I was thinking that I may need LCA relocation brackets. What do they do? How do you know if they are necessary? Are there other mods that can make the car handle big bumps better?

 

Once you lowered your Camaro and start adding suspension mods it will only make riding bumps harsher. Relocation brackets won't have any effect in this situation.

Like all lowered Camaro owners (myself being one) you simply have to get used to it. Key advice, take speed bumps diagonally.

 

relocation brackets help traction. You'll only tell they are on their when you gas it as very low speeds when your tires would spin.

Because you've reduced the suspension travel the springs must be stiffer and absorp the bump in a shorter distance and time with a lowered car to keep from bottoming out. If you want to go offroading the only solution i see is to put your stock springs back on. You could try different shocks if yours are crappy, but it's still going to ride somewhat rougher due to the limited travel.

What lowering kit do you have? The eibach pro kit is *near* stock spring rates so it rides about the same just bottoms out a lil more frequently.

 

I'm using the pro kit with bilstein HD's... the car handles really good and yes I have gotten used to the bumps. (I memorized where every killer bump is on the 20 minute ride to school on the freeway. People on the highway look at me weird because I switch lanes for like 2 or 3 seconds then go right back hehe.

Also, I am pretty sure the springs have nothing to do with bottoming out... The main purpose of the spring to suspend the body over the frame (ie, suspension). The main purpose of the shocks are to control spring oscillation... so basically, I don't think I could ever get my Bilsteins to bottom out, I would get air before they would bottom out.

I just wanted to know if there was any way to make the suspension take more of the brunt of the bumps. You know, like a strut tower brace for the rear or something? I don't know hehe. I guess I don't need the LCA brackets... I do lose traction at low speed but that is once I give it some decent throttle and boost kicks in, fun sometimes annoying sometimes, eh what can u do.