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Old 11-06-2009, 01:24 PM
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Any advice on a good suspension kit (springs, and sway bars)? There's alot to choose from but I'm not looking to spend an arm and a leg, so I'm lookin to you guys for recommendations. I have a 2000 Cavi that currently does not have any sway bars on it. Just looking to drop about an inch or two, and get it to handle corners a little better. I plan to just add a front strut bar and a 6 point roll cage (I live in the mountains and considering the car has allready been flipped once, it's good safety investment). Thanks.
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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Hello! Is everyone on here riding on stock suspension? I really doubt that. C'mon. Help me out.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:34 PM
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i would put a rear strut bar on as well but that's just me, if ur going thru the trouble of putting one on u might as well just do both.

sway bar i'd go with eibach but i'm really not that concerned with suspension so, i've just heard good things about this product.

as far as a drop goes, when i do mine i will definately be going with, sportlines and koni's. once again heard nothing but good things. hope this helped man.
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:02 AM
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I won't need a rear strut bar because the cage mounts in the rear will just tie into the strut tower, that and the sub enclosure will take up that space as well.

Eibachs. Sounds good.
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Old 11-07-2009, 05:52 PM
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Sportlines and koni yellows will be hands down the best ride. Most popular.
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:40 PM
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I won't need a rear strut bar because the cage mounts in the rear will just tie into the strut tower, that and the sub enclosure will take up that space as well.

Eibachs. Sounds good.
r u doing some sort of k brace or something? just curious. i've always wanted to do something like that but honestly i'd rather just have a rear strut bar.
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Old 11-08-2009, 12:31 PM
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I plan to tie the cage into the body really good. Not up in the window so much as down in the trunk and floorboard. I don't need fools looking into the car with the expectation that it's a full blown race car, just added safety. The roads I travel are all mountainous, curvy, dropoffs that kill people, and sometimes downright scary depending on the weather. When the car was flipped, it wasn't too bad of an embankment and it didn't cave in too far, however, I would rather expect worse if it were to happen again on a different stretch of road (or prefer that it never happen at all!). The strut bar would only get into the area I have planned to mold in a 'glass box for the system.
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Old 11-08-2009, 04:26 PM
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kool. sounds like a good plan.
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Old 11-10-2009, 08:56 PM
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I went with the Sportlines and Tokico D-Specs. So far I have nothing but good things to say
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Old 11-11-2009, 06:12 AM
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sportlines and koni yellows will be hands down the best ride. Most popular.
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