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Old 03-11-2008, 06:00 PM
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im going to be installing lakewood 90/10s in the front lakewood 50/50s in the rear airbag rr eibach drag springs lower control arms, how much with this help, everything is stock right now but i have the front sway bar out, will i see any differences in et's? oh and by the way the car has lowering springs in it right now
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Old 03-11-2008, 06:03 PM
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You'll notice a difference
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Old 03-11-2008, 06:34 PM
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It would work much better with stock springs.
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Old 03-11-2008, 07:19 PM
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I would use 4cyl springs in the front and V-6 springs in the rear. I believe the Eibachs are a progressive rate spring.
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Old 03-11-2008, 07:39 PM
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YOU'LL be fine I have same shock set up as you have and it works well
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Old 03-11-2008, 08:03 PM
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i think you'll see huge difference

every tenth of 60' is worth about 2 tenths on ET

if you were cutting 1.8x b4...you'll hit 1.6x now i'll bet ya
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