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I have never lowered a car (just trucks) What is the effect of lowering a car with just springs and leaveing the stock struts. With my trucks the stock shocks could be used if you did not go to low and got a good alignment. Will stock struts wear badly with just a spring lowering the car 1.6 inches and why? I did not try to search so if you are a nazi  come and get some, I AM LAZY 
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there is a reason everyone PREACHES to get shocks at the same time. The car will be very bouncy after the stock'rs wear out prematurely
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I tend to disagree. I put a set of Eibachs on my old car and then after a couple of years, the ride got harsh. The shocks are fine, but I think the struts are going. It is my winter beater so I am not going to replace them. I think that replacing everything all at once is the best way to go, however some of us have have better things to do with our money. Check out the GB forum on the Koni/Spring setup that might start. Under $600, that is what I am thinking about doing. Hope this helps you out.
99 SVT Green/Tan #44 TH-Fix, Aussie Pipe, PRO-M, SHO-Shop Y, Borla, and other Misc. 93 Tracer LTS Eibach, K&N, Misc (now my winter beater) email me: keith@thinkingcapdesign.com My Car: http://www.thinkingcapdesign.com/KeithsSVT/
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I'd go ahead and get struts too larry. If you're having someone install them for you...you dont want to pay install costs again just to put the struts on. Or if your doing it yourself, you dont want to do it again, its a pretty big job. In other words, why pay/do the install twice?
What springs/struts you going with BTW?
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96 GL....the beater
"I live my life a quarter mile at a time. For those 14 to 15 seconds, 16 if I get tire spin, or get a bad jump, or possibly if I have a friend in the car, I'm free."
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I am shopping right now, it will be a few months hopefully I will get in on this group buy with the body kit and then the paint then the lowering. I want the best setup for where I live=not to low but want to take these backroads going 100 and not fly off the road
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Also what would be a good price to get a kit put on and how hard is it for someone who can do it themselves
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I can't answer that one for you, my buddy does it for a case of beer!
99 SVT Green/Tan #44 TH-Fix, Aussie Pipe, PRO-M, SHO-Shop Y, Borla, and other Misc. 93 Tracer LTS Eibach, K&N, Misc (now my winter beater) email me: keith@thinkingcapdesign.com My Car: http://www.thinkingcapdesign.com/KeithsSVT/
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