuoyz

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Mine was this way when we got it. Don't know how it was lowered but it appears to be -1.5" lower based on original fender height. Makes it a bit challenging to get out of for my 50 yr old fat ****!

Project-RS

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heres mine. did the fronts already, just waiting to do the rears.

Justin89Formy

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flrtin1

Justin89formy looks like everything came together great.......looking very good man, hope to run into you in a couple weeks.

stormdrop

is that a factory spoiler on your formula 350? i like it. i need one.

diablood5

how bad is the ride with that much cut off? does it bounce alot?feel realy bumpy on the road