I'm going to be traveling a lot over the next two weeks and will be working a ton of overtime so I thought I would reward myself with suspension/brake upgrades.

This is what I am planning:

1. Eibach pro-kit springs.
2. Energy Suspension poly. master kit.
3. slotted rotors up front with Hawk pads and new rotors in back with Hawk pads. I would like the LS1 brake upgrade but money is tight and I'm not wanting to do all that work.
4. ???????? What is a MUST have to do this project?
5. would Hotchkis front & rear sway bars be better than the poly. kit?

I wanted to do more but there is a baby on the way and my wife is insisting on buying a new video camera and paying off the $1,500 on the credit card.

Oh, the Z already has Bistein shocks and a Hotchkis strut tower brace. A long time ago I started adding stuff to the car but then I bought a bike and that took all my "play" money.

This car is not drag raced, I'm looking for good handling on the street.
Thanks guys!

 

Money is tight but you are considering Hotchkis swaybars?
Go with the Strano bars instead. Skip the springs and bushings, and do the LS1 brakes.

 

I just looked up the price and didn't realize the Hotchikis sway bars were pricey. I thought, since I have the Hotchkis strut brace, might as well use thier bars.......

I guess I should price the stuff out better........Going with cheaper rotors in rear since the front does most of the stopping anyway. (rear pads/rotors on my car bad)
Pricing from Tirerack.com (local distributor so no shipping involved)

Eibach springs: $220.00
Eibach sway bar kit: $297.00
Energy Suspension Hyperflex Bushing Kits: $139.95 (summitracing.com)
DURALAST Replacement Rotor: $21.99(rear) (Autozone)
Power Slot Pro Stop Rotor: $66.00 (front)
Hawk HPS pads: $68.00 front
Duralast pads: $21.99 rear (autozone)

$626 with bushing kit but no sway bars
$786 with sway bars but no bushing kit

hmmm.....