Another "want to upgrade suspension" question

[Zombie8]

Well before winter hits i want to bust out a better suspension. My goals are to lower the car, and make it ride nice. Nothing too fancy either, just wanna it to look sick and stop making a loud bamm! everytime i hit a rock or divit in the road. ( btw i think my rear shocks are messed up anyways) I plan on doing this by going springs and shocks, i don;t have money for coilovers plus i don't need the hieght adjustment anyways.

So how does this sound for a set up? EIbach Sportline with kyb agx adjustable gas shocks? plus a camber kit.... not sure what yet

Does anyone have away to get these somewhat cheaper than factory price? Hook me up please haha. Anyways post your comments let me know what i could possibly do or what to do. Any help would be appreciated

[OWNDJOO]

it's never a good thing to do this BEFORE winter, wait till spring

[MrBlunt]

i can get the eibachs, but no kyb's..if you like i can get a good deal on tokico illuminas or the Koni's..both adjustables like the agx's..as far as camber i can get ingalls and progress tech kits, plus eibach makes a camber kit too, thats what i have on my car..let me know if you need some prices on these, i'd be happy to call for ya :thumb

[Iwishiwascool]

how much on the ebiach pros?

[1lowDSM]

piss on AGXs they no good on 2Gs get illuminas or konis but i really think you should go for some blues or somthing.. i know your not building a "race" car right you just want to be lowered.. correct me if im wrong

[GSXLR8]

ditto...even RRE says that they will get you AGXs if you REALLY WANT but they dont recommend them for a 2g.....something to do with their inability to cover a range.

[fooked]

Supposedly the shock housing is too long on the AGX's. I researched it a bit before I bought my Koni's. I talked to both RRE and KYB themselves. Evidentally they redesigned the shock and now it will work, but according to KYB only to a 1.3 inch drop. Anything lower and they say you won't be covered by warranty.

[Zombie8]

Well i am glad this forum was made, cause honestly if i went on what i thought was a good setup then i prolly be f*cked. So thanking all of u guys for your posts i think i will get me some Koni's for the shocks, and i still am hooke don the eibach sportline. so how does that sound for a setup?

Thanks blunt-dizzle for all yoru help too man. How much can u get the eibach camber kit and lower springs for? and the konis? thanks again guys

[Jarod]

I am interested in that camber kit too, if you can help me out on a price? I already have sportlines and am thinkin bout illuminas or koni's not really sure which to go with. Any help would be appreciated

[1lowDSM]

koni's pretty much best you can buy.... illuminas are great priced and i think they perform wonderfully I dont know the diff between them both..(rebounding and what not) but there both awsome.

I had the KYB adjustable's on my 2g. They never worked well for me. But I also had APC springs ( I think that's what they were) which I think was the real problem. I switch to Koni adjustables with Skunk 2 springs. It was the best thing I ever did for that car! BTW I still have those KYB's sitting arround in my garage if anyone's interested. Great sales pitch huh?

[MrBlunt]

i just emailed him a huge parts list so he will get back to me tomorrow, prices to come.........

[Jarod]

Can you get prices on an egt guage and probe too. I have ultralite guages and wanted to keep them all the same. So what can you get for the guage and probe?
Thanks

[MrBlunt]

88.25 for the guage..i'd personally go w/ a TRE probe, much much faster reacting

[ucsigep]

Next probe I buy, if I ever need another, will be a Westach. Heard they are more accurate than the TRE, and just as fast. Can find those for around $35 or so.

[Jarod]

how much for the tre probe

[Zombie8]

well thanks again blunt-dizzle (haha) for all the help. I will definately be checking on here tomorrow for prices haha. If there is a number i could call ya tomorrow after work around 6-7ish so i could talk to you about getting some of this stuff just send me a message or something and that would help.

[MrBlunt]

53.25 shipped to me in grove city 1 week ago

[MitsubishiGirl]

I'm also looking into getting the sportline's too...post the price on here Chad so we can all see :D

[BlackEclipse]

I was a victim of the KYB AGX shocks. I hit a hard bump one day and the front shock got driven down through the lower support...later when I removed the shock and held it next to the stock one, I noticed the KYB AGX shock "body" was an inch or more longer in length.

If "I" had installed those KYB AGX shocks, it would have never happened. After I would have removed the stock shock, I would have compared it against the new one and had enough common sense to stop there.

So basically, I paid for 2 sets of aftermarket shocks on my car to get to the good ones. I would have rather just burned the money than to have wasted it on the KYB AGX shocks. :finger :finger :finger :finger :finger :finger :cuss :cuss :cuss

[GSXLR8]

ahhh another cheepy mike black story ; )

j/k mike....I know how it is when nothing on your car goes right...mine was down for 7 months last spring

[ucsigep]

Doesn't matter, you couldn't drive it anyways... :)

RARASR

[Jarod]

So did you get any prices on the koni's or illuminas and the camber kits?

[MrBlunt]

aight...the illuminas(2g) are coming in at a nice 94 dollas a piece...the sportlines(1g or 2g) run me 171.50 , the prokits(1g or 2g) run me 202.00..he hasnt emailed me regarding the camber kits or the konis yet..i'll just call the dude tomorrow...sorry for the delay..craziness going on

[BlackEclipse]

I don't recommend the Pro Kits. They sagged REAL BAD on my car. The H&R equivalent spring I think is much better and doesn't sag.

H&R Springs Stage 1 OE Sport (1" drop front and rear)

Take a look at my car next time you see it and see if you like the drop.

[Iwishiwascool]

sportlines for me please.

[MitsubishiGirl]

Ok, so I know someone who is contemplating getting rid of his sportlines and I was just wondering what else would I need to put them on my car? Do I need to get new shocks too? Do you have to have a camber kit?

[BlackEclipse]

You definitely need camber kits and shocks. Without the proper shocks, your riding experience will SUCK. It will probably be bouncy bouncy bouncy bouncy.

[suicidalsquirrel]

Evo's have stiff suspension :)

[Iwishiwascool]

Setup:
I have tokico blues and skunk 2 coil overs
Ive always suspected that the spring rates for the coil over springs were not right, but i never really checked them.

My problem:
I Have a bouncy ass ride. No so much on single or pot hole bumps. I perform like a champ on those. On freeway dips at high speed, ESPECIALLY when there are bridge like dips, when the first makes you bounce up and the other side of the bridge bouces down... that fucks me up... as in bottoms out the shock or the car.

Question:
Could this be because of shitty springs, or are my tokico blues screwed?... the same ones ashley is using on her dropped to hell car.

The End.

[BlackEclipse]

bouncy always means the shock is not strong enough to dampen the spring. Since you can't really change out the spring (because they don't come in different spring rates for our cars), it is easier to just get an adjustable shock and hopefully one of the settings will match the shock up to the spring.

My car does not bounce. it feels like a stock ride.

[BlackEclipse]

It almost sounds like you need to raise your car back up to get some more travel in there. Remember, this is Columbus, home of the bad pot-hole-ridden roads.

[Iwishiwascool]

its almost at stock height, has been for a while.

What im saying is: I think the springs I got might in fact not be for this car.