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    New Rear shocks

    I have a 97 Camaro that has been LS swapped, I take it out on runs about once a month or so. I have gone though two sets of rear shocks in the past year I am looking for somthing that is going to take the abuse I put the car though. Any suggestions on what shocks I shoud go with or any else that might help out my rear suspension?

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    By abuse what do you mean? AutoX, track, daily, street?

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    Track and street

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    Bilsteins for both street and strip with budget in mined.

    QA1 shocks for more $$ but give you options in tuning for street/strip and auto X.

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    Sweet Ill take a look into them, thanks for the help

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    Stock rear shocks are still on duty in our car. They'll lay down a 60' in the high 1.6 second range just about every pass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pajeff02 View Post
    Stock rear shocks are still on duty in our car. They'll lay down a 60' in the high 1.6 second range just about every pass.
    Is that on Drag Radials?

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    I would think something else is severely wrong if you're going through shocks like my grandma used to go through a pack of cigarettes.

    I personally went with Koni 4/4's and Strano lower springs.

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    35th anniversary,Looking to lower my stock 2000 Firebird Firehawk. About how much did this combo lower your car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ballbreaker View Post
    35th anniversary,Looking to lower my stock 2000 Firebird Firehawk. About how much did this combo lower your car?
    I didnt do a before and after measurement, sorry. However, Strano lists on his site that his springs lower roughly 1.25" if memory serves me correctly.

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