when I'm taking a turn that's maybe a little bumpy or has dips in the road the back end feels loose. I'm wondering if boxing the LCA's and panhard bar would help much. Or maybe a stiffer shock would help. I have Bilstein struts in front but KYB's in the back. Or would lowering springs help it to stay glued to the road?

 

Bump steer sucks doesn't it? Get the LCA's and panhard rod, I will be getting mine from Spohn when I finish this semester of college. It WILL help.

 

Lowering definately helps, but do the other things too, as it's a "package deal" for handling.

 

What does bump steer refer too?? Also I plan on doing the whole lowering and performance LCA's and panhardbars when I get the money. Will boxing the stock units improve the performance any or would I be better off waiting till I have the money to get the aftermarket pieces??

 

Ok here is a "quick" diffinition of bump steer. It's when you take a bump(inperfection in the raod) and the rear axle gets knocked out of center, which causes your back end to come out. Thats why most of the new sports car nowadays (corvettes) have a independent rear end. IMO don't box the originals, you still have the stock crappy bushing in there, and the quality of our stock ones really suck anyway. Aftermarket ones are not that expensive, only about $200.

 

I don't have the stock bushings in the rear. I have ES components all around with the exception of motor mounts. I planned on boxing them myself so it won't cost much for materials. Just wondering if it would make that much of an improvement. I was planning on doing it for a temperary solution until I get the money for lowering springs and Spohn components. But if the difference in performance isn't that much I'll just wait till I can get the high performance pieces.