how do these look?

http://www.jegs.com//cgi-bin/ncommer...93&prmenbr=361

since my stocks need replacement bad. i figured these arent a bad deal for the price.

opinions?

 

if ur into drag racing only

id go with these

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...66&prmenbr=361

i run 50/50 rear shocks

and 70/30 front struts.


keep in mind they are Sold individually.

 

ya those are twice as expensive though. i know they say dragrace only, but whats the disadvantage for city driving?

i will prolly stick with the adjustables.

i would want 30/70 in the rear and similiar in the front, but im only worried about the rear struts atm.

 

ok i actually found KYB gas-adjust shocks, good price , but on summit it says they are not adjustable, however KYB website says they are? are they or not?

 

Not to sound like a jerk, but....

Who do you think knows more about KYB's products: KYB, or Summit?

Are you sure you're comparing the same part # on both sites?

The reason that drag-only front shocks or struts aren't good for the street is because they allow the front to rise (unload the suspension) with almost no resistance, but give alot of resistance to it coming back down. That's how they improve weight transfer at the strip: once the front end comes up from launch, it tends to stay up. But that's very wrong for the street; because as you drive over rough roads the front end tends to raise itself until the bumps smooth back out.

If you have a car that runs over 15 seconds, you don't have a weight transfer issue at the strip. You don't need drag shocks for anything. They won't make the slightest difference to how it goes down the track. Stick with the right thing for your street car and don't endanger everybody else on the road with an inappropriately set up suspension.

 

the ones you have a link to dont fit your car anyway... and not to be a dick but you dont even have rear struts.. 3rd gens have shocks in the rear struts in the front.

 

ok thn what do you recomend for the rear shocks? i dont want to pay more then 50 bucks a peice.

 

Go to a auto parts store, ask for rear shocks for an 89 camaro, and put them on. Monroe should work well.
If only there were a suspension, chassis, brakes section.

 

*middle finger*

anything i post in other boards never get answered

i kind of wanted adjustable shocks.

how about the kyb gas-adjust?

 

Then try this:
Go to a auto parts store, ask for adjustable rear shocks for an 89 camaro, and put them on.
KYB's should work.


PS *double middle finger*



"don't get mad, escalate"

 

i want adjustables so i can have one setting for on the road, like a 50/50 and then a setting for track. like 30/70

when shocks are gas adjustable, how do those work, u just tune them to u want or are their presets u can do?

 

You don't need adjustables for the strip. You have a 15-some-odd-second L03, not a single-purpose race car; let alone a fast one.

Get the right struts for your car, and don't put the lives of all the other drivers on the road (me, my wife, my kids) at risk from improperly applied race-specific parts being installed on your L03. You don't need off-road track only race-car parts. They won't make your 15-second-plus car go any faster on the strip, and they will only make it less stable and controllable on roads that you have to share with me, and all the rest of the world. I would like to stay alive, and for the rest of my family to also survive even when you drive by, thank you very much; and I'm sure others whom you pass even more often in your daily travels would value their (and their family's) lives just as much as I value mine.

Put the right struts on your car and forget about the adjustables until you have a fast car, and you quit driving it on the street altogether.

 

i think i decided on the kyb gas-a-just

http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...KG5562&x=0&y=0

very cheap should do the job for now. thanks for your help and ill try to remember not to travel near ohio anytime soon

anyone got comments for these shocks before i order them tomorrow?

 

Those are shocks, for the rear; designed for street use.

I travel all over the country. I was in NYC all last week, Houston a couple of weeks before that. I was in Nigeria a year or 2 ago, LA late last year, CT off and on all last year, Detroit & Windsor CA last year, various other places. I used to live in Chicago, San Diego, & Memphis. I doubt you can do something dangerous and stupid and not put me or some other people at risk of your car malfunctioning at some time or other. Don't even go there, life (yours and everybody else's) is too short to snuff out that way whether it's me personally or just the anonymous oncoming traffic. They all like to stay alive.

Those shocks should work just fine for you. Their strut brothers for the front should do well too but will cost a bit more.

 

are race only struts really that dangerous?

 

Traviz, there are too many twisting winding mountain roads where we live. If anything, set the car up for road race, not drag race. Else we'll be reading your obit in the Mountain Republican and my drummer will be working on your dead *** at Memory Chapel. If you lost it here, you slam into a big assed tree, big assed boulder, or go off a big assed cliff. Don't commit suicide. We have street cars, we live in the mountains, set up your car accordingly.

 

The racing struts/shocks might not be the best choice with a stock suspention as the spring/shock may be overdamped. With a stock suspention Id jsut go down to the local auto parts store and get some OEM shocks and struts for all four corners. Theyll be matched to your suspention so the ride wont be adversely affected. Ive had reasonable sucess with monroe stuff. Had their sensa-tracs on an olds and they gave a pretty good ride. Might not seem like it now but new OEM shocks/struts will make all the difference in the world if your current stuff is shot. No need for the race stuff, either. The stock L03 wont come even close to taxing the cars abilities.

 

people always assume im keeping my l03 stock for ever

 

If your going to doa high performance suspention, you should replace the whole lot, not jsut the shocks/stuts. The stock suspention is soft and firm shocks wont be a good match to it. With too firm a shock/strut, the car will have a tendancy to float around over bumps because the wheels wont rebound as fast and the ride will be harsh. Youd be surprised at a stock suspention. Even on street tires I can transfer enough weight and accelerate fast enough to render the steering wheel almost ineffective. Definatly not the greatest thing in the world but the stock suspention isnt bad and should be adiquate for your needs. Just go get a quality set of replacement stock style shocks/struts.

 

well the ones i have linked too at summit are only 27 bucks each. not a bad deal ?