We will be at PRI, booth numbers 3773-3775.

 

I found that out myself, I thought is was bump steer.

 

I may have missed it and if I did I apologize. I see the Ultralite Springs mentioned, but not the Sport Springs. Will these take away some of the jolt I picked up with the Sports and the 18 inch wheels?

 

I'll take a stab at this... no.

Seriously, though... the 18's let you feel a few more of the bumps on the road when compared to the 17's because of less sidewall flex. But nothing like having 20's.

The Sport Springs drop the car more than the Ultra Lites, so to prevent bottoming out, they have a higher spring rate and therefore the ride is much more firm.

From what I see, our stock struts and shocks don't rebound properly with lowered springs which makes the ride a little more "busy". There is more bouncing around instead of smoothing out.

What these struts and shocks should do is smooth or calm the ride down (at least that's what I hope they do). If you hit a bump or a pot hole, you will still feel a jolt. But over rough surfaces, I hope the ride improves.

Let me know if I am correct here in my theory.

I'm going to order the kit today from Steeda (struts and shocks). I have a week off over Christmas and I will install them with a full write up. It will be in TacoBill's How-To list and I'll also let you know how the ride quality improves.

 

Actually the sport springs drop the car the same height. The difference is that the ultralite is a progressive springs where as the sports are linear. Main reason why there is less nose dive with the sports and better handling.
I installed my sports, d-specs and panhard last weekend. With the dspecs i was able to soften the ride up to where i want it for daily usage. Cant say much for the steeda shocks. I would spend the extra money for the d-specs, i got mine for 475 shipped, just look around. You will able to fine tune how you want the car.

 

I stand corrected about the drop - guess I was thinking about the Eibachs. But a linear spring still gives a rougher ride (I have them on my '89). I guess that's the point of a progressive spring... better ride quality over smaller bumps and firmer the more the spring compresses - versus the same rate through the entire spring compression as in a linear spring.

Why do you say this? Have you tried the Steeda struts/shocks? I don't want adjustable shocks because I know I will always be ****in' around with them - I just want struts/shocks that are designed for a lowered vehicle that will smooth out the "busy-ness" of the stock struts/shocks. Is that too much to ask?

 

Where ?

 

If you dont want to deal with the hastle of adjusting them yourself then go for it. Like i said i havent been in a car with the steeda shocks, but i like to autocross and hit the drag strip so for me i feel the adjustability is worth it.

 

pm sent

 

Definitely if you change back and forth... then the adjustability is worth it.

When you said you "can't say much" for the Steeds struts, I didn't know if you meant you never tried them out... or that you tried them and didn't have anything good to say about them.

 

The shocks will work perfectly with either our Ultra-lite or standard Sport Springs. No worries there.

 

Just a small correction. The Ultra-lite springs and Sport springs drop approx the same distance. The ultra-lite's "on paper" are slightly lower. But their drops are so close its not worth mentioning a difference.

Gus

 

I'd Like to know too. That's less than we can buy them direct from the manufacturer! Maybe we should be buying them from this guy!

Gus

 

Why not tell us all on the forum where to get them at this price. If it's a secret than just PM me and Gus.

 

There are deals to be found on ebay on the D-Specs. I have seen acouple of sets go for less than $450 but if there is a problem with them you might be sorry that you bought them off ebay. My 2 cents.

I am ordering a set of the Steeda shocks and struts from Gus and after I get them installed I'll let you guys know what I think. I'll bet it's another great Steeda product.

 

well theres a supporting vendor over on another forum who was, and still may be running a sale on them. I dont wanna announce the forum out, it wouldnt be fair to tms, thats why i pm'd it

 

Gus, theres this guy on the corner 32nd and main with a black truck with a bed top liner on it... tell em Mickey sent you!

 

Now you've done, the internet police will see this and plan an elaborate sting operation and bust him....... I better hurry.

 

Just installed the Steeda rears. Ride is a little stiffer and somewhat more bouncy on normal pavement. On rougher surfaces or when cornering faster the car feels more in control. Of course, this is comparing new shocks to one good stock shock and one w/o oil and that had lost it's gas charge, it was completely blown out. Improvement should be even greater when I replace the struts in a few months.

 

Hey Gus,
Thanks for the heads up man. I ordered mine last Tuesday night. They should be here by Monday. I've got XMas week off and thats when they will get installed.

Cost $424.00 to St. Louis. Man, I keep gett'in these head aches.