THESE WILL MAKE OB EXCITED...(UPDATED for her pleasure)

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:58 am

Rebuilt my entire suspension this weekend. Brand new ACR struts from the dealer, Brand new Eibach Sportlines and Camber adjusters, Hotchkis Sways, Energy Suspensions Bushings. (Still needs an alignment though...camber is like -2.0 - -2.5 in the rear haha.....my kidneys hurt.

Shitty pic, but you can see the butterflyed rears..haha

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:22 pm

yea my kidney hurts too....lol

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:28 pm

Project Draven · Post by **Project Draven** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:43 pm

Holy bad camber Batman!!
Thats frickin awesome!
I gotta pull out my right front spring and grind down the stud that holds the motor mount.
Spring keeps rubbing against it!

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:05 pm

damn that looks crazy, i would love to take that in some twisties

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:09 pm

The alignment is WAY off right now. It will go in this week for the proper adjustments. I've GOT to adjust the struts too. They are on 100% firm right now and the car catches air off of overpass expansion joints. It also loses traction on EVERY crosswalk line and manhole cover. (That could be due to the massive rain we had and bald tires too..haha)..

Project Draven · Post by **Project Draven** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:13 pm

lol, Yeah, the rain and looking that your riding on the COMPLETE SIDEWALL of your tire. I would expect some handling issues!
:LOL:

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:14 pm

^hahahaha. yup.

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:16 pm

makes for more fun dont ya think haha

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:26 pm

The front sliding sideways at less than 10mph is kinda' cool. The rear cutting loose around EVERY corner is kinda creepy.
I am driving like a card-carrying ricer this week.....super slow and bouncy.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:54 pm

Ouch, sportlines and ACR struts, You dont mind blowing out those expensive struts? I had the prokit and my struts did ok, but any lower you are going to bottem those things out all the time. And I had my struts as stiff as they go, its not that bad. Now, my coilovers have 450/350 springs on them, thats stiff.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:14 pm

I used a floor jack to push the suspension to its bottom-most point and it's really not too bad. (I've still got about an 1" + of travel.) I had this setup in the past and it held up fine. I think as long as I don't do too much off-roading I'll be fine.

The car/wheels are lite enough too, that i think it will reduce the load a bit. Those ACR struts are beefy like KONI's...

OB · Post by OB » Mon May 22, 2006 2:40 pm

AWESOME! more pics!!! now!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:08 pm

I'll post more after the alignment. I don't like the cut-spring-ricer-butta'flyed wheels much.
Your just sayin' awesome cuz yours is next....

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:48 pm

needs to be LOWER

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:59 pm

^haha..uh..no...it is SLAMMED right now...you are crazy show car dude...haha

neonpla · Post by **neonpla** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:01 pm

what camber plates did you use? and did you use the sport lines intended for the srt 4, thank you

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:07 pm

I used the Eibach crash-bolt style adjusters. I do not believe camber plates can be used with the ACR struts?? Plus I had no money for them.
I used four kits. Two in front and two in back. I may remove one of each if they start slipping.
And yes, the Sportlines are for the SRT-4. Pro Kits were too mushy for my taste. I hated where the body-roll began during a hard turn, it was unnerving at high speeds.

I posted spring rates in the Suspension thread. they are direct from Eibach tech-support.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:01 pm

MORE PICS!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:05 pm

I'll get some better ones tomarrow when I have a better parking spot. I won't be home til like 9PM tonight....

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:25 pm

MORE EFFIN PICS! looks good though!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:21 am

More Effin Pics:

My fav:

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:16 pm

looks good, nice job

OB · Post by OB » Tue May 23, 2006 5:17 pm

sooo slammed thats scary low! amazing! u so need rt skirts bro.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:21 pm

^ coming from you two guys,my life is now complete...j/k

....yeah, I have 1 1/16" of suspension travel right now. I am slowly softening the struts up cuz full hardness rattles your brain inside your skull. It could be good with R compound tires on a track day though. Alignment is Thursday, then I'm driving Highway 1 down to Big Sur for Memorial day. Its gonna' be badass or I'm gonna die when it slides out from under me...haha

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:26 pm

Nice! Almost time for a REAL sig, buddy.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:44 pm

^Yup. Just gotta' have a week without rain and bugs here. It has been the shits for weather. We were swimmin' last week and now its raining.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:50 pm

rainy weather can make for awesome shoots

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:59 pm

^true..but its freaky to spin out all the time cuz your ridin on your sidewalls..my front gets sideways right now...haha

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:06 pm

grambo wrote:^true..but its freaky to spin out all the time cuz your ridin on your sidewalls..my front gets sideways right now...haha