Oh no he has lowering questions

[ns87]

Guys I have spent about 3 hours searching/reading all the posts for lowering these damn cars. I'm gonna list out the facts I've noticed, tell me if I'm right or wrong

 

FFP rear coil over kit - Expensive/kinda work. Height setting screw strips like no tomrrow? Noisy?

 

FFP front coil lowering kit - non existant?

http://www.fastfwdperformance.com/

 

JC Whitney sells a front lowering spring for the newer luminas/monte which will work with my car 90 Supreme?

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductBrowse/refId-20004480/

showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2005865/

c-10101/p-2005865/

N-10101+111+1996+20004480/tf-Browse/s-10101

 

HT motorsports sells both front and rear kits. I dont understand with them, if I just want the front, will my shock/strut thingy work?

 

http://www.heldmotorsports.com/WBody/Coilovers.htm

 

Sorry this is the 10000th post on upgrading suspension. I know theres alot of postings that address things here and there, but I want the low down. are these things gonna be noisy or what?

 

I dont know too much about cars, so point me in the right direction. Honestly, Id love for my car to look like TurboSedan. Thats the perfect look for me.

[GOT2B GM]

As far as I know your best option for lowering the front is Intrax springs, or Suspension Techniques(discontinued) if you can find them. For the rear, you can get the FFP coilovers or Birchmount leaf spring. I haven't lowered the back of my car yet but I'm leaning towards the FFP's.

[Guest TurboSedan]

i'm going with FFP rear coilovers too (for my STE). i already have Intrax front springs here waiting. i'd rather go with a monoleaf that lowers the rear but the Birchmount spring just doesn't seem to get the rear of the car low enough for my taste. a few people have also said it is rather noisy (or was it too stiff?) and weighs alot.

[ns87]

Ok so heres my next question. I want to do both brake upgrade 94+ rear, and the lumina/monte front brakes. If i bought the itrax springs, those wil still work? Those strut/knuckle assemblies are identical except for the caliper mounting bracket? Turbo - is your sig with the Birchmount? How much does that run? bc coil over conversion is quite pricey

[Guest TurboSedan]

my sig is with the TwinDualCam.com rear coilovers (long discontinued/out of business). the front springs are 1.5" Eibachs that also came from TDC.

 

Intrax springs will fit the '95+ front strut/knuckle assemblies no problem. i have a set of strut/knuckle assemblies from a '96 Cutlass that i will be installing for the front brake upgrade and my Intrax springs will be going onto them. yeah...the only difference is the caliper mounting bracket.

[Pabz]

Birchmount --> STIFF as hell, weight is heavy!! no noise for me though.

 

I think the previous owner of the vert rigged something up, the rear is considerably lower than normal and does not look like a saggy leaf spring, I will have to wait for summer to find out though.

[badassoldspower]

Im a intrax / ffp person myself, and i have no probs

[GhrarhG]

The Flex-a-form leaf is also a possibility, but I haven't heard much feedback about that one. I personally like the idea of the leaf. If its good enough for a vette, its good enough for me.

[GnatGoSplat]

Flex-A-Form doesn't lower enough.

Customer Service is also lacking. I complained about it not lowering enough, and then he ignores me.

[pwmin]

still having problems with them gnat? fuck. i was gonna get some people together to raise hell with them but never got around to it

 

werd w/ turbosedan. if i were you i would go with intrax front and ffp rear. to fix the prob of the stripping, you can get another set of rings from ffp or held and use them to lock together. thats what i did for my modified helds. held mounts are junk; go with ffp. you can get koni's with held though i have front st btw

[GnatGoSplat]

Well, after 4 emails gone unanswered, I gave up.

 

I wonder how hard it would be to make a homemade fiberglass spring? I'm guessing the epoxy isn't the standard kind.

[pwmin]

hmm, i bet its possible but may be a lot of work. i wonder if c5's lower using monoleafs. let me look. im sure this doesnt help but http://www.z06vette.com/diy_lower.php . all they have to do is take the bolts down a few thread or get a bolt/bushing kit. lucky! im sure theres someone else out there that makes fg leafs that could make one for w's.

 

actually some good info here. maybe they could even do one for our cars http://www.landrumspring.com/pages/technical.html

[cutlsp]

hmm, i bet its possible but may be a lot of work. i wonder if c5's lower using monoleafs. let me look. im sure this doesnt help but http://www.z06vette.com/diy_lower.php . all they have to do is take the bolts down a few thread or get a bolt/bushing kit. lucky! im sure theres someone else out there that makes fg leafs that could make one for w's.

 

actually some good info here. maybe they could even do one for our cars http://www.landrumspring.com/pages/technical.html

Maybe that place could make a kit with the stock Rate for the front and rear springs in our cars basically like the fe3 rate?

[pwmin]

we shall see if theyre even interested in doing anything

[cutlsp]

we shall see if theyre even interested in doing anything

Awesome man let us know

[GnatGoSplat]

actually some good info here. maybe they could even do one for our cars http://www.landrumspring.com/pages/technical.html

 

Don't they only make metal springs?

I didn't find any fiberglass ones on their site.

[pwmin]

thats what im thinking, lol, but maybe they can make a parabolic one that would be lighter.

[GnatGoSplat]

I'm almost thinking to just hack out the upper spring perch like I was thinking about doing before. That should get a good 2" drop. For some reason I decided that wasn't a good idea when I was looking at Joshua's pics of the upper spring perch, but I don't remember why. I'll have to look at 'em again.

[pwmin]

hmm, yeah ill have to look at that too. keep us updated. not sure when ill get to look at that though.

 

i emailed them again btw asking about parabolic too.

[AWeb80]

I love my FFP's and ST springs....