Im a noob when it comes to suspension work. I have never worked much on one and I want to build the suspension on my 98 ex up. This is my Daily and I doubt that it will ever see the track. Id like to autocross but the chances of that are slim. I live in torrance and I dont know of anything thats close. I just want to drop about 1.5-2 inches, stiffen up the body, get rid of body roll on turns. Im thinking about sway bars, strut braces, lowering springs and new shocks, maybe bushings. Is there anything else I would need and be able to stay within my budget? I dont mind going over a little is its worth it. Any tips/ideas? Anyone build up the suspension on their car for about that much? Likes? Dislikes? Anything they would do different?

 

I just bought Koni Yellows and H&R race springs for around $700 total. Add in some type R swaybars and you'll be at around a grand and your car will handle like mad. Strut braces aren't really necessary for mainly street driving. Maybe splurge on an ASR brace for the rear because of the sway bar.

 

second that ^

 

Did you change bushings? How much of a drop did you get on the H&R's? Ride quality?

 

oh yea listen to slammedexv i have a ASR subframe brace and 24 mm sway bar with new oem front sway bar and tokico shocks with tein springs for about a total of 700ish bucks and the results were extatic. I drive a del sol by the way, only thing is i have a little too much over steer but that is due to bad trailing arm bushings. which is another thing make sure your bushings are in good condition and no need to get hard race bushings or nothing just get good old fashion high quality oem bushings.

 

Unfortunately I haven't installed anything yet. I bought the car with crappy coilovers that I need to replace and I don't have any of the stock parts to install the new stuff. Still waiting on the PO to get that to me and I'm getting pretty impatient because the ride of my car now is horrible.

I'll be sure to post up my thoughts when its all on, it seems not many people have the H&R race springs. I had them on my Mustang and love the ride and handling.

 

I Bought Some Omni powers For my Eg6. $800.00 RIDES PERFECT!!!!!!

 

i just posted on some dudes post who couldnt even buy one or 2 new omnis when his rear blew out. lol.

as for H&R race springs, THUMBSUP for those. had em for 4 months, best 140 ive spent.

 

^^ Good to hear, I really can't wait to get mine put on, this 'slammed' setup I have on my car is for the birds.