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Lowering Springs - Non MRC - Ride Quality?
For those who have lowered with Eibach (or any lowering spring)on a non mrc car...what is your opinion on ride quality.??? I am torn between Eibach and the GM spring/strut kit...not sure if the ride quality with Eibach alone is worth spending an additional 800-$900 for the gm kit...
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adding cost for aftermarket struts/shocks...along with eibach cost...i would be approaching same parts cost as buying the gm lowering kit...only getting maybe 1/4 more drop than the gm ones..i am trying to find out if only doing springs alone....how much the overall ride quality changes
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I love my BMR springs... had them installed with less than 200 miles on the car... Very very happy... Need a 4 wheel allignemet after but they ride great and look awesome while still being able to go over Big speed bumps with the GM GFX.....
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i have no problem spending the additional money if needed to eliminate crappy ride from drop springs...just wasnt sure if the minor 1" drop and the technology used today to create the drop springs...if real world experience would dictate new struts/shocks are a definite must do....its really a mute point for the short term...gm kit (new part number) isnt available anyway
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OP - I can't say about the Gen 6 but on my Gen 5 I had Pfadt 1.5 inch drop springs and other than the expected ground clearance issues on big speed bumps and driveway curbs I had no issues for ride handling and quality. The ride was a little firmer but not jerky and bouncy. I doubt you will have a different experience with the gen 6. Too many people have already dropped their cars on Eibach, BMR - etc and no one is complaining about a harsh, unacceptable ride quality with them.
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I have BMR springs on factory shocks and struts and doing just fine. Quite impressed. If Koni had oranges out yet I would have put those on but nobody has any after market yet.
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They're good don't get me wrong. But Koni dampers would give it a massive increase in ride quality.
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Resurrecting this thread in hopes of receiving more feedback regarding the ride quality of BMR coil springs. Like the OP, I'm contemplating installing either BMR coil springs or the factory lowering kit. I prefer the stance of the BMR coil springs but am still uncertain of which kit to purchase---cost is not a concern.
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i had the afe power ones and now have the yyz ones and love them only down part is no aftermarket shock options yet
the gm one is a nice kit and does work also tho!
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