What do new shock/struts do for me? Soften my ride on my lowered car? Or firm it up even more? I'm thinking about Tokico HP shock/struts or D-Specs. I have steeda ultralites.

 

depends, my advice would be to call steeda and get thier input on your strut/shock choices and especially what they would set the d-specs too. The dampers and springs are like getting married. Get it right, it works beautifully. Get it wrong, it blows hard.

If Steeda has a damper package for your springs, that'd be my reccomendation if you just wanna order something - yeah its the dumbed down choice, but when you start getting into adjustable suspension options, you need to do your homework and back it up with some real world emperical results in order to qualify your ideas.

 

I'm running the Steeda Ultralites with Tokico D-Specs and could not be happier. It can do both, soften the ride or making teeth jarring tight. I run the D-Specs pretty tight 3 in front 3.5 out back, but my roads are pretty smooth. When I go on road trips I set them to 6 all the way around and the tide is practically like stock.

 

I have Steeda ultralight springs with Steeda Pro Action Shocks & Struts. The ride is very good. I installed them after doing just the springs first and it was a big improvement.

 

The D-specs will let you choose. I have the Ultra-lites w/ D-specs and the other mods in my signature. Ride is saweeet -- very comfortable and controlled. I have ridden in Eibachs w/ stock and there is no comparison. If you get the D-specs, be sure to get the extenders for the rears -- then you can adjust in the trunk. Check the some other threads for settings. You won't believe the difference that these shocks/struts will make in the ride of your ride!!!

 

I'm more ride oriented -- and running mine a little softer than Alex -- 4 turns out from hard in Front / 5 in rear.

 

I have the FRPP package, but bought it in stages...

Installed the springs first and could tell almost immediately that I would eventually need struts. It worked and handled fine but the rebound on the stock strut bothered me too much, for example over freeway expansion joints here in SoCal.

Putting on the FRPP struts settled down the ride considerably. I love the way it handles now actually. It is a little harsh for street driving, but I'm usually the only person in the car and I can live with it.

If I hadn't gotten such a deal on the struts, 200 bucks, I would have gone Tokico D-Specs. Once you put the struts on a lowered car you will notice what you've been missing, IMO

 

I have good streets here. Where I used to live I had to run then 5 and 5.5. The streets were crap. Love the D-Specs.

Yeah, the stock shocks/dampners are not made for lowered springs. Most people that only do springs eventually end up getting the rest of the set-up.

 

I could not be happier with the Bilsteins on mine. I still can't believe how well they nailed the damping for the sport springs.

For lower/heavier springs, something like an adjustable koni sport would be the ticket

 

I want d specs but suffer from post holiday poorness

 

+1. Very good ride and handling.

 

So general feeling I'm getting is stock shock/struts blow. Get D-Specs. Tax returns around the corner I may jump on a set along with some LCAs or something.

 

I've had three different sets springs Roush ,Groundforce and currently Saleen Racecraft with Tokico HP's IMO the Tokico HP's are great damper's and the price is hard to beat!

 

So how do the different springs compare?

 

If your lowering your car, you need to jump on either adj LCAs or UCA (IMO UCA prefered so you dont botch the thrust angle), adj Panhard Rod, LCA relocation brackets, bumpsteer kit, and something to relocate the front suspension somehow, Idealy you'd also want some way to adjust the height of the panhard rod as well, but I dont know of any easy bolt on method for that.

 

I just put on Steeda Comps and D-Specs. Oh what a feeling. Would I do it again? Yes, yes, yes, did I say yes? Don't forget the LCAs, and upgrade that rear swaybar.
Understeer is bad...

Seriously, get D-Specs you can use them with any spring you feel like.

 

Just the springs was a horrible ride for me. Shocks/struts made it better but lca's were the biggest improvement for me...