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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Was wondering if you guys had any ideas of what would be a good start to tuning up the suspension.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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Check your tire pressure
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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If your looking for a all out race car (which I doubt)coilovers,rear caster arm,tie rods,tune your camber,toe and caster but just for a good street car I would say anything over a spring/shock combo is overkil but that's just my 0.4 cents
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by blackmagic612
Was wondering if you guys had any ideas of what would be a good start to tuning up the suspension.
Welcome to the forum

If your just starting out I would say you will have to figure out what your budget is for 1,

As far as your use I'm guessing it'll be for a daily driven Z.

Z's suspension can be bit tricky at times depending on your wheels size & tires size & what your planning on using this suspension for?

So your best bet would be letting us know what size wheels & offset your planning on rolling on & what size tires are you planning on rolling on & what would this suspension upgrade will be used for?

You could start your planning from there ...
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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Everybody here has different setups...but if you plan to lower your car w/lowering springs, replace the OEM shocks with performance shocks of your choice you'll save yourself some heart ache and some cash.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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this is ot I know, but anyone around here buy the BC coilovers. I have been hearing good things about them, and am looking for an excuse to pull the trigger
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