H&R Springs on a '94 SS
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:38 pm
Well my quest for less body roll took me to tirerack.com where I ordered a set of H&R Sport springs. I was a little hesitant to lower the car on only GR-2s but I was completely broke and AGXs are a lot of money. Anyways I ordered the springs and went to rent a spring compressor from Advance Auto. Low and behold they didn’t rent the kind I needed so since my car was going into the shop for some other stuff I figured I would just have them do it.
My first impression before even getting in the car was damn, what a difference in ride height. The rear looked good but I thought the front was a little low. But that all became trivial when I took it for a test drive. My immediate impression was wow, this is stiff. Arlington county (where I live) loves to put speed bumps or as they call them speed humps, on residential streets. I can normally take them at around 20-30 mph. Completley unintentioally I drove over one with the new springs. Needless to say that was way to fast and I learned my lesson.
The best part if these springs is that they give me the performance I want for the occationsional sprited driving and the comfort to tackle all the around town bumps. I am really pleased. I would have liked to keep the car a little higher off the ground but maybe a set of AGXs will help that later on. I would definatly recommend these to anyone who doesn't want the harsh ride of coilovers and is on a budget. I am very satisfiecd. Now all I need is a front sway bar and an alignment. If anyone wants a pic of the car lowered let me know and I can help ya out.
My first impression before even getting in the car was damn, what a difference in ride height. The rear looked good but I thought the front was a little low. But that all became trivial when I took it for a test drive. My immediate impression was wow, this is stiff. Arlington county (where I live) loves to put speed bumps or as they call them speed humps, on residential streets. I can normally take them at around 20-30 mph. Completley unintentioally I drove over one with the new springs. Needless to say that was way to fast and I learned my lesson.
The best part if these springs is that they give me the performance I want for the occationsional sprited driving and the comfort to tackle all the around town bumps. I am really pleased. I would have liked to keep the car a little higher off the ground but maybe a set of AGXs will help that later on. I would definatly recommend these to anyone who doesn't want the harsh ride of coilovers and is on a budget. I am very satisfiecd. Now all I need is a front sway bar and an alignment. If anyone wants a pic of the car lowered let me know and I can help ya out.