Hard-core CEG'er
people who say they're working fine prob have never had a really good suspension setup before. BAT struts are not meant for a bigger drop and will wear out. my bat/eibach combo WAS a nice setup, for 15k or so...and then it was just rough like a worn out stock setup with a lower ride hieght. tbh, i'd go koni and be done. they have a warranty and generally honor it. the best setup i've owned was koni/eibach set to soft up soft/f and stiff/r.
--current cars: 1998 contour svt # 0165, 2009 mercury mariner premiere
--past cars: 1996 contour se, too many mods to list!!, 1999 silfro svt, 1999 tropic green svt, and tooooooooo many others to list.
I just ordered the BAT Euro sport struts, am going to run them with the stock SVT springs because I don't want to lower the car. With the roads around here in Colorado Springs, it already drags enough stuff that minus 1 inch would limit accessibility to some some important places, like my driveway. Does anyone foresee strut lifetime issues with the BAT struts and stock SVT springs? I got over 100K miles on the OEM SVT struts, they started getting pitchy in acceleration and braking over the past few months.
1985 SVO Mustang (turbocharged track whore), 1989 Taurus SHO (supercharged track whore), 1999 SVT Contour (Sedanus-Grocerygetter-Rapidus)
Hard-core CEG'er
i dont see issues at all, stiff struts and soft springs, just the way svt designed it.
--current cars: 1998 contour svt # 0165, 2009 mercury mariner premiere
--past cars: 1996 contour se, too many mods to list!!, 1999 silfro svt, 1999 tropic green svt, and tooooooooo many others to list.
I always used kyb gr2 they seem to be pretty stiff and they can take a 1.8 drop,i had them on a 97 240sx with eibach sportlines and put over 50,000 miles on them and they were firm as the day i got them on....im putting kyb on my svt in the near future
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