Check out my picture page, its my web site link in my signature. I have 3 pics of it lowered with the sportlines, they are at the bottom. Tell me what you think.

Mark

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2002 Silver Z28 M6
-Hurst Short Throw
-T-Tops
-Leather
-LoudMouth Cat-Back
-SLP Lid w/ K&N Filter
-CAGS! Skip Shift Elim.
-Eibach Sportlines
-BMR Adj. Panhard Rod
My 2002 Z28

 

big inprovment, is that a 2" drop?, did you install them yourself? Is it difficult? did you have to get new shocks as well?

 

Yea it's the 2" drop from eibach. Its called the sportlines. I had a tire shop install, shocks and an adjustable panhard rod also. This is all I installed, and basically all it needed.

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2002 Silver Z28 M6
-Hurst Short Throw
-T-Tops
-Leather
-LoudMouth Cat-Back
-SLP Lid w/ K&N Filter
-CAGS! Skip Shift Elim.
-Eibach Sportlines
-BMR Adj. Panhard Rod
My 2002 Z28

 

How much does it usually costs to get the springs installed? I am looking at buying the same ones.

Jeff

 

The spring install is not very hard to do but is kind of time consuming.. For the front, u will need to pull off your wheel, detach your upper ball joint, remove the bolts on the struts, and pry down the a-arm to get it off....
The rear, just jack it up, put jackstands under the rear part of the frame, and make sure its high becuase you will lower your rear axle, then just undo your shocks (the top bolt is located on the side of the back seat so it will need to be lowered) the old shocks will fall right out and the springs can be easily pried out.. The new sportlines are quite a bit smaller and will slide in with plenty of room, so you may need to raise the rear axle slowly to seat the springs so they dont move around or fall out while you work...
I would suggest buying new shocks/struts but that is up to you, the stock shocks can be used but it will feel kind of "spongy" and will eventually need replacing becuase they will sit lower then they should.. If you go to WS6.com you can get group purchase prices on some nice struts/shocks, i got the bilstein from there and they work great...
They whole job only took about 4 hours total but took 2 days, the springs will need to be compressed on the front struts but the back springs will not need to be compressed at all......
I just got done with mine yesterday and love it, it looks soo much better.....
jay

 

Thanks a lot. I am going to purchase the springs, shocks, struts in a couple of days. It dosen't sound hard to do but more time consuming.

Jeff

 

Just a thought, check out the new BMRs they say 1" drop mine droped 1.75r & 1.35f Has a great ride and handles very nicely. May have settled more now. And the APHR is a must. How ever you do it, they look so much better.

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97'Black SS Droptop
#2893,(1of31)
320HP,LT1,A4,Headers,SLP Goodies.....
SS BadRag

 

Looks good. I was going to do the same thing, but hooker lt's and true dual wouldnt go so hot with those. But I still like them a lot.

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93 Z28 m6, red w/ blk top
Trick Flow heads, LT4 Hot Cam (installing soon)
Crane Cam 1.6rr's, Comp Cam lifters, Comp Cam springs
Hurst short throw, Lou's Short Stick
Genuine GM 3.73's
!AIR !EGR Jet-Hot Hooker LT's, 3inch True-Dual Exhuast
52mm TB, 160* Thermostat
SS Hood, SS ram-air, Chrome SS rims, 98+ SS Spoiler
RK Sport Ground Effects ( installing soon )
Rear "Camaro" fill-in
97+ tail lights, DRL's
T-top conversion
!93-yellow accents! replaced with white

Project Car:
2000 Black SS Convertible

 

do the sportlines work on a v6? eibach's web site says they only work on v8s.

 

I just installed the pro kit on my 98 and all I have in the rear of my car is a set of springs and no shocks. My car reallt bottoms out hard on dips in the road. Does yours? Maybe something wrong with mine?

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98 midnight blue, A4, 3.23's, billett grill with 69 SS emblem in center, k&n, flowmaster with cutout, painted interior and eibach pro kit. <A HREF="http://community.webshots.com/user/blue98ss[/URL" TARGET=_blank>

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R/T- .877
60'- 2.053
330- 5.810
1/8- 8.840@81.88
1000- 11.461
1/4- 13.69@100.92

 

Hey guys I really want to do the Sportline 2" drop too but how well will a good set of Longtubes fare with these? The Hooker LTs reign supreme but I am afraid I will not be able to use them with the lowered ride height. How about the SLPs? I don't want to use FLPs unless I have to.

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| There is no replacement for displacement |
| Soon Future F-Body Owner !

 

Man, you did the rears the hard way. I literally just took my wheel off and laughed it was so easy. I pryed the stock spring out, and literally just bench pressed the sportline in. Took 15 mins to do the rear. Because the sportlines are nice and soft, no spring compressors needed. I rented them just in case, but everything was a snap. If you are planning on doing sportlines, just have someone help you that knows what they're doing. You will regret paying someone to do it once you realize how easy sportlines are. Prokit is different. Its a lot harder because its a much stiffer spring.

Just be careful shooting, and I mean taking the front springs off the shocks. BTW, pics are in the sig.


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Brian AKA Tha Dusstman
www.NORCAL-LS1-LT1.net
2000 NBM SS M6 #6115
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