Re: Lowered cars... improve your ride...
Put these on Friday after work. More than 15 mins a side for me (the second one was probably about 20 mins though) but I'm a noob. I had some slight differences from the instructions, nothing that would hold anybody up specially if you did the springs/ shocks. (10mm socket for removing the covers on the rear arms so you can get to the lower bolt. Nut on the top of the new link was 9/16 not 5/16 on mine)
I want to say I felt the diffence when I sat down but that is a bit of an exaggeration. The first bump I hit though I could tell immediately. Rides a lot better to say the least, especially with a passenger. I tested on some spots I had known issues before and everything is gravy. Put about 200 miles on, twistes, backroads, highway etc. Road feel and stability in the rear is much improved, took a few twisties to get used to as the rear does feel a lot different. Difference was felt as much in the twisties as the highway as well. The squat is more noticeable as you get up to speed and there is still room to absorb the bumps. Dips at speed no longer end sharply and are absorbed completely keeping that stuck to the road feeling in tact. I will have to play with the koni settings again, I couldn't feel the changes much without these on the car, I assume this will make each turn much more apparent as the shocks are allowed to compress.
One downside is I do have a couple of new noises in the back now but could be other stuff/ a combo. In a couple situations (I think dips/holes mostly) I get kind of a "thud." Seems like something is at its mix/max. I want to say its like the bar has no load and then when everything compresses again there is a thud as it all links back up. I also got some creaking that was not there before but this may just be the bar actually moving/doing its job. Anyone else have any new noises? I probably need to adjust as I left them at 7" I may need to recheck my Koni top bolts etc. to make sure all are tight as well.
In short, these are more than worth it and should be standard items to pick up along with the camber arms to do a proper job when dropping the Crossfire. Thanks again to Mike for making these available and to all the crazy people pushing their rides and creating the need for stuff like this.
Last edited by Airscape; Apr 1, 2012 at 09:33 PM.