Thanks - I'll keep looking
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as mr. lous always post Keeps You Bouncing. its best to just get the best you can the 1st time. koni's and strano's thats what i did and i would do it the same way over.
I had the older bmr springs with bilsteins.. good ride but not low enough. now I still have the same bilsteins but with sportlines and every bump in the road is a big slam... it's made me realize that bilsteins are great on stock height cars, good on slightly lowered cars and crappy on cars that are lowered alot.
I have the Koni/Stano combo. I have the front spring on the lower perch and I love the stance! With 17" wheels and 285 rubber the top of the tire tucks nicely behind the front fender. I have my shocks set pretty stiff for Autox so the ride is a little rough on the crappy roads, good roads it rides really nice. I do have long tubes and cats, my drivers side cat has seen a few speed bumps, and with the trans am nose it seems to find the pavement entering/exiting some parking lots.
:yup: the company that bmr uses straight up told strano that they dont have a issue with copying others designs and springs....strano gets his springs made from a top notch german spring manufacturer to his specs (i think their name starts with a V) ...so the material is top notch..
i run the new BMR springs and happy with them. BMR came out with the new springs because BMR customers wanted BMR to make a much lower spring than the 1" they offered.
I am very happy with my Strano springs and the Koni S/A shocks. I drive the car in nice weather and the ride is firm, but not rough or abusive. I like the Koni adjustability very much. For the street I run both front & rear on the softest settings. For autocross I usually run the front 2/3 of the way to full stiff 4/6 sweeps and the rear 1/3 of the way up from full soft. For autocross, I run 17x11 ZR1 replicas with 315 35 17 Nitto NT05's on all 4 corners.
Although Strano may not be a sponsor, I have been very happy with his customer service and products.
Thank you
I have to say I like the KYB AGX's I do a lot of backroad runs through the state forest and long as you adjust them right they handle fine at high speed and I lower the settings for regular cruising.
As far as BMR vs Strano's I have the new BMR's in my TA and my friend has Strano's in his SS and we both have KYB's and honestly I see very little difference in the ride between the springs. Strano may use a different material but I didn't wanna wait months for a set and have to say the BMR's came in a couple days and have been happy so far. Been over a year and they are still good. It's Vogtland or something similar that makes Strand springs I had a set of Vogtland or whatever the name was on my DD Celica.
Curious how much the strano/koni combo lowers the stance. and/or another good shock to be paired with the stranos. I'm looking to lower the car about 1.25-1.5"
Thanks for the help.. and let me try to get this straight even though I know its been beat to death elsewhere; for a BASIC lowering job, an adjustable panhard, adjustable LCAs would be required, with a few other items recommended to help keep everything in proper geometry.
woww, very nice. yep exactly the stance im lookin for. guess i better start savin for some koni's. :hmm: I'm just so tempted by the price difference compared to the SLP bilsteins. This car is just gonna be a daily driver for me,no racing or anything crazy, so if I could get away w/ the bilsteins,I'd much rather spend the money on a new rear end or something. Instead of 1200 in shocks alone.
btw, are you still runnin the BMR trak pak, or did you switch it up?
I have sportlines with slp bilsteins. even tho they are almost certainly going to sag one day and my car is so low that it scrapes on everything... I have to admit that the look of the stance is mean as hell and my favorite out of every spring I've used.