PFADT = Phenominal
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Initially I lowered the most on stock bolts without any bushing cutting on the front or anything in rear. But still wasn't low enough for me. I hate wheel gap. So I had my car ludacriously lowered, my completely removing the bolts in the front and lowering bolts in the rear.
Like this:
Which looked great. But when driving on the freeway it would bottom out at certain areas, get real bouncy on uneven roads, real floaty at freeway speeds and when hitting bumps in mid turn you definetely didn't feel good at all, alittle scary. So quickly I looked at other options, I still want it low but I want to feel safe. So after speaking with several guys withe PFADT coil overs I decided to try it and SOOOOOOOOOO glad I did. That car is alittle higher then before but not much and it rides better then it did stock. Rides great and feels 100% safe. The coil overs replace your old shocks and springs so your bolts will be a thing of the past. Your coil over sets your ride height now. I'm still messing around with that to see where I want it.
Like this:
Which looked great. But when driving on the freeway it would bottom out at certain areas, get real bouncy on uneven roads, real floaty at freeway speeds and when hitting bumps in mid turn you definetely didn't feel good at all, alittle scary. So quickly I looked at other options, I still want it low but I want to feel safe. So after speaking with several guys withe PFADT coil overs I decided to try it and SOOOOOOOOOO glad I did. That car is alittle higher then before but not much and it rides better then it did stock. Rides great and feels 100% safe. The coil overs replace your old shocks and springs so your bolts will be a thing of the past. Your coil over sets your ride height now. I'm still messing around with that to see where I want it.
Thanks,
- Eric
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I am running the Pfadts at 26.75 rear and 26 front with me sitting in the car. I have them on 10 front and 11 rear. I also had it aligned to my specs with me in the car. I also installed a C6Z rear sway (8mm bigger than C5Z). Oh yeah it turns real nice like.
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Congrats Chris! The car looks awesome as usual. How does the ride feel compared to you old spring and shock set up? I know the new set up gives you ride height adjustability so you can drop 'er down low. Suspension is in my future, not near future though. Got to get a new clutch and some gears first.
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where in Texas do you live? I'd love to feel the ride first hand if you live near Spring.
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Good review and your car looks great.
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Congrats Chris! The car looks awesome as usual. How does the ride feel compared to you old spring and shock set up? I know the new set up gives you ride height adjustability so you can drop 'er down low. Suspension is in my future, not near future though. Got to get a new clutch and some gears first.
No problem bud. Anytime.
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The coil overs replace your stock springs and shocks. So you remove your leaf springs and install the coil over assembly(shock and spring) into your existing shock location.
