how low can i lower my car without having to mess with any other suspension components right now. i plan to upgrade LCA's, torque arm, shocks, panahrd rod, and sway bars but right now i dont have cash for it. i was thinking or going only about an INCH lower than stock to keep some clearnace.

 

The "correct" way to lower the car is with drop spindles up front and lowered springs in rear. Or, lowered springs up front with the strut caps made for that and lowered springs in back

 

Ive, never heard of special strut caps, where can you get them?

 

Usually special made, they allow the strut upper mount to sit higher in the engine bay thus preventing you from compressing the strut too much from shorter springs.

 

Hunter Motorsports made a limited run of the upper shock mounts designed for lowered vehicles; not sure if they're available anymore.

Tom K's rebuild: https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ts+strut+mount
The main message: https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ts+strut+mount

I don't think any plans are made to do another run; those messages are from 2002. I think ebmiller's selling his set for $2000 though.

 

2 grand? Beltech drop spindles are less than $200.

 

it was a joke, ed has been telling everyone that askes he will sell his for a high price, then i always pipe up, and say that i will sell mine for $5 less than eds inflated price

 

well any drop is gonna affect the geometry of the suspension. But I'd say about 1" is about the max you can go before things start changing for the worse. Like LCA angle, driveshaft angle, rearend centering, etc.

 

i found suspension techniques lowering springs with a one inch drop for 180 out of jegs. looks like im gonna go with those. anybody know of anything cheaper by any chance?

 

I knew a guy with an 89 IROC who put those springs in. After 2 years, they softened up quite a bit. The ride was comfortable but he lost on handling. They also sagged and dropped his car to more than 1 inch all around.

I wouldn't get those. Stick with Eibach or a reputable name.

 

I have the sportlines which are about 2" in the rear and a 1.5" up front. it is low but looks and handles great. I did the proper thing and had the rear end geometry adjusted with an adjustable panhard rod, and relocation brackets. I didn't touch the front spidals and the car was on rails. I beat this car though the corners and have yet to have any problem whatsoever.

 

ive got 17" rims and 245/45/17 series tires will these rub if i go lower than 1"???? also do i need to worry about scraping severly with more than a one inch drop?

 

You want low? My plate reads: ONARAIL
By the way- those are 245/50-16's not 17" rims with the same overall tire diameter as the 245/45-17's which is 25.7" tall.

 

what springs did you use and how much of a drop were they. also do you have any clearance problems at all with it that low. lastly what other modifications did you make to compemsate for such a drop? id like it that low but i dot want to scrape!!!

 

I got my car this low with no springs,




I've got Eibach Sportlines on the front of my Formula,

 

Yeah, but Beltech hasn't made them for over a year.

 

It never grounds out- I'm a lightweight V6- that why. Car is fully aftermarket underneath- only thing stock its the front control arms. Springs are customised 800Lb racing springs. I rarely scrap- only an occationally large speed bump, but then it scraps on specific shaped scrap plates-no harm, no foul.

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