08-19-2010, 11:20 PM | #15 |
Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 499
|
I'm right next door to you in Oakbrook and I have Pfadt springs on my car. I daily drive my car for the most part from April-November. You have to be a little more careful hitting large bumps and driveways. Sometimes you hit a hard bump, but all in all it works out fine. I wouldn't hesitate in a heart beat to lower my car again.
|
08-20-2010, 11:26 AM | #16 | |
Drives: 2013 SVT Raptor, sold 2010 Camaro Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PNW....almost canada
Posts: 1,907
|
Quote:
__________________
- Pfadt Suspension Package; Springs & Sways
- Brembo Brake Upgrade (Yellow); Courtesy Fesler Built - Custom Magnaflow Exhaust - Blacked-Out Bowties & RS Emblems, Front bowtie delete - Full Dynamat Extreme Trunk Coverage - Tinted side markers - Interior DSV Customs Leather Upgrades - Airaid CAI V2 - Forgestar F14 Gunmetal 20x9, 20x11 - Doug Thorley Shorties |
|
08-20-2010, 12:03 PM | #17 |
gmag21
|
I dont know if it's just me but now that my car is lowered I feel like it accelerates faster too. The car feels much more planted and I think it may be due to the lower center of gravity that makes it seem this way.
I absolutley love it. Its similar to a vette
__________________
L99 | Billyboat Exhaust, American Racing Headers, Pfadt Springs and Sways, Tune | 350 whp / 371 tq |
08-20-2010, 12:29 PM | #18 | |
Drives: 2016 2SS Coupe Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Delaware
Posts: 659
|
Quote:
(lowering the cars seems to make the car feel a bit smaller as well)
__________________
Scotty B |
|
08-20-2010, 01:50 PM | #19 |
Drives: 2010 2LT RS Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 121
|
For all the people that use Pfadt did you time the bushings and did you cut bumpstops?
|
08-20-2010, 02:17 PM | #20 | |
Drives: 2000 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Posts: 25,179
|
Quote:
|
|
08-24-2010, 09:13 PM | #21 |
Drives: 2010 2LT RS Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 121
|
Just got the car back today with Pfadt springs. It rides perfect.. Corners perfect... Thanks Pfadt and Apex Chase!!
|
08-25-2010, 10:59 AM | #22 |
Drives: 2010 Camaro, 2006 Z06 Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: SLC, UT
Posts: 3,370
|
thanks bigpunn03!
|
08-26-2010, 07:13 PM | #23 |
Drives: 1968 LS2 powered - Bad Penny Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Anaheim Hills, CA
Posts: 235
|
We had great luck with our DSE drop springs.. they gave the perfect (to us) stance and improved performance.
The only downside is you're stuck for now with the strock struts, but unless you will be doing heavy track work they are "ok" for the street.. Great bang for the buck if you don't have thousands to spend on coil overs.
__________________
Tech Editor for Camaro Performers Magazine
1968 Camaro - 461 RHS LS 700hp, various stuff, called Bad Penny 1968 Camaro - In progress, called Track Rat 2010 Camaro - DSE Suspension, Baer 6S Brakes, Boze Wheels, Nitto NT05 Tires, JBA Exhaust and long tubes, Magnacharger TVS, 660rwhp Forged Eagle 416 LS3 short block, ADM fuel system, Lingenfelter GT-9 cam, G-Force axles, Anvil and Seibon CF parts, Centerforce Dual-Disc Clutch www.fquick.com/steve1968ls2 |
08-26-2010, 07:16 PM | #24 |
Drives: 2000 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Posts: 25,179
|
|
08-26-2010, 07:17 PM | #25 |
Drives: 2008 350Z Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 30
|
We have installed the pfadt springs and sways. Definitely made the car handle for the better while not being too low as to cause problems around town.
|
08-26-2010, 07:35 PM | #26 |
Drives: Camaro Justice Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 20,174
|
If you do NOT time the bushes the spring rates on bound and rebound will be uneven. There is no short cut to installing coilovers or lowering coils that will be correct if you fail to time the bushes. This isn't a product specific concept. It is a necessary step.
Rubber bushes do NOT rotate in the control arms. Rubber bushes TWIST in the control arms as the suspension articulates. The bushes offer resistance and want to spring back to their at rest position. The OE engineers calculate the bush resistance into the spring rate. If you alter your vehicles ride height the bushes are either twisted on the bound or on the rebound while sitting at rest depending on if the car was raised or lowered. The lower rear inner control arm bush on the Camaro is very high in resistance. Given the strength of that particular bush and the number of rubber bushes in the Camaro correctly timing the bushes is mission critical if you change ride height. Aside from the uneven loading and unloading of the bushes which unsettles the ride and handling the bushes will wear out more rapidly. Cutting a progressive bumpstop is another matter. The bumpstop from the factory was designed to engage smoothly and avoid abrupt reaction. The tip of the stop offers just a bit of resistance and as you further compress the bumpstop the resistance increases. Once the bumpstop is cut, most of the progressive material is removed. When you do fully engage the bumpstop it be more abrupt. People and companies can have different opinions about a great number of things. Some things are simply not opinion. The sky is blue. Water is wet. Bushes should be timed to ride height. Removing progressive material from a bumpstop creates a more blunt, a less progressive bumpstop. This is a chart of Gingerman lap times and it includes the results from the Motor State Pro Touring Challenge Manufactures Class, performance cars and race cars. No suspension company ran a faster lap at Gingeramn than Pedders, not even in purpose built showcase Pro Touring Cars. The Pedders 5th Gen Camaro time is from last fall. We ran faster at the Supercar Shootout but can't print the times until the story hits the news stands All this information is great for bench racing. When you select coils for your 5th Gen Camaro the best way to make a choice is to get a ride or drive in a Camaro that has the coils you are considering. Then you will KNOW what you are getting before you spend your hard earned mod money. |
09-01-2010, 10:16 PM | #27 |
Drives: 2010 2LT RS Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 121
|
ok I've had the car lowered about a week now. Still drives good, but I had some concerns with the rear. It seems like now if I accelerate to fast in a turn it wants to fish tail. I had the shop do the alignment to Pfadt performance setup but the numbers don't match up on the right and left for front and rear. I did notice when hitting certain bumps that it seems to bottom out. Are these characteristics normal?
|
09-02-2010, 09:40 AM | #28 | |
Drives: 2010 Camaro, 2006 Z06 Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: SLC, UT
Posts: 3,370
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Best Lowering Springs? | sfgiantsfan9 | Suspension / Brakes / Chassis | 78 | 05-20-2016 01:56 PM |
Lowering springs and rear gears V6 information | macwest | 5th Gen Camaro SS LS LT General Discussions | 12 | 04-30-2010 10:58 PM |
Eibach Lowering Springs & Sway Bars @ Phastek Performance | Jason@Phastek | Suspension / Chassis / Brakes | 0 | 01-29-2010 03:56 PM |
Vogtland North America - Lowering Springs | Michael_Js | Vendor and Seller review / feedback / experiences | 8 | 11-24-2009 07:06 AM |
Is alternative energy as we know it today a good Idea? | Angrybird 12 | Off-topic Discussions | 15 | 08-09-2008 02:18 AM |