Steve89GTA

Can I see some pics of lowered trans am's and GTA's. Spring type would be very helpful too.
Thanks!

Schultzy89GTA

Sportlines....



-Schultzy

Steve89GTA

Nice drop. Did you do the relocation brackets and or bumpsteer kit at all?

Do you have any other pics like angle shots?

Can someone photochop my gta to that ride height???

Steve89GTA

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devianb

I have been wondering about that stuff as well. Some people say the needed a camber correction kit, bumpsteers etc, while others said all they had to do was an alignment.


I want to lower via drop spindles so I don't have worry about any correction kits or adjustments, at least for the front.

Schultzy89GTA

When I first installed the springs I just did an alignment - no probs. BTW, I also installed new isolators front and rear when I installed the springs. Approx 6 months to a year later I installed an adjustable panhard and relocation brackets (Spohn on both). The car was fine without but you will lose some traction without the LCARB and the axle pushes out a bit with the lowering and that is corrected with the panhard adjustment.

This took my car right where I wanted it.

Other shots....






(those are the old tips btw and I don't miss them )

-Schultzy

Steve89GTA

Looks great.
To really fill up those HUGE wheel wells of ours, I'm guessing a larger rim is in order...

91blackgta

here's mine. don't know what springs are on it, I bought it lowered

cg91ta

Eibach ProKit. No wheel rub either!

Steve89GTA

Now everyone look at Schultzy's car and then at cg91ta's.
I can't really tell the difference between the two springs...

cg, are those 17" rims?

That's possibly it..

deadbird

TAdan

Eibach prokit springs.

Steve89GTA

DEADBIRD
You are THE MAN
Thanks alot. You did such a wicked job!! LOL

PHAT89TA

heres my car with 17x8 in the fronts and 17x9.5 in the rears. The car has eibach pro-kit

PHAT89TA

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zimmstoy

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Sportlines with Stock Isolaters

Steve89GTA

Zimm, wicked looking car. That's the drop I'm looking for. Did you do the adjustable panhard and relocation brackets?

zimmstoy

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The entire suspension has been upgraded with the exception of the Relocation Brackets. Which I would like to do in the near future.

I have all the specifics on the web.
http://www.scottzimmerman.net/Active%20Pages/gta.asp

Steve89GTA

Did you notice the loss in traction or any wheel hop when you went with the sportlines???

All I have right now is spohn LCA's and they eliminated ALL my wheel hop

zimmstoy

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None, it actually got better.

Steve89GTA

Just reading through your site right now. That's an amazing setup.

What kinda of quarter mile numbers are your running with the lt1/T56 combo? I'm sure you're in the 13's.

How do you like the front 1le brakes?

Your car is basically the setup I'm going after....

Awesome!

zimmstoy

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Thanks for the kind words.

With my crappy driving. Best run I was able to put out was a 13.5 at 104. However I was not driving well and had rouble launching. I am sure the car is in the 12's with the proper driver.

The 1le Brakes are utterly amazing and I highly recommend them. That was one of the best modifications I did.

The subframes and the Brakes were probably the two best mods I did.

Zepher

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Here is mine with Jamex springs,

Steve89GTA

Really nice seats too. They look comfortable as hell.

My drive seat, although in great condition esthetically feels like i'm sitting on steel...lol.

Did they bolt right up without a problem with their brackets?

I'd hate to lose my power lumber and side support though..hmm..

zimmstoy

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Thanks.

I got the manual lumbar which is in the lower back area on these seats. The sides are very supportive and you dont need any additional support there. There is so much more offered there than in the Ultima seats.

They did bolt right in. Since I got the wide versions I had to slightly modify the seat rails with new holes to mount the seat to. It took a little effort but it came out excellent and I am quite pleased with the results.

Aviator857

How low can you go without scrubing the wheels, I have had trucks 2inches off the ground at the highest point(ahhh teenage years) so I know how to deal with the low car, but I don't want to scrub. I am thinking about some dropzone springs just because of the price I can get a set for, any experiance with them.

Steve89GTA

The price of the dropzones worries me. For less than 100us, I'm sure "you can't complain": but that's just it. If I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it right. Eibach is a name and spring I trust. It's one of the few.

The possibility of sagging/lossing handling with something like the dropzone's is unknown. Look at the Suspension Techniques line. Everyone around here was snatching them up a couple years ago cause they were so cheap. I know of more than a few people who are now removing them due to sag and horrid ride quality.

Aviator857

You have a point, what about Sprint springs, they are in the 150 range.

GTA-SPD

Here's a few of my car. Belltech 2" drop spindles in the front. The rear is lower now, but I don't have any pics. I also used a Spohn adjustable panhard rod to re-center the rear end. I have the relocation brackets as well, and let me tell you, they help a bunch in the launch dept.

GTA-SPD

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GTA-SPD

Here it is in 2 1/2 or 3 inches of snow. Notice the front air dam/plow option I have now!

Aviator857

That picture makes me want to give it some gas pop the clutch and go around in circles,

Nice car, do you have any trouble with the 2.5 inch drop with the wheel hitting the fender well. What size tires/wheels are you running.

GTA-SPD

If you were refering to my car, burning cookies in the snow would be fun, if you could get it to move. It took me a half-hour to get it off that shoulder and back into my driveway across the street. Those Falkens on ther absolutely suck in the snow, they kick *** when it's dry though, and do great on wet pavement (puddles suck though.)

When I first installed the spindles, I had a SERIOUS rub problem, every little dip and drop in the roap would cause the tire to hit the inner fender. The front springs were completely worn out and had no real resistance left. So I put in new Super Heavy Duty Napa springs, GR-2 struts and completely rebuilt the rest of the front suspension. Since the rebuild, I have only rubbed the tires once or twice, and that was on the interstate at 95. I'm running stock GTA wheels with 245/50 VR16's on all 4 corners.

Aviator857

Yea, sorry GTA-SPD forgot to pont out who I was asking, thanks for the info. I was worried about scrubing when I put the same wheel tire combo on my formula and do an 1-1.5 inch drop, but I gess I would be ok.

I know they are not snow cars. I live in GA we don't get alot of snow and when it does its wet, and freezes over quickly to ice, but I was about 40 miles away from home last winter and it started snowing and I didn't know it(inside no windows). That was not so fun to drive it home in 2 inches of snow. And unlike up north people down here still thinks 70 is a good speed when it is snowing, ABS isn't that good. I stayed slow and geared down to stop, didn't have any troubles getting her home but, man I didn't want to drive it in the snow, she's never been wrecked. I had to take different way home than normal, the highway was backed up due to a car pile.

now I know I want' scrub to bad if at all, the 15's I have scrub when I turn deep, but they are the wrong offset. Do you have any troubles turning deep.

Trans Am#5

I've got the Pro-kit as well and updated just about every possible piece to the suspension and brakes. By the way, the tire/rim size is 275 45 17 on a 4th gen offset TT2.

Beefy89

Jamex springs 16x8 TT2s..........As you can see Im not very good with my paint program.......lol