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Old 09-15-2008, 10:16 AM
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who makes that? But im not looking to spend that much.
I think that's what you need to figure out is what your budget is and how much you want to cut up your car.

Prodigy Bar, Air Bar or Alston G-bar (the air bar does not allow for any adjustment) all use coil overs and will bolt on to your existing frame rails. It's recommended that you weld in though. These will run you about $1800 to $2200 including coil over shocks. If you want something that is easy to install and has good performance (most people will not push their cars to the limits of these products) than these would be a good choice.

The DSE quadra link is a great product for about $2500. I know the first gen kit you had to cut your floor up, not sure if you do with this one. I'm leaning towards you would have to.

I don't much about the Lateral Dynamics except that it starts at about $3600 and goes from there depending on the options you choose.

Other than the Heidts one (which I don't know much about and have only heard that it's cheap), I think you start to get higher up into costs and quality (full chassis designs). Depending on what you are going to do with your car and how much you want to spend should help make your decision. I went with the air bar with coil overs (and will be getting Frank to upgrade the arms soon) as I know I will never push my car to the limit. I'm sure I'm going to be more than happy with the prodigy bar set up (once I get the upgraded arms).
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Pro Touring 68 Acadian(Nova)
Speedtech subframe with high clearance control arms
Prodigy Bar rear suspension
Ridetech single adjustable coilovers
Wilwood 12.2" brakes
New Gen Splitters
LS3 and TKO600

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Old 09-21-2008, 05:29 PM
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Prodigy Bar, Air Bar or Alston G-bar (the air bar does not allow for any adjustment) all use coil overs and will bolt on to your existing frame rails. It's recommended that you weld in though.
I have had problems with just bolting the on. I intalled an airbar system on a Gen I camaro and had it brake loose. It sheard a couple of bolts off. My thoughts are the the frame rails were a little thin and the bolts worked them selves loose. I later found out the the original frame rails were "ground down" to remove rust and scale by the owner. Then painted chassis black. Doh! Now I weld every system in. If you ever wanted to go back to the original suspension the stitch weld could be cut and ground down.
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