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Mike,Oct 18 2006, 08:36 PM Wrote:What are you planning on doing with the car ? Are you looking for performance or asthetics ? Performance wise , the more you spend the better. The setup I use consists of Koni Sport Yellow's that are adjustable. The set can be found for a very reasonable price , (probably around 600-800 bucks ) and a set of apex springs that drop the car a little over 2 " , i dont have problems with hitting things however im careful about it , no speeding into driveways anymore and plazas etc, also ill avoid potholes speed bumps and etc. The car looks fantastic with this drop and personally i dont think that 2 " is alot, the car works well for ME.  IMHO , the stock struts and springs are pretty much garbage.  I would consider swapping out for 2" drop H&R race springs, but other than that the apex are fine for now.

Something budget would be basically to get just some lowering springs and a new set of struts and shocks. That way if you just want the car to sit lower and look low , then problem solved.

Probably the best idea is to go with a coilover kit in the front and a normal shock/spring setup in the rear, while keeping in mind to get a spring in the rear that will best suit your intended ride height with the front strut coilover.  I say this because the rear of the car really doenst benifit much at all from coilovers infact it re-arranges the suspension setup in the rear in a way it was totally not designed to do, and places load in places in ways that they were not designed to do.

Thats my 2 cents, just remember to keep in mind the end goal of what you want to see happen with your car and take it from there :D
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I appreciate your two cents...thank you.
I'm really more interested in show than go. Just want it to look good with the new wheels and tires and get rid of some of that huge gap.