Oakley
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Okay so i made the swap from the dual rate steeda springs to the minimal drop springs.
TLDR: they feel good but I did have some leveling issues that may or may not be my car so just be advised.
Alright so money shot time:
So here's the skinny. my front end us virtually stock as far as bushings and swaybar are concerned. the drop there was very mild which was exactly what I was looking for. the passenger side was 1/8" higher than the driver's side (something I didn't notice with the Dual Rate springs) so I'm not sure whats going on there. I pulled and reinstalled the springs twice, checked everything over and over. eventually I just made a spacer to raise the driver's side 1/8" and its fine. oh, i used for racing camber plates to try and get some adjustment as well.
the rear is where things get interesting. I have the FTBR LCA bearings and some BMR vertical links, ford racing toe bearing, and steeda comp rear sway bar, so its modified pretty heavily.
I was expecting the rear to be a lot higher but that didn't happen at all. It was about an inch lower than it should have been.I couldn't figure out why the rear sat so much lower, the best I can figure is that the springs are designed to be installed on stock cars with stock rubber bushings that have their own "built in spring rate"and when applied to a car that has a more freely moving suspension that variable is eliminated which allows the car to sit lower.
I added a 3/8" spacer to the rear and it corrected for this. I might add another 1/8" spacer on top of that one at some point to give a little more rake back there.
Driving impressions:
Since they're basically the lower rates of the dual rate spring all the way through they feel a lot better.
the DR springs were okay but now the car is back to being an absolute pleasure to drive.
I like em so hopefully im done monkeying with suspension for a while
anybody wanna buy my DR springs?
TLDR: they feel good but I did have some leveling issues that may or may not be my car so just be advised.
Alright so money shot time:
So here's the skinny. my front end us virtually stock as far as bushings and swaybar are concerned. the drop there was very mild which was exactly what I was looking for. the passenger side was 1/8" higher than the driver's side (something I didn't notice with the Dual Rate springs) so I'm not sure whats going on there. I pulled and reinstalled the springs twice, checked everything over and over. eventually I just made a spacer to raise the driver's side 1/8" and its fine. oh, i used for racing camber plates to try and get some adjustment as well.
the rear is where things get interesting. I have the FTBR LCA bearings and some BMR vertical links, ford racing toe bearing, and steeda comp rear sway bar, so its modified pretty heavily.
I was expecting the rear to be a lot higher but that didn't happen at all. It was about an inch lower than it should have been.I couldn't figure out why the rear sat so much lower, the best I can figure is that the springs are designed to be installed on stock cars with stock rubber bushings that have their own "built in spring rate"and when applied to a car that has a more freely moving suspension that variable is eliminated which allows the car to sit lower.
I added a 3/8" spacer to the rear and it corrected for this. I might add another 1/8" spacer on top of that one at some point to give a little more rake back there.
Driving impressions:
Since they're basically the lower rates of the dual rate spring all the way through they feel a lot better.
the DR springs were okay but now the car is back to being an absolute pleasure to drive.
I like em so hopefully im done monkeying with suspension for a while
anybody wanna buy my DR springs?
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