SCROLL DOWN TO SEE BEFORE/AFTER PICS, THE FRONT IS PRETTY SLAMMED.


Cost me $1.97 for the angle grinder cut-off wheel, and $3.99 for the paint.
Rides firm and looks good. Hope this helps if you are thinking about buying drop-springs. Just the rear as of now (sunday, local auto store is closed, need spring compresser for the fronts) but I'll post more pics in the next few days of it all done. Looks good huh?

 

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so you cut the springs... but the spring rate is still the same correct? so you car wont be riding stiff like it should when a car is lowerd..

 

No, the spring rate has increased, yeilding stiffer springs.

 

could`nt you have just removed the biscuts at the top of the spring to lower it?

 

Well they are made of rubber, seperating metal to metal....So I don't think that's a good idea.

 

doesnt look like that big of differnce over say like a set of stock worn springs, but probably rides better then worn springs

 

So what, those things combined add up to almost a pound!

 

lol

 

"doesnt look like that big of differnce over say like a set of stock worn springs, but probably rides better then worn springs"

I removed alot of weight from the car, and it started to raise up....

"So what, those things combined add up to almost a pound!"

I'll get 'em!

 

whats the paint for?

 

Preventing rust

 

Trust me here. After you cut those fronts you are going to love it...at first. Then you are going to be driving down the road, feeling everything and hating life. You are also going to have one hell of a time getting it to hold an alignment. Take it fron a guy that did it that way...twice, it is a good way do decide how low you want to go both for looks and for driveability (it's going to drag on everything). Once you decide on where you want it to sit, you really should put a proper set of lowering springs in there, or better yet, find a set of lowereing spindles.

 

Thanks GTA, but im not going to be driving on the road with it.

 

still looks SUV-ish to me

 

You got to be kidding. It is lower than stock...So an original car must look like a lifted truck to you then huh?

 

That's exactly how they look, like lifted trucks

 

I'll show before and after pictures....With so much weight taken off the front, it looked like the motor was out! That is what got me going on lowering it. The front will be a bit lower than the rear when I'm done.

 

you want it like this...do it do it

 

haha That's pretty badass, but a bit overboard for me. It's going to look sweet though and it will def be LOW. Just finished getting the springs out ~5min ago, and am trying to decide where to cut them....where oh where....hmmmm......

 

You dont need spring compressors for the front.

 

True story. I didn't.

 

greezemonkey: that is sweet, I take it that its not your car, but still....damn

 

DONE.
Here is what it looked like before.
Crazy huh? I took quite a bit of weight off.


Here is the drop...more like slam










I may drop the rear just a bit more...But I like it now.....WAY better then before!

 

drop the back about 1'' max more then it will look good. also is the car lopsided? looks like from that one front pic.

 

i would deffinately drop the rear a bit more

looks too much like drag car even tho that probly is what your going for LOL

 

WERD, i agree.. I was thinkin the same, the rear is lil bit high and it does look like a drag car, id say drop a lil bit more, JMO

 

Well thanks, ya I'm going for the "drag car" look, and it's just the 12 year old bra that makes it look lopsided, like 4 of the straps are broken that hold it to the bumper...It's level though I may drop the rear a bit more tonight, of remove those "biscuits" in the back.....

 

You can still take them out if you want to drop the rear a little more. Use heater hose & slice them open. Then run it on the top coil & you're set Someone else on the boards taught me this trick. Thanks man

 

Do you rub the fenders?

 

No fender rubbing, but I guess that's the purpose of the bumb-stops...actually, on a full-lock turn, yes.

 

hows the speed bumps doin to your under body

 

like I said, it's not a streel legal car anymore, but i do drive it on occasion. When I finished the springs today I took it for a fast ride down a bumpy alley. The spring rate is much higher now, so that makes up for the low stance, and it handles bumps fine. The only odd thing is it seems to lack low speed steering response...It may be due to the fact that i took out the sway bar......

 

jsut because it isnt street legal doesnt mean u cant drive it on the street anymore.

 

Only if you get progressive springs, will they be better. All lowering springs are, are shorter stiffer springs, which is the same as cutting stock springs.

 

Right? I guess one of these days, when my reg expires (feb 2005) and I can't renew it (stupid emmisions) I'll find out how much the fine is...I'm picking up another third gen end of jan. and making it into a nice daily driver....Thinkin 5-speed, 305tpi, black, hardtop....But maybe a monte ss if the price is right....

 

looks good... not low enough. i'm still trying to get my back end lowered, just can't cut anymore spring out of it??

 

Just worked the rear springs again, looks alot better. It's 2:00am so I'll take some more photos tomorrow....I think you will agree, much better...looks evenly poised now...:lala:

 

Just dropped my Vert with some dropzone springs i got off of ebay. I'm amazed howlow it is. havent taken any pics yet but i cant wait to get some to show everyone.

can some1 tell me where to adjust my drivers side wheel from leaning in? it looks likethe strut has moved, from under the hood you can see where the strut used to be bolted down, and now the bracket is more than an inch off, it's closer to the engine now. tire is really leaning bad

 

The bracket with the 3, 10mm bolts in the engine bay holding the strut is adjustable. Loosen, adjust, tighten.

Yes, lets see pics. How much did you pay for your springs $$$??

 

ill try to get picstoday. paid 99 shipped to my door brand new

 

lol.

 

Are you guys getting the car re-alighed after dropping it? I had to ghetto fab align my car in my driveway just to get it drivable to the alignment shop (right after I slammed it). If not, that explains the different feel of the car (your alignment is now off).

 

Camaroguy; Yea that is my car it`s not that low that`s a photochop I had some of the guys over on the siggy board do for me


Can`t wait to see the finished picture

 

Well maybe I should clarify what I was driving at here. I figured that most of the lowering springs available for the 82-92 F-Body were progressive, since it is pretty much limited to Eibach, Edelbrock (Eiback), Hotchkis and Drop Zone springs. I know the Eibach's are progressive, as are the Hotchkis ones. I wasn't sure about the Drop Zone springs but foolishly assumed that they were progressive as well. I guess what I was really tring to convey was that the ride quiality went to hell when I had my cut-offs in my car but came back to reasonable with lowering springs. I lowered my current car with spindles instead of springs because of the alignment issues I had with my old car. I didn't realize that his car was a race only car where ride quality means nothing, so just disregard my previous post.

 

I cut the crap out of my springs, and it rides just as good if not better then before. I get no hard jolts, or jarring.

Maybe i'm just one of the crazy ones that likes to feel the road and what the car is doing.

I do have to say i have no complaints at all and would do it again in a heartbeat. No problems at all.

 

I am not saying that MY car is some kind of Caddylike ride, but it is much better than the cut offs I used to have. I'd still wouldn't call it comfy, but it's not out of control. You may have better struts and shocks than I had. I have great ones now, but back then, who knows. Of course where I live, the roads are just crappy...everywhere. Lots of worn out asphault and a bunch of potholes.

 

Here are the finished pics, back is droped a tad more now....

 

That bra has to weigh at least a few pounds... LoL

 

I know, but it covers up some nasty cracks in the bumper

Crazy: I'll take it to get the alignment done, it seems pretty on point, but you can't really just eyeball that sort of thing huh?