TobyZ28

After searching a lot of posts saying the 1LE springs raised their car after the install.
But nobody mentioned how high their car was after they were settled in...

Does anyone have the 1LE setup here and can confirm that their ride is now (after it settling in) higher or lower than stock?

Camaro_Maniac63

Mine should be settled by now, and by eyeballing it, it is still about 1/4" higher than stock was. The additional height has come in handy after the true duals for me.

TobyZ28

http://www.angelfire.com/my/fastcar/suspension.html

Found that link. don't know how accurate the numbers are though. Perhaps they are stock height, but by the time you replace the stock ones the stock ones may be sagging abit? I don't know a whole lot about suspension but thats just a guess

How do you find the 1LE' springs/shocks over stock? Was it hugely noticable?

gunter96ws6

mine is 1le, check my site~gunter

Camaro_Maniac63

Don't waste time of money with the 1LE stuff, it doesn't make much difference.

TobyZ28

I'm not looking for much difference. Just a bit of improved ride quality, roughly stock height and a replacement for my stock shocks and springs because theyre going bad at over 150k. I'll be getting the 1lE springs and shocks for around 200$ hopefully, which i thought was a REALLY good deal....

If you still thing this is a bad idea please let me know

gunter96ws6

ill sell you my 1le set up if your interested. let me know~gunter

rskrause

I don't agree. I am very happy with my 1LE setup.

Rich

Camaro_Maniac63

I guess I should have asked what your goals are first before saying don't waste your money or time on 1LE stuff. Also, I can't tell you how the ride quality will be since I only have the 1LE springs and not the 1LE shocks, and ride quality is dependent on both the shocks and the springs.
However, if you plan on carving corners (auto-X, road racing etc...) with this car someday, then do not bother with the 1LE stuff (I am assuming that the shocks you are getting with this deal are the revalved DeCarbons, and not the Koni DAs; if they are the Koni DAs, then you are looking at the deal of the century and you should buy them immediately). However, if you have no intentions of doing any of those things, then it might be a good option for you. Plus, the 1LE springs are the only ones that won't change the ride height.
Since I am more into auto-Xing and road-racing then drag racing nowadays, I do not particularly like the 1LE stuff (the pre Koni DA 1LE stuff, of course ). However, as I said before, this setup might perform up to your expectations. And since you are saying it is only $200, you don't have much to lose.

Red96Lt1

So Rich, what is your opinion on the 1LE springs. Does it change the ride height?

ZyberMunster

Heard the the 1LE front springs have one(1) coil more than the stock springs that might change the height a bit.
Then again "don't quote me on this"

Laterzzz...

rskrause

No. Or if it does it's not enough to be noticible.

Rich

Red96Lt1

Thanks.

4show

I just had the 1LE suspension installed on my 94' Z-28 convert a few days ago and the car ended up approx 1 to 1/2 inches over its previous height. The car has 98k miles on it and I'm sure the original springswere saging a bit.

Mike

ZyberMunster

I recently put a 1LE suspension pckg on my 94Z. I'm very happy with it but the front definitively sits a bit higher than stock. Maybe it'll settle down in a few months. Also noted a decrease in "nosediving" under hard braking.

Laterzzz...