Hey all,

I'm thinking about lowering Black Magic (my 91 SSE) and stiffer springs.

I've been talking to coilsprings.com and they asked what are the PNs for my suspension.
When I checked I noticed that there are two options for suspension parts.
Standard and Heavy Duty. I'm assuming all SSE'* came with the Heavy Duty, but I just wanted to confirm here.

The PNs I found are:
Front 22078101
Rear 10027113

What do you guys suggest for a drop? 1in, 1.5? 2?

BTW, and anyone think of any reason I shouldn't lower the car? other then the possibilty of bottoming out.

Cheers,

I'd personally on my car go 1" drop, but on your'* [being black, and a bit more modified already], go for a full 2". That would just look insane.

No reasons why, the oil and trans pans are below the cradle, so you have a much lower risk of killing those, and it'd just look too sweet to care about the two scrapes a year you'd get.

This is the reply I got from CoilSprings.com

Does that sound about right?

Well, I'm not sure what you're doing. Are you just lowering the ELC in the rear and replacing the coil springs up front? Personally I'd go same spring rate, adjustable shocks. But then again i'm more for ride quality than handling performance. Or idk if you can get adjustable shocks for the front struts, and same thing for the rear air struts... hmm there are a many combinations now that I think about it.

What are they increasing the spring rate to? I wouldn't go more than an extra 300lbs/in personally.

Max 1"

That'* a lot even though it doesn't sound like much. Very noticeable difference in looks and performance.

I'm thinkin 1.5 front and 1 rear but if not doing the back then just 1 in the front.

Balljoints will suffer alot of added stress and will wear out quicker. Not sure how much quicker.

Dirtracr, the car is for sale now. I don't think he'* in the market for springs now.