it almost looks fake .lol

 

I know it doesn't even look like a sports car. It looks like it has a lift kit on it next to my car

 

Centerline Ventura 18x9.5 all four. 275/35/18 front, 285/35/18 rear. I bought them in 2007. No spacers. 6in backspace.

 

 

Beautiful!!!!

 

nice

 

 

Looks nice Prefer without the silver lip tho...

 

thankyou gentlemen! ive been off the site for almost a year now and my car has been neglected and replaced by my jeep and after looking at these pics and finding out some good news that i might be acquiring a 454 or three i think my car will be back on the road soon and better then ever sooooo many clean cars in here. i hope to get some pics up of mine in better shape and tucking some rims a little tighter this time around

 

Wow, there are some amazing cars in this thread.

 

Method your car looks like mine! Haha! What size wheels? 19"?

 

Well, I've been debating between getting bigger gears in the rearend on my 91 RS 5.0 or lowering it. If I do lower it, it seems like it would be impractical because if I remember correctly it sits at 26 1/2 in the back and an inch lower in the front so if I get the 2 inch drop or even a 1 inch it seems like it would be way to low. Unless the current suspension is sagging and it is going to just stay where it sits when I put the new shocks and springs on. Any opinions would be appriciated, thanks.

 

By the way I live in central Connecticut, the roads are hilly, bumpy, potholes everywhere, they generally suck so...to low can be bad in my case.

 

Im in your boat and am hoping the drop isnt to much when i do my car. It is nearly impossible to get accurate info on how much of a drop will work. Ive seen claims of drops that some say make the car undriveable where as other say the same drop works perfect w/o clearance or travel issues. There are just so many variables like spring stiffness, car weight, drop method, tire size, etc. I live in michigan so the roads suck pretty bad here as well.

 

If your car sits at 25 1/2" front and 26 1/2" rear it sagged quite a bit. Is that still the stock springs and shocks?

I had the same issue and fitting a stock replacement set of springs and KONI shocks reverted the car back to stock height which is 27 1/2" front and 28 1/2" rear. That´s a full 2" difference.

If you get by fine now, you shouldn´t see any difference fitting a 2" lowered or 1 1/2" lowered set of springs and new shocks. You will most certainly feel the difference though.

 

im not gonna sit here and hear a bunch of BS from this so please people dont start.... that being said.

i was stationed in Michigan for 2 years and had my camaro on the road and honestly i cut my springs, i know its not the most practical way, but when i was said and done i cut a coil and a half off and rode around Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, area daily and a few trips over towards detroit, the normal driving was fine, a few times id scrap on large bumps or divets, and almost EVERY speed bump or entrance/exit ramp id have to take at a sharp angle. here are a few pics how i sit on 245/60 r16s

Heres a couple before the springs were cut





and heres a few after just to get an idea, i spent abuot a week finding the right spot. i would cut about a 1/4 of a coil on all 4 corners till i found a spot i liked in height and was still comfortable. being back in MD now i plan on taking another half coil off and running a small tire prolly a 55 series.








Getting it on my tow dolly to drag back to MD

 

Thanks, that actually helps ton snce tose are the areas i live in or visit. lol

 

My 87 has factory IROC springs that the previous owner cut 3/4 of a coil front and 1/2 coil back. Add 25 years of gravity and...

 

pretty clean and fairly slammed for a third gen

 

There are some nice cars in this thread!

Here's my 1985 Z28... not really slammed but this is more practical for where I live around one inch. Fronts are 17's and rears are 18's

 

did you not read the thread title? jeezus people...

 

Well given the fact that I wrote "not really slammed" obviously I had the title in mind... take a look though the 6 pages because I am not the only one who posted a lowered ride like mine relax a little bit man.

 

yeah ive come to terms with this thread being diluted..awesome cars nonetheless

 

I know there are others but I'm not going to go through and pick each one out yours just happened to be last. But thanks for admitting that you even though your car is not slammed it you decided it be posted in the "slanmed thread", your a real winner Im sure There's a "lowered" thread BTW...

 

Mikey, is your sig pic really how low your Trans Am is? If so, I really misjudged it from previous pics. It looks even lower than mine!

 

just a quick question i've read a lot of this thread but didnt really get my answer i've cut springs ive bagged truck im not stranger to suspension but i've heard a lot about a panhard bar and LCA relocation brackets, if i cut a coil off or 3/4 of a coil maybe off could i put my car back together without the use of the preferred aftermarket parts, so basically for free can you slam a Camaro lol

 

Sure, but your axle won't be centered in the car. And you're instant center will be wayyy off.

 

This is my car.

 

so basically the car would be squirlly

 

Clean as frak man. love it.

 

thank you very much!!

 

red trans am is super clean nice job

from now on, wheel gap = no post

lets try it

 

That means 90% of the cars posted should be deleted lol. Everyone has a different meaning of the word "slammed " I lowered mine 2" all around. That's is low as I wanted to go. Specially with the roads in Michigan haha!!

 

Yes, yes it does.

Everyone may have a different definition for slammed but I'd say it'd be pretty universal to say your car is not it. However beautiful it is, it isn't slammed. Not that mine is, either.

 

Yeah I should've put it in the OP..just want to reiderate that all the cars posted are great!! Just most aren't slammed to the standard of no gap :P

 

Like the stance of your car is it bagged?

 

bags are for groceries

 

The problem with being that low ItsMikey is the very rough ride and you bounce around like an import. Also you can't even clear speed bumps, you scrape the front nose and bang the exhaust.

 

ride isnt bouncy at all..its rough yeah but thats due to the stiff springs, has nothing to do with being low. speed bumps can be avoided easy and scraping the front doesnt bother me neither does hitting the exhaust..

 

 

OMG Zachary3 ! Either you're a great photographer or that's one of the sweetest IROC's I've ever seen.. wish it was taken at a better place other than at a gas pump lol but still.. way to go dude! Stone

 

I really shouldn't even be posting this here, my car isn't very good looking. And I am kind of disapointed in how low the Intrax springs are, I wanted lower. I even cut 2.25 coils from the rear.

Here it is, It was a bad day to take pictures, I am no photog, car is ugly and dirty. But here you go.

 

LOL Thanks man well its a i just started getting into photgraphy i used Sony Nex 5 its Original paint wheels are temporary wheels not my fav ups lost 3 of the wheels i got and i only recieved one lol


Not bad tho it looks good go to junk yard and get rears and cut more to see what happens

 

I still have the stock ones.

It handles really well how it sits. I might pop the spring isolators out of the rear, should put me where I want it. And I need spacers.

 

yea that should drop it atleast another inch.

what size spacer i played around with 1.25 spacers and didint look that good rears stick out a tad bit to much and fronts sit flush to fender what size are your tires putting 255 should fill out the fender abit also maybe go to a 55 series tire idk how the front fitment would be tho

 

I flipped mine, the big lip "fronts" are in the rear, and the small lip "rears" are in the front now.

I have that factory little spacer still in the rear. But I had to get a 3/8" spacer for the front so that the old rears would fit up there. I am thinking close to 2" spacers in the front. I hate how they are sunk in. I havn't measure anything yet though.

I have 245-50-16's on it now. In all honesty. I am not liking the GTA wheels anymore. I kind of want to go with 17's atleast.

 

Ya, I really need to work on my Photog skills haha.

But here is a profile shot, that stupid shadow over the tires makes it look off. And the sky, and my car and...Well here is the pic.

 

oh ok i got you i forgot the front lip is bigger on the front i always thought it look wierd lol i like the flush look also i was going to put 17x9 all around but ups lost 3 of them so im looking at forgestars 18x9 or 9.5 f 18x10 r that was my original choice ive been looking for wheels for a couple of months so yea its been hard making a decision

 

photograhphy is easy lol but i always had a artistic side

im not a fan of crosslace or irocs there really played out now only if you leave everything original it looks good

 

Damn, that sucks. is UPS going to make it right?

I am not artsy at all. These shots were spur of the moment. Just a crappy P&S Camera.

And ya, I just want the fronts to sit flush atleast. The rear I like.