What is the cheapest way to go to get my car lower than stock and have it handle correctly. I am getting LS rims and dont want that wheel well gap and want to lower my ride an inch or myabe even an inch and a half. Should I get shocks and springs or is a good set of coilovers going to work? Let me know. Thanks.

 

If you are only looking for around an inch drop get the eiback pro kit and a nice set of struts.

 

It depends on what you are going to use your car for. If you're just going to drop it and forgot about it. Then, just get a good set of lowering springs with some HP shocks.

 

get good springs and struts.... coilovers... may tend to break it happend to a friend of mine... he had some old cheap a$$ ones..

 

 

whatever you do, don't get cheap *** products. i've heard many horror stories in only a few year's experience with cars when it comes to using cheap *** coilovers...

 

get some coilovers----skunk 2 or ground control

or springs---h and r or eibachs

and some nice struts----tokico, blistien, or koni

 

H&R H&R H&R H&R

 

While every one else is rambling off the expensive names, I'll tell you about my set up:

Suspension Techniques springs and Monroe Struts. Very cheap, and very good road handling (I'm sure others could be better, but I'm not racing so it works fine for me) The springs I have give a 1.8" drop, but ST offers a 1" drop version as well. I picked up the springs from a friend for fifty bucks and installed them myself. Shortly after, I blew my stock struts out and had my local tire shop put the struts in for somewhere around $300 installed with alignment. They're a shortened version and came with a lifetime waranty. If you're only going 1", you could probably get away with stock length struts. If your current struts are in good shape you could probably just run with them.

Just for a referance, here's what a 1.8" drop looks like with 15" wheels and 195/50-15 tires:

 

WHAT? I hope you are joking! Whatever you do don't cut them. I agree, Go with the Eibach Pro-Kit unless you want something much more aggressive like the Eibach Sportlines. The Sportlines will drop your car 1.7" in the rear and 1.5" in the front, Then you should also buy the camber correction kits. If you want to do it right, Then also replace your shocks and struts with good quality performance replacements. Nothing is ever cheap, Sorry.

 

H&R sport, and 5-ways

H&R sport.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1874069175 $127 buy now price

Tokico 5-ways http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1874023988 $379 buy now
or
Tokico Blues http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1874071318 $249 buy now price

Just some options.
-Jake

 

i love my H&R "coilovers" .... But H&R all around would be my choice if i was to do coilovers or drop springs

 

If you want to adjust the height of your ride, get coilovers. If not, get some springs, they cost around $100 for a good used one if you look for one on the internet. It's really that simple. If you only want to drop an inch or 1.5", and it's just a daily driver, you don't even need to upgrade to aftermarket shocks. Don't listen to guys that saids you do cause you don't, those people who say you need them are just playing it super safe. I dropped my car about 2 inches with coilovers and used the stock shocks and sure it was a little bumpy but what do you expect, a Lexus ride?

To conclude, you can lower your car for about $100 total by getting used springs or you can get coilovers and spend about $150-250. Good luck.

 

Do not skimp out when it comes to lowering your car. Doing it very cheap will result in an unsafe to car to drive IMO. I have done it before and the car just does not respond well to it. words to live by...GO BIG OR GO HOME!