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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 11:12 PM
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Eibach or spohn?

What should I buy 1st,eibach springs or spohn lca's and panhard bar.Or should I get springs and sub frame connectors?This is how the car sits sofar but I want an aggresive look.

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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 12:28 AM
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Most people will tell you that subframe connectors are the first thing you should buy for your car.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 12:37 AM
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If I had a bone stock 3rd gen in front of me I would buy the following in this order, Mind you I have most of these now so I can tell you what are the best.

Sub frame connectors
New bushings (sway bar end links and such)
Lower control arms
relocation brakcets
lowering srpings + panhard rod + shocks abnd struts.
New tires

New parts will only expose the weak links of your suspension. take care of anything that is not up to par (tires, tie rods, bushings, allingment etc).
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 12:58 AM
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Yeah my t/a's suspension is bone stock and my wife just gave me 600 bucks to buy something for my car for our anniversary so I want to buy some new parts.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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Originally posted by ShiftyCapone
If I had a bone stock 3rd gen in front of me I would buy the following in this order, Mind you I have most of these now so I can tell you what are the best.

Sub frame connectors
New bushings (sway bar end links and such)
Lower control arms
relocation brakcets
lowering srpings + panhard rod + shocks abnd struts.
New tires

New parts will only expose the weak links of your suspension. take care of anything that is not up to par (tires, tie rods, bushings, allingment etc).
from a performance standpoint I agree with you entirely. ive seen this car, real nice -- i think the springs would really improve the stance and add to the look overall.
which sub-frame connectors were you planning on getting ?
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 02:23 AM
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Well I want spohn to go with the rest of the susp. but they're 230 bucks.Hotchkis has some for 187.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 02:32 AM
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yeah, im in the same boat spohn lca's, brackets, panhard, sway bar, torque arm -- definatley going with thier sfc's.

i got the mig welder
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 02:35 AM
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I'd like everything to match but I would like some money left over.By the way,how's you're car?
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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Go with spohn. If you want to keep all your parts comming from one source you come out mush cheaper in the end. It is always nice to help out a site sponser as well. His stuff his top notch.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 11:34 AM
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Originally posted by 87tpi
I'd like everything to match but I would like some money left over.By the way,how's you're car?
my car ? well injectors are going static after 3800 RPM's -- but nothing that a new walbro 190, afpr, some 75 pounders at ~25psi, and a solid few days of re-tuning wont take care of.

were you planning on installing the sfc's yourself ? I got a millermatic thats up to the job -- but no lift. Another thing i was curious about, why opt for the powder coated sfc's (all my other parts are) but it would seem that for a good weld you'd have to remove the coating down to bare metal.
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 01:30 AM
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Yeah I wondered that myself.
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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In case you were still wondering . . .

Many people prefer to have the coating so the tube is protected where it lays against the floor (can't paint that).

You just sand the coating off where the welds will be placed, then
when you're done you just touch up the welds with paint.

It's really just a matter of preference.
-tech@spohn.net
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