Best Springs to use with Bilstien HD's???
06-23-2004, 12:18 AM
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Best Springs to use with Bilstien HD's???
I am definately going with the Bilstien HD's, just I was wondering what my options were for after market springs? I already have very little ground clearnace with my LT's and cutout. Besides lowering, is there any other options?
06-23-2004, 01:04 PM
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Bilstein HDs are designed specifically for stock springs. If you want a little lower, go with the SLP Level 1 kit (springs and revalved Bilsteins). It will give you about .5-.75" drop, and will ride and handle much better than stock.
06-24-2004, 11:14 AM
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Your other options are:
1LE springs (may actually raise the car slightly versus stock)
Coilovers (you will be able to run at stock height or lower a little if you want).
With the 1LEs you should be ok running standard Bilstein HDs since the rates aren't that much higher:
stock:
front: 291 lb/in
rear: 114 lb/in
1LE:
front: 360 lb/in
rear: 130-180 lb/in
With coilovers you can choose the spring rate, but if you go too much higher than stock you'll need to either get custom valved Bilsteins or Koni SAs.
Now that I've given the options, why are you guys so set on upgrading the stock springs? If you can't afford to loose any ground clearance why not stay with the stock springs and run the Bilstein HDS. The shocks are what make the biggest difference in ride and handling, not the springs.
1LE springs (may actually raise the car slightly versus stock)
Coilovers (you will be able to run at stock height or lower a little if you want).
With the 1LEs you should be ok running standard Bilstein HDs since the rates aren't that much higher:
stock:
front: 291 lb/in
rear: 114 lb/in
1LE:
front: 360 lb/in
rear: 130-180 lb/in
With coilovers you can choose the spring rate, but if you go too much higher than stock you'll need to either get custom valved Bilsteins or Koni SAs.
Now that I've given the options, why are you guys so set on upgrading the stock springs? If you can't afford to loose any ground clearance why not stay with the stock springs and run the Bilstein HDS. The shocks are what make the biggest difference in ride and handling, not the springs.
06-24-2004, 12:52 PM
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Originally posted by Red96Lt1
I was wanting to do both.
I was wanting to do both.
1) to lower the car, which you said you don't want with the LTs
2) increase spring rate for serious autox or roadcourse use (and again stock springs and Bilstein HDs will actuall work good for those for most folks).
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