parks911

Now, since Phase 1 of my car is in the process of being done at this moment. It is time to start thinking about Phase 2.

Phase 2 of my car is going to be the suspension & braking system.

I don't want nothing cheap that will be easy to break. Gotta have great to best quality.

I want it to be responsive in corners, but I don't want to feel every crack in the road. when I hit the brakes, I want a reaction. A good reaction, not the one that you get when you realize that you have no brakes (dirty underwear comes to mind).

Please tell me whats worked best for you. Brand names and such. Tell me what I should have added that isn't already there.

KagA152

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parks911

I want to keep the stock height. I love the stance that it currently has.

JeffW

measure you curremt stance it is most likely lower than stock as most 15 year old spings sag, prokit springs would give you the same low ride that saggged springs would. i have bear brakes and they rock. they are not the cheapest out there though. ebmiller has some nice set ups check out some of his posts. spohn is the place for suspension parts stb, lca's, tourque arm,adjustable panhard, and you good to go. get best shock you can afford i got koni reds and they are very good and adjustable.

jeff

JeffW

and the baer brake kit was easy to install just bolt it all in comes with spindles assembled ready to go.



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DuronClocker

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Spohn makes great stuff. I have Spohn subframe connectors sitting in my garage waiting to get installed. Spohn is good to buy for almost everything, but I'd buy a TDS Wonderbar. You have to do some grinding with the Spohn unit that is avoided with the TDS unit. I have Koni Red adjustable struts up front and they work great, but Bilstein HD struts work very well also I've heard.

As for brakes, I have the 13" C4HD setup and bought the adapter parts from Ed (ebmiller88) and the rest of the parts I got used from various sources. Can't beat an entire front brake upgrade for ~$325

So far into my suspension, I have..

-Stock WS6 36/24 swaybar combo
-DropZone lowering springs ($75 new)
-Koni Red adjustable struts ($175 for pair but got them used, low miles)
-Bilstein HD rear shocks (roughly $45 with trading, again used)
-TDS wonderbar/steering brace ($45 new, second-hand)
-Jamex 2-point strut tower bar ($35, used)
-Spohn Sub-Frame Connectors (roughly $160 with trading, new second-hand)
-Tubular lower control arms powdercoated red, brand unknown ($60, used, low miles)
-Custom rod-ended adjustable solid aluminum panhard rod ($150, new)
-ES poly swaybar mounts and endlinks ($60ish altogether, new)
-ES poly torque arm mount ($14, new)
-Earl's Stainless braided front brake lines ($50, new)
-Front C4HD brake setup ($325, used parts and new hubs/brackets from Ed)

So I have roughly $1200 into my suspension/braking system and it is simply amazing. I definitely recommend the ES poly swaybar endlinks and bushings all around. I did one piece at a time (rear endlinks, front endlinks, rear mounts, front mounts) and noticed a very large increase each time. If you were to do just these 4 items at once, it'd be an insane improvement.

The only thing most people would really say I really need to add to this car would be lower control arm relocation brackets, but I'm going to try my luck with just the LCAs by themselves at first. I'm not getting any wheelhop anymore now that I installed the ES poly torque arm bushing (again, taht made a huge difference). I'm just spinning em. Have better tires for the track, I'll have to see how they work along with the new LCAs without brackets. I honestly don't think they are needed (relocation brackets).