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which would be the smarter, money not an issue. I plan on getting sphohns tubular a arms and adjustable control arms someday too. so that has to be a consideration. Or maybe it doesnt. what do you all think.
lower = lower center of gravity, whats the difference if its from springs or spindles.
what about both? would my car drop 4 inches.
If you're talking an inch drop, the springs themselves are descent. You shouldn't have any problms. Beyond that I would probably start with the spindles. Money no object. Also depends on how important hadling performance is to you. There may be advantages to the lowered spindle. Many factors involved. ALot of performance/racing use is done with factory spindle height spindles.
Why don't you tell me about the Spohn stuff. I'd like to get a tubular control arm that still allows the use of standard springs. Not a coil over setup. WHat do you mean by adjustable? Steve?
Go with some beltech and then get some ws6 or irock springs that are stock height. Might as well get some baer brakes on the front, if $ are not a concern. They will mod new beltechs and mount the best brakes money can buy.
I have stock spindles right now and Jamex springs. The car handles great, but I know that the ball joints are under much stress.
well, i meant money not an issue between costs of springs vs. spindles, since they are both about the same price. I just want to know. Should you drop the car with spindles or springs. and if you drop a car with spindles, can you use loweringsprings without draggin your front end on the ground. are the performance enhancements the same if you lower the center of gravity with springs or spindles. im not worried about brakes yet, mine work fine.
The correct way to lower a car is to use the drop spindles. If you use the spindles, the car will drop 2". If you use aftermarket springs like the Jamex, they will drop it another 1 3/4. Do the measurements. I would think that both would be too much.
The drop spindles keep the correct geometry with the balljoint alignment. They say if you just drop an 1 or so, that you do not alter the geometry that much, but you still alter it. I wore out my balljoints already with the springs I use.
From what I have seen on other posts, run the drop spindles and order some new stock springs that came on the cars that came w/ the WS6 suspension.
hey, thanks finaly someone actually answers the question in an educated informative way.
thanks again, guess ill be gettin the spindles, and my family just bought a gm dealership so those springs are gona be cheap! along with all the other parts itll take to make the rs, not so rs-ish
email away. I would love to make a little bit of money and help people get quality parts. however, gm parts online has VERY good prices, that would be hard to compete with.
drop spindles will allow you to drop the car with no other considerations. you can definately drop your car as far as you want (till its sitting on the ground) WITHOUT using the drop spindles. but it requires a good working knowledge of how the steering and suspension works, how to re-align it, etc. severe drop will require after-market pieces to align the steering, new camber plates, etc. might have to custom fab parts.
im dropping a show car 3rd gen im building to the ground, but im buliding the car basically from scratch..
id have to agree though, to go with the spindles if you're going over an inch. in fact after reviewing what i typed in my last reply i think ill save myself a lot of trouble and have baer get me the belltech spindles when they ship the brakes
Watch out when you get Baer brakes and the Belltech spindles! Baer charges you $345 for the spindles and then $55 to build the brakes on the spindles for a grand total of $400! That is Outrageous! Get then from Carparts.com with the 33% off coupon for a total with shipping of $230. Well to my house anyway. Then send them to Baer to get modified. So you save well over $100. But if you cant afford them right now get them from Summit for an everyday low price of $275. Much cheaper all the way around.
James
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i dont want to drop the car more than 2 inches. And ive decided to get the drop spindles. then im going to call eibach and see what they got for me.
thanks guys - o wait, thank you is non-tech.
well, you could if ya wanted keep the proper alignment and still use the jamex springs.. you would just have to buy spacers to use the jamex springs. they are stiffer than stock i think and a little better than the ws6 springs. spacing them a 1 3/4 is a lot though
