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Originally posted by ALIAS Jerk:
all facts aside... I cant lower, living in the state of michigan, and the fact that this is my daily driver, snow would easily get the best of me... and thats not something in my budget.
My lowered daily-driver SVT has no problems in the snow ... never gotten stuck either ... 
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Thinking of buying H&R springs and Bilstein struts. Has anyone used this set up? Does anyone have pics? How do either of the two handle? Are they worth the investment?
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H&R and bilstein sounds GREAT, go for it.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Originally posted by WildChild:
Thinking of buying H&R springs and Bilstein struts. Has anyone used this set up? Does anyone have pics? How do either of the two handle? Are they worth the investment?
Isn't that Demon's current set-up?
T-red E0 SVT
ATS 17x7.5 Comp Lites, 215/45/17 Falken 512s, Ausi Bar, Boxed subframe, Poli all around, Warmonger's Opt Y, Opt TB, AFE, DMD, NGK's, Bendix Ti, Alpine, Polk, Mobil-1 0W-40, Redline MTL.
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2000 SVT Turbo 295hp/269ftlb@12psi
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Originally posted by WildChild:
Thinking of buying H&R springs and Bilstein struts. Has anyone used this set up? Does anyone have pics? How do either of the two handle? Are they worth the investment?
Best handling setup IMO. Well without doing coil overs and slamming the car. (lower CG)
It does not have the "soft" adjustability like Koni's would (i.e. nice ride quality) but you get "harder" hards...  
I have pics & measurements on my website.
My car is a bit lighter then stock so it did not show quite the same drop most cars will get. My car dropped just over 1" from stock ride height.
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It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.
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Originally posted by ALIAS Jerk:
all facts aside... I cant lower, living in the state of michigan, and the fact that this is my daily driver, snow would easily get the best of me... and thats not something in my budget.
Stop making excuses. J/K I'm lowered with my SVT as a daily driver and drive in snow also. I dont get stuck at all. It all just depends on how low you plan on going.
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
It does not have the "soft" adjustability...but you get "harder" hards...
I have pics & measurements on my website.
Function before fashion.
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Someone at my job told me I should install air bags instead of a spring/strut setup. Does anyone have an air bag kit installed?
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Originally posted by ALIAS Jerk:
all facts aside... I cant lower, living in the state of michigan, and the fact that this is my daily driver, snow would easily get the best of me... and thats not something in my budget.
I have the BAT kit on my Mystique ... my wife's is stock. Handling in the snow is waaaay better!!! If anything my Mystique gets stuck much less ... I guess the more aggressive springs help somewhat with traction.
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