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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

Just have some pics of before and after. First pic is stock Z28 springs. After taking out the springs that I had firstone install about 6-7 years ago i found out that they were indexed wrong and thats some of what contributed to the huge fender gap in the front.



Pics of drop zone lowering springs. 1.75 drop all the way around.


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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

Looks pretty damn good!
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Old May 13, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

yea im positive on lowering my car now. What type of spring did you use?
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Old May 13, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

Originally Posted by 91_fbird
yea im positive on lowering my car now. What type of spring did you use?
Drop Zone lowering springs 1.75.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-D...Q5fAccessories

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Old May 13, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

looks pretty good, i do have plans to drop my T/A as well, im just not sure on how low i should go though.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

hows the ride? better or worse?
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Old May 13, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

I'm interested in this too - I dropped my '04 SRT-4 1.5" back in 2005 and swapped back to stock because, although the drop was really nice looking, it bounced like **** all over the place and you almost had to brace going over any bumps because you knew you were in for a really jarring, bumpy ride.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

yea...if the ride was preserved im goin to look into these "drop zone springs" otherwise i been lookin into the eibach set.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

Originally Posted by imRICH23
hows the ride? better or worse?
The ride is just as good as the stock springs.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 06:41 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

oooh ok...n the best part is that they almost 100 bucks cheaper than eiback sportline....i steeper drop.....no change in shocks n struts.....how did they react to the drop
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Old May 13, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

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oooh ok...n the best part is that they almost 100 bucks cheaper than eiback sportline....i steeper drop.....no change in shocks n struts.....how did they react to the drop
I only took a short ride around town. But everything felt good. Didnt feel all squeshy and bouncy. Just like having the stock setup but lower.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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Re: Z28 vs Drop zone springs before and after

what do you have for shocks and struts???
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