looks awesome dude!! ^^^

 

I have no idea I bought it used, sorry

here's a new pic of my car:

 

love the colour combo on your!! ^^ love those wheels

 

Sweet rims. Where'd ya get em? What company r they?

 

there magnesium C5 rims IIRC..

 

heres mine on Eibach Ground Control

 

eibach ground control? O.o

 

Damn that's a perfect stance! Untill the speed bumps of course

 

yeaa loving that stance..i need to drop my rear a tad more..my front maybe just a LITTLE more too..need to do something about the inside of my fenders tho




want spacers for the rears too..

 

What is everyone doing with their bump stops? I'm running stock right now, but almost touching front at rear just as the car sits. Can always cut em in half but dont want to risk damaging something else. Curious if there is a better after market alternative

 

Hey guys.. ive been out of the F-body scene for about 5 years (5 years too long). I just got my 88 IROC last tuesday, its a beauty.. only 70k miles and completely original.. garage kept and never driven in rain or snow.. had to drive 5 hours to pick it up, but it was worth it. I didnt even have it 24 hours before ordering the first round of parts (among thoes parts were moog inner and outer tie rods, centerlink, idler arm, solid tie rod adjuster sleeves, new shocks and struts, a new exhaust... and of course Eibach pro-kit springs and an adjustable panhard bar)... this is before, hopefully i will have some after picks tomorrow evening, only got the exhaust done before it was time to close up the shop.

 

Is anyone running without the isolators AND with no radiator hose wrapped up? Hows it run?

 

 

 

What color is your car looks nice!

 

Thanks Its metallic silver.

 

low enough?

 

What fogs are those? They seem larger than stock.

 

beast stance

 

Hate to be a pest, but does anyone have any pics of a 82-84 Z28 lowered? Would love to see that.

 

Im not sure what fog lamps I have. they were there when i purchased the car a while ago......

 

what size wheels man? do they rub??

 

Eibach Sportlines

 

Do you have the measurement from the center of the fender above the wheel to the ground for the front and rear heights? Just curious because your ride height looks pretty awesome!

 

I'll bust out the measuring tape tonight when I get home from work.

 

Awesome! Thanks! They apparently lower the front 1.6 inches and the rear 1.3 but yours looks very equal front to rear.. To be honest I had drop spindles in the plans for spring 2012 and wanted to know where your car was at for comparison, as I would probably get lowering springs only in the rear or cut my MOOG 5665 springs (reduces weight and increasing spring stiffness as well as a bonus).

 

Here is my car with cheap k sport springs from ebay

 

You know, when we first removed my factory springs and compared them to the Sportlines, the factory rears were SHORTER than the Sportline rears, due to years of compression, and the Sportline fronts were waaay shorter than my factory fronts. So I had to sort of mix it up. In the front I have the sportlines. In the rear I have my factory springs, but I cut off one whole coil, and I removed the isolators as well. Car rides fine, but I'm not completely happy with the front. I think its too low and not quite level with the rear. I hear there are some sort of "stoppers" or "spacers" that you can sandwich in between your springs, maybe at around the halfway mark, to keep that particular area from compressing and thus raising your car. I gotta find me a pair of those!!

I'm still not home. When I am, I'll measure and reply......

 

Ok I have the measurements you asked for.

Front: 24.5"
Rear: 25.5"

I have 17" torq thrust II wheels with low profile tires.

Hope this is helpful man.

 

WOW that is really low!! It looks good though.. right now my fronts are around 27.5, maybe a bit higher now cuz of minor weight reduction, but I think dropping my car 2" at the spindles will make it handle and look alot better.. The rears will definitely need to be cut a coil or two to match the front drop.. Right now my rears sit around 28".. And have new front and rear isolators (the rears are a bit thicker than stock cuz they are the 4th gen ones..)

 

after lowered with eibock sportlines. and below is before with stock

 

How do drop spindles work? Wanting to drop it a little more but I have to keep the tires out of the fender.

 

the only ones for our cars right now are the Racecraft drop spindles, and they are only available in 2" drop. You can get them for OEM or aftermarket brakes, as well as have them modified to fit tubular a-arms (they were willing to do this custom for me for 50$ extra). You can also get the rack & pinion version.

It moves the mount for the hub up 2" on the spindle, so it drops everything and keeps the stock front suspension geometry. They are also a tad lighter (4.2lbs per side for a total of 8.4lbs of unsprung weight). This lowers the CG quite a bit so it definitely improves handling but unfortunately with lowering comes a slew of other issues, such as rear LCA's being at the wrong angle, PHB might need to be adjusted and/or lowered at the axle mount, pinion angle might be affected, etc. If you already have adjustable suspension pieces like I do, then it's just a matter of adjusting everything once the car is dropped.

They are a bit expensive and that's why I want to be sure that I'll be happy with the height that I'll be at.. It's already tight under the car so I might raise the car slightly with spring spacers or something after I drop it with these spindles.. That might be delayed because I'm also planning on dropping in a 383 with alum. heads which will be about 50lbs lighter than my iron block/heads that I have now.. That might raise the front end slightly, like a half inch or so.

 

Yeah but I think I will raise the front to match the rear. O'reilly has a variety of spring boosters I hear. I'll go for the best quality ones. I hope they work!

 

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after lowered with eibock sportlines. and below is before with stock


Looks MUCH nicer now man. You should think of getting a pair of these for your car:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-92-CAMA...item4cf97a7437
I found mine somewhere else for cheap but I can't remember where.

 

Here's mine.

 

here is my camaro 1984 2" lowered on back and 1 3/4 front.

 

your car is PERFECT

 

Yea, def a pretty nasty looking car! I personally like the color.

 

how do i post pictures

 

I cut 1/3 of a coil off my fronts, and 1/3 off my rears and removed the isolator and my car still sits high. It's always sat high it seems...



I need more drop, but Im not willing to cut more off the springs, I need the rates balanced...

And how it sat before:

 

 

I'm not particularly a fan of lowered cars. (I know, what am I doing in this thread) But I have to say that I like the way your car looks in the top picture. Lower than stock. But not too low. I'd say keep it the way you have it now......Then again, I liked the before picture as well.

Something to remember for people complaining that the rear sits too high. When you sit inside the car, your rear end will drop down aprox 0.5 to 0.75 inches. Have somebody measure it with you in the car. Or simply have somebody the same body weight as yourself sit in the driver's seat and see if you like the way the back end looks.

I'm 230 lbs and have uncut 5665 springs in the back. And I get 0.75" drop.

 

 

^ ore picsss

 

dont know if this was covered at all yet, and i honestly didnt feel like looking cause my computer is putting up a fight. anyways v6 vs. v8 springs, are they the same stiffness

 

18x9.5 all around 245 40 18 and 285 35 18, the rears have zero rubbing, the fronts use to rub, the i changed the control arms, with umi a arms and have no more rubbing.

 

cool. nice ride dude.

 

Pretty sure the answer is no. Ride height shouldn't change much between a V8 and V6 spring, but they are not as stiff as V8 springs. My brother left the stock V6 springs in when he did a 350 swap and ride height wasn't affected really.....seemed like the car drove decent honestly, but not as firm as my factory WS6 setup did.

 

im just debating to cut a pair of v6 or v8 ones for now. down the road i will invest in a set of lowering springs but i have to get my car on the ground and moveable, and i dont feel like having to take them out right after i put it back on the ground. sorta like its at the height id like it and ill correct it later on if that makes sense