Where did you get your ball joints? Been looking for a set so I can add more spacer to my founders strut mounts. My A arm angle is horrible.

 

What springs did you start with? did you reinstall the factory front isolators (the thin rubber ones)? typically taking one coil off of any of the factory performance springs (z28/iroc/ws6...) will put you on the bump stops unless you do something else.

I've always wanted to do that sort of road race look with a 3rd gen... though I've wanted to do it with 15's which is somewhat of a non starter since there aren't many good 15" tires out there...

 

Needs weight jacks next, after the LS1 swap in progress

 

Here is my 84. Hotchkiss 1.5" lowering springs. 235/60/15 tires.

 

does lowering your camaro affect how cool your car runs? i know your air dam has a lot to do with keeping your car cool. does lowering affect the efficiency of the dam?

 

I noticed no over heating at factory ride height; nor any over heating at a really low ride height.

 

sweet im planning on lowering her but was just curious. thanks for the info

 

Actually the lip of the radiator is sitting more close to the road, I think it cool better lol but it rub everywhere hahahahaha

 

If you start to scrape the air dam quite a bit, just trim it a tad. That's what I did, no issues.

 

 

I scrape it all the time lol.

 

photo taken at the GM NATIONALS in Carlisle last weekend ... at the 30th anniversary of the IROC-Z showpiece display.

Car is lowered on 2" drop spindles up front. and 1.75" in the rear looks good and handles INCREDIBLE. going to keep it this way

DSCN3857 by David Martin, on Flickr

 

LoTec drop springs 1.75" all around.

 

Here's mine 91 Z/28 Lowered 1.5" Vogtland springs from founders performance, along with their panhard bar and adjustable torque arm

 

Looks great! Thanks for posting those pictures

 

Stock height to lowered using eibach sportline kit (1.6" front and 1.3" rear)

 

Perfect!

 

Besides the "offical" picture request, how about posting the fender heights?
I'll get mine and post back later.
Where do you measure to? The top or bottom of the flat part of the fender radius?

 

Here's mine with Eibach Sportlines and 18 in Z06 wheels

 

Something going on with that passenger side front.... Huge gap, looks bigger than stock.

 

I measure from the ground to the middle of the fender arch. Last check I was 24.5" up front and like 26" in the back. I need to get weight jacks so bad.

 

The front tire was in kind of a dip in our yard .....bad pic choice

 

here is a better pic

 

Iroccer, Not trying to be a pest, but it looks like you possibly don't have the springs indexed, or the isolater is not seated in front. The rear looks lower than the front. I would measure fender heights and see where you are at. The front should be same or slightly lower than the rear. Also this will throw your handling off quite a bit. Overall going the right direction, just should make sure it's set up properly.

If you didn't line the pigtail end up with the index hole they are off and the springs wont be seated right.

 

 

What thickness of spacer did u go with? I got 1.5" coming this week and I can finally put my c5 rims on.

 

They are 2 inch spacers .

 

2 inch is what most of us use for corvette or 4th gen wheels

 

I know, I just didn't like them being flush with fender, I wanted them tucked as much as possible, which turned out to be half inch. I see now in your one pic that this wheel aren't actually installed, but rather just leaned up I assume, that y u got fender overhang. Makes sense now.

 

No they are mounted. My fenders are not stock . Mine are 2inches wider then stock on each side ... I fact there isn't one stock spec part in the front end at all, everything is hand made from scratch . But to your answer your looking for... It will be in set a little bit with 1.5 ... I might have got 1.75 for what your looking for. Also you need to know the width of your wheel, most likely I could promis you it will rub when going to full lock with your original suspension system design

 

Here's my old girl front 24.25 rear is at 26 (about to loose another inch)

 

How the ride quality ?

 

How does it ride ? Thinking about getting that same setup

 

Eibach Pro's after LQ9 and 4l80e.... a bit too high in front. In my opinion.... I am thinking of air bagging it....

 

Ditched my Pros after LS1 install. Went with Sportlines in the rear, and coil overs in the front.
Still have the never used Sportline front springs, BTW. Maybe they will balance things out with the Pros still in the back.

 

2" springs from performanceonline. Bad idea. Horrible customer service and only lowered my car half an inch. Cut one coil off each spring and installed firestone air springs front and rear. Rides pretty good.

 

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Too cool. An original '82 Trans Am!! With the TA hubcaps- only way those wheels are not plug ugly-and those hubcaps disappeared, quickly.
Congratulations on a very nice car.

 

I like the front led turn signals. Where did you get them ?

 

Here is my Lowered Trans Am with Eiback Sportline springs

 

Here is my car. Spohn QA1 coil overs in the front and BMR lowering springs in the rear with Viking shocks. Fender height is 26" in the front and 26 3/16" in the rear. Rims are ROH Snypers with 245/45R17 tires.

 

Very nice! I like that shade of red.

 

Thanks! They look good and will stay secured on the rims at any speed or sharp curve with zip ties.

 

They are led driving and fog lights... The high beams spot are now the turns but that's changing soon though, I am working on a more modern looking settup

 

Does This count.

 

So here is an update... These are the last pics taken befor it got stripped down for paint. Going in to the
Body shop and will be coming back metallic pearl grey

 

I know this thread is ancient but I was wondering what door handles did you use? They look nice! Love how sink into the door

 

I don't think I have contributed here yet.

GC Weight Jacks, E38 M-Pars, etc etc etc.

 

My 89 rs, eBay lowtek springs...I decided to be a bit of guinea pig on them as I counts find much if a review on them.

Roughly a 1.75" drop all around...ride quality is decent. I need new front struts though...