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82streetracer 08-17-02 10:01 PM

should my lowering springs settle, and wow can my car handle now!!!!
 
Okay, in the last week I have gone from having 155/80/13 with the ORIGINAL suspension, and a bad alignment to having 205/50/15s on kosie's with illumina shocks and B&G lowering springs and had the car aligned.


Holy god, can this car handle,

there is a S turn by my house that I used to take at 30 with heavy tire squeal,

about a hour ago I took it at nearly 80mph (best of like 10 tries)

wow,

anyways, I was wondering is do lowering springs have to settel or am I stuck with the ride height I have.

Right now I have about 3/4 inch of fender gap all around, I would like that to go down allittle so that the tire is real close to the fender.

851stgen12a 08-17-02 11:39 PM

:D :D :D
YOu have inspired me and I am Just ancie with glee.
In about a week I am throwing a set of Kosei K1 wheels with Bfgoodrich G/Force kd's onder my 85 gs.
Tokico Illuminas, RB springs, Sway bars, and RB streetport exhaust. header back.
I am glad to hear your experience.
But sorry I dont know the answer to your question.
am about to find out for myself
Good Luck!!

Manntis 08-18-02 12:46 AM

Can't comment on the springs (those'll come after the RB exhaust) but the front swaybar makes an amazingly significant difference in handling.

REVHED 08-18-02 03:25 AM

The springs might settle a little but you don't really want to go much lower than that. The front doesn't have much travel to begin with and the rear should ideally sit about 10mm lower to obtain the correct roll centres.

82streetracer 08-18-02 09:17 AM

well right now the car has a great, even stance

I would like to have it a little lower,

Mantis, did you have no sway bar before or did you just upgrade to a RB one vs stock

Cause I was thinking of buying a set to replace my stock ones.

I have zero body roll right now and I dont know if they will make a difference.

82transam 08-18-02 10:50 AM

Re: should my lowering springs settle, and wow can my car handle now!!!!
 

Originally posted by 82streetracer
155/80/13
that is the grossest tire size ever

Manntis 08-18-02 11:13 AM

I replaced the stock one with the RB one. My only complaint is all the squeaking.

851stgen12a 08-18-02 11:46 AM

Manntis, What Bushings are you running on your sway-bar

Manntis 08-18-02 11:50 AM

polyurethanes that came with 'em from Racing Beat. The firmness is great, but the squeaking makes my gorgeous car sound like a clunker. It's loud enough for onlookers to hear, too.

851stgen12a 08-18-02 12:54 PM

Have you tried the greasable bushings? That should fix any squeaking. Quickor susp. makes a good one.

Manntis 08-18-02 12:58 PM

yup, they stop squeaks and become dirt magnets instead, creating your very own sandpaper-textured paste inside moving components of your suspension - always a favorite of metal surfaces.

357 08-18-02 07:02 PM

Hey streetracer, do you have any pics of your car with the Kosei's on it?

85RX7GS 08-18-02 07:14 PM

Wooohooo!!!!!!!!

82streetracer 08-19-02 12:41 AM

I just took a bunch of pix that Im getting on photocd tommorow.

So you guys can check out my shit.

RotorMotorDriver 08-19-02 08:20 AM

Cant wait for the pics man. I wanna know what that tire/wheel size looks like :). I want a set of Koseis/illuminas/eibachs/poly bushings too, but that will come later after I get my job, and the radiator, and the muffler, and the tranny mount, and the... :)

~T.J.

PS - Anyone know where I can get some K-1's in white? Tire Rack only has them in silver :(...

sberge01 08-19-02 08:55 AM

Just out of curiosity, how long did it take to get the new bushings in? How tough was it?

derrick 08-19-02 10:36 AM


I replaced the stock one with the RB one. My only complaint is all the squeaking.

Manntis

TEFLON TAPE. Forget the polyurethane grease, it just makes a mess and gets squeezed out by the bushings after the first few hundred miles. Wrap the sway bar with a piece of teflon tape that covers the area where the bushing sits. Pretty much eliminates your sqeaking and lasts a long time...

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