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Re: Opinions Please
#1416244 10/22/05 05:52 AM
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Originally posted by headshot99r6:
The only thing I was worried about was camber and that sounds like no biggie. I think.



The camber has been okay thus far on my car with the Koni kit.

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Re: Opinions Please
#1416245 10/24/05 02:34 AM
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Please let me know what you decide to to. I have a 2000 SE V6, want to do a suspension upgrade to lower a bit, and believe the BAT kit is the way to go, without making my ride look like a kid's car. I'm 56, but love the way this car handles. I am hesitating to do the upgrade yet until I get the rattles in the dashboard fixed. They are really getting persistent, and bothersome, after having had the warp dash upgrade done 4 years ago. The stock suspension on my SE in my opinion is harsh; one of the roughest I have ever had in a car. I don't think it is well matched. It reminds me of the nervous ride present in my old 86 BMW 325. With the SE, I can feel a dime in the road, and it no doubt is contributing to the dash rattles. Ihope yo find a happy fix for your auto. I found Chris at CTA and the folks at BAT straght talkers. They may help you.

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#1416246 10/24/05 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by Bluespeed:
Please let me know what you decide to to. I have a 2000 SE V6, want to do a suspension upgrade to lower a bit, and believe the BAT kit is the way to go, without making my ride look like a kid's car. I'm 56, but love the way this car handles. I am hesitating to do the upgrade yet until I get the rattles in the dashboard fixed. They are really getting persistent, and bothersome, after having had the warp dash upgrade done 4 years ago. The stock suspension on my SE in my opinion is harsh; one of the roughest I have ever had in a car. I don't think it is well matched. It reminds me of the nervous ride present in my old 86 BMW 325. With the SE, I can feel a dime in the road, and it no doubt is contributing to the dash rattles. Ihope yo find a happy fix for your auto. I found Chris at CTA and the folks at BAT straght talkers. They may help you.



You might want to convert over to stock SVT hardware then. It handles as well as an SE but much more compliant. I'd say the BAT kit is a similar to the old SE handling, but I didn't think the 2000 SE's had the same aggressive handling that the original 95-97 SE's had.
For a smooth ride and great handling the SVT kit was hands down the best assuming you have comparable tires on it.
If I were you find someone with some low mileage takeoff SVT hardware, to include the rear swaybar. This will be the best way to go to get what you described above.

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