Another $350 out of my bank account...

[daniel]

Alpine, I think the springs are $59 each + shipping, you're running close to what I was or I'd sell you mine.

daniel, yeah it's pretty stiff but I'm willing to sacrifice comfort for performance. It's a pure play car and I have another car to drive. And in a year or two I'll probably try to get a new Mini Cooper as a daily or rebuild an E24 as clean DD/roadtrip type car.

may i ask whereabouts in tulsa do you live? i spent my first 20 years of life there.

[stevofthahill]

Verrrrryyy Niiiccccceeee! :D

Reminds me that I need to buy camber plates. :nice:

Reminds me too, that I now need coilovers.

Get low....

[z31maniac]

Don't lift :)

IIRC I was on 500/650 combo, was very close to neutral w/o rear sway...

Yes!

I have a feeling the car will not be hard to rotate with this setup. Once I get down the new setup I'll also try disconnecting the rear sway.

Although I suspect once I get it I'll also test for the suspension frequencies and may adjust the spring rates then as well.

daniel, I live in the little suburb out west of Tulsa.

[z31maniac]

Another $470 out of the bank account bitches!







Seems like some good stuff, Aurora bearings all around, beefy washers and reinforcement plates. The subframe mounts and the rear trunk mounts are really beefy. Missing two nuts and washers, but no biggie, I'll run to Fastenal tomorrow and pick some up.

22/19, adjustable end links, all mounting hardware and reinforcements included in the kit.

[Farbin Kaiber]

You are gonna hate your car when it's all done.

[Mike]

I forget what my rates are on my GC's, but your spring set is running a progressive rear spring, which I am curious to see see installed. My kit runs some linear rate rear spring, just like the fronts.

[z31maniac]

^You sure about that?

[Mike]

On second thought, maybe you have a progressive front spring?

[z31maniac]

Not according to GC, I actually called them when I first received everything and said, "Hey, uh, I think you guys sent me the wrong front springs."

They told me these are the new redesigned front springs for E30s meant to help avoid coil bind on low cars. I didn't realize this was a problem, but will only worry about it if it noticeably affects my wheel/tire clearance.