Did suspension upgrade
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Did suspension upgrade
I just installed Steeda Sprot Springs with their Pro Action shocks. I also installed brand new Roush 18x10 rims with Kumho Escta MX tires. (275-40-18) I also installed Steeda Upper Strut Mounts and a BMR adjustable pan hard bar. What a difference. I was going to get the Roush stage three kit and it would have spent about the same money. The Roush kit comes with front and rear sway bars. But from what I hear the Roush kits are pretty stiff, plus I felt that with the money I had to spend right now I should get Upper strut mounts. The kit rides pretty good. The only thing I see alot of though is that when I hit two different grooves or types of pavement the car tracks back and forth. I understand that is a common problem with such wide tires on the front. Nothing that concerns me, just something I need to get used to.
I plan on installing a set of BMR upper and lower control arms. I still have just a tad of wheel hop. The springs helped out alot. But any wheel hope is too much. I would like to know if I need to do anything else to the front like adding Steeda ball joints and a bumpsteer kit.
On the rear does anyone think I need to install LCA relocation brackets? The Sport Springs drop the rear 1 1/4".
I plan on installing a set of BMR upper and lower control arms. I still have just a tad of wheel hop. The springs helped out alot. But any wheel hope is too much. I would like to know if I need to do anything else to the front like adding Steeda ball joints and a bumpsteer kit.
On the rear does anyone think I need to install LCA relocation brackets? The Sport Springs drop the rear 1 1/4".
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I've had the Steeda shocks , springs and upper strut mounts for quite sometime now and it's a vast improvement over the OEM setup. I also have their LCA's and relocation brackets and it got rid of my wheel hop entirely ...
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I just installed Steeda Sprot Springs with their Pro Action shocks. I also installed brand new Roush 18x10 rims with Kumho Escta MX tires. (275-40-18) I also installed Steeda Upper Strut Mounts and a BMR adjustable pan hard bar. What a difference. I was going to get the Roush stage three kit and it would have spent about the same money. The Roush kit comes with front and rear sway bars. But from what I hear the Roush kits are pretty stiff, plus I felt that with the money I had to spend right now I should get Upper strut mounts. The kit rides pretty good. The only thing I see alot of though is that when I hit two different grooves or types of pavement the car tracks back and forth. I understand that is a common problem with such wide tires on the front. Nothing that concerns me, just something I need to get used to.
I plan on installing a set of BMR upper and lower control arms. I still have just a tad of wheel hop. The springs helped out alot. But any wheel hope is too much. I would like to know if I need to do anything else to the front like adding Steeda ball joints and a bumpsteer kit.
On the rear does anyone think I need to install LCA relocation brackets? The Sport Springs drop the rear 1 1/4".
I plan on installing a set of BMR upper and lower control arms. I still have just a tad of wheel hop. The springs helped out alot. But any wheel hope is too much. I would like to know if I need to do anything else to the front like adding Steeda ball joints and a bumpsteer kit.
On the rear does anyone think I need to install LCA relocation brackets? The Sport Springs drop the rear 1 1/4".
I also have 275-40 tires on 18 x 9.5 wide rims that I run in the summer. I have no other mods to my suspension but I get that tracking issue you are talking about with these wider tires. When running the stock wheels and tires on the exact same roads I do not get the tracking thing. It is not really bad but I don't know what to do about it. I think it is what happens with the wider tires.
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I also have 275-40 tires on 18 x 9.5 wide rims that I run in the summer. I have no other mods to my suspension but I get that tracking issue you are talking about with these wider tires. When running the stock wheels and tires on the exact same roads I do not get the tracking thing. It is not really bad but I don't know what to do about it. I think it is what happens with the wider tires.
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