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Old 09-16-2011, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Stiffest/most cost effective dampener/spring combo

I'm looking for something a fair bit stiffer then usual, especially in the spring department. I have a friend who is a big dude, and probably who I'm going to give the car to. As a passenger, the camber change caused by him riding with me for about half of the vehicle miles I've done in the past year has been enough to shave a good 15% off of the front passenger tire's lifespan. This is in part due to having an extremely worn suspension, but also due to him being 350+lbs, so I figure with stiffer springs (and new dampeners to some extent) the ride height won't drop as much when he's in the car and camber won't change as much.
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Go get some coilover sleeves, they'll run you about $800 for the sleeves + struts + top mounts.. OR.. wait for a coilover set. Usually they're on here used for about $750-800.
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I'm looking for something that's stiff and stock ride height. Ideally with a matching dampener, but I figure I could just throw some monroe's on there too.
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Don't know if this will help, but I will be changing out my Dropzone springs here soon for some coils I bought a while back. They were an advertised 2" drop, but didn't drop as much as I would like in the front. The back looks about right though...(search my posts)

Anyway, I would let them go pretty cheap and they are a lot stiffer if you're interested
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