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Originally Posted by SR71
you can't go wrong with either.
I was in the same boat a couple of months ago. I went with a mix of both with a little sc&c sprinkled in. then a little of my own customizing.
I kept my stock sub and added a speedtech chicane kit with 5" stroke ridetech tripples and ridetech 2" drop spindles. these were bolted up to modded sc&c arms. I had to uses the chicane double shear lower mounts welded and bolted to the bottom of the lower arm. I also had to clearance the lower around the shock body and res line since it went through the coil spring mount. the adjustable sc&c uppers are the shiz. all of this fab work allowed me to run a 5" stroke shock with a 12" spring.
the rear is the speedtech tq arm with the exact same 5" stroke shocks. the speedtech kit is set up to use a 4" shock so I had to add an extra tab with one additional bolt hole onto the control arm brackets to get the ride down to where I wanted it.
....and where I wanted it is down to the top of the 19/20 wheels. this was no easy feat with a 27" front and 28" rear tire. the bottom of the sub is at 4" off of the road. because of the weather, I haven't gotten to drive it anywhere other than to the muffler shop. so I haven't had a chance to start dialing it in.
all I can say is that it looks absolutely WICKED. the stance says F@%& YOU!!!
if you have no fab or welding skills nor the equipment to do it with, you will be better off sticking with a complete bolt in system. but there is a sense of accomplishment from planning and executing your own set-up.
don't you just love it when a plan comes together???   |
I want to see some pics of this car
Also would like to see exactly how you achieved the 5" stroke coilovers. I'm about to install coilovers on my car also and was looking to achieve the same results as you.