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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 10:27 AM
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thinking about lowering maybe an inch,has any one lowered there car or has anyone heard if this is a good idea.if someone can fill me on the price to lower.is there a differance between lowering the car and "working on the suspension as to stiffen it"i'm pretty ignorant when it comes to the cars suspension....thanks for any input
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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I lowered mine 1" exactly. Looks better IMO but also you will have to deal with going over speed bumps on angles, exit driveways carefully. Springs will cost you roughly $200. Eibach are most common, I used B&G's. These are progressive springs meaning the coiling of the spiring gets tighter rather than being even. The outcome of this allows a smoother ride over small bumps but hard when you hit a big one. I felt my springs made the car handle better on the track and on the fwy eliminating the annoying bounce of the stock springs.

I hope this helps, Jeff zland

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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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thanks z-land....damn you're pretty close to my hometown of escondido
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 01:17 PM
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it looks cool, i personally would go for it, but your tires wear out faster.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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I first lowered my car an inch on an Eibach ProKit... Now I am as low as my HKS Hipermax II suspension will go...
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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Originally posted by El Zzeta
thanks z-land....damn you're pretty close to my hometown of escondido
PM me if you want and you can come by and check my set up and get a ride if that will help you decide on what to get.

Jeff
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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i've spent a lot of cash on other things that have nothing to do on the Z, i've got about a grand left as far as psare change is concerned is lowering the car with a tiny budget the best option as to moddifying my car anything out there thats under a grand that would be better than lowering my car?
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