Lowering setup

[TooFastTooG]

Heys guys, I recently got some new 17's and now my car kinda looks like its goin off roadin'. So Im going to lower my car, I have been browsing the forums now for a while gathering information because I know NOTHING about lowering cars, so Im trying to learn.

So from what I have gathered is that I want go with a Coilover set up so I can adjust the hight for our harsh winters. I know not to get the $45.00 crap coilovers from ebay. But ive heard that the Dropzone or Matrix are good.

So after I get a coilover kit this is where my questions come in, I see from the forums that you should new shocks/struts if you get new coils because it will where out your stock ones. But I have also seen that it is not a necessity. If im tight on money can I do withought new shocks/shots for a little while? Like a few months.

My last few questions are is it true each time you lower or raise the car you need a new alignment which is expensive, and can someone tell me what camber kit is good, because people say on here just go to home depot and get some washers, but when I searh camber kits I see them on ebay for like 100.00

Ive been trying to do alot of researched cuased I dont want to get flammed. If any can also tell me a good all around set up too that would be great. Any help would be greatly apreciated! Thanks

 

[wret]

Keep searching, you're on the right track.

Forget about the idea of lowering for summer and raising for winter. It's impractical for several reasons (including the necessity of realignment each time) and entirely unnecessary unless you plan to plow through six inches or more of unplowed snow.

If you lower a sensible amount, around an inch and a half, you will only need to add spacers in the rear to mitigate the lowering induced negative camber. You will have some negative camber in the front too but not as much and a little negative camber is actually desirable for improved handling which I assume is among your goals. Yes, longer bolts and washers are available at your local hardware store for considerably less than $100.00.

To me, economy of effort follows closely behind economy of price and I would advise against the spring’s first approach because your handling would suk, and you would have to do much of the work twice. If you must do it installments, shocks first is a better option.