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Old 05-07-2012, 10:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Springs + sway bars. I really want better handling.
The best advice I can give you is to purchase the Swift Spec R springs($300) and the Stillen sways, I believe they go for $300 as well. For only $600 bucks it will dramatically change the way your car handles. Plus the springs will lower it which will give it looks Keep in mind though that after lowering you will need to align it a couple hundered miles after driving it. A good alignment can be had for 100 bucks or so. Also after lowering you may consider wheel spacers to push the wheels out further seeing as how lowering will "tuck" them more. Spacers are fairly affordable as well. Doing all that will keep you well under $1100. You may even have enough left over to pick up a used Stillen Gen 3 intake
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The best advice I can give you is to purchase the Swift Spec R springs($300) and the Stillen sways, I believe they go for $300 as well. For only $600 bucks it will dramatically change the way your car handles. Plus the springs will lower it which will give it looks Keep in mind though that after lowering you will need to align it a couple hundered miles after driving it. A good alignment can be had for 100 bucks or so. Also after lowering you may consider wheel spacers to push the wheels out further seeing as how lowering will "tuck" them more. Spacers are fairly affordable as well. Doing all that will keep you well under $1100. You may even have enough left over to pick up a used Stillen Gen 3 intake
all good advice.

Also, If you want a bit stiffer sways you can go with Eibach, hotchkis or even whiteline for not much more.
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all good advice.

Also, If you want a bit stiffer sways you can go with Eibach, hotchkis or even whiteline for not much more.
I believe Whiteline and Hotchkis are at least 1-200 more for the set, no? I wanted the Whitelines but remember not liking the price.
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I believe Whiteline and Hotchkis are at least 1-200 more for the set, no? I wanted the Whitelines but remember not liking the price.
The Whiteline rear sways are $220 on Kamispeed
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Yeah, just the rears.... I got my Stillens on sale for only $200!!!!! I think when I originally looked at the Whitelines the set was 500ish.



Another thing Tracie, keep an eye on the Stillen website. They run GREAT deals all the time. Like I said I got my sways for $200 and when I bought my exhaust from them they were running a deal where you got a FREE Gen3 intake
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I believe Whiteline and Hotchkis are at least 1-200 more for the set, no? I wanted the Whitelines but remember not liking the price.
I have Hotchkis and I paid about $354 for them around 1 1/2 years ago. The front is not adjustable and I have the rear set in the middle. I went with the Hotchkis because of past experience with the brand and the front is a larger diameter than the Stillen or OEM (I am unsure about Whiteline or Eibach). Hotchkis uses its own swaybar to frame bushing and mount, not the OEM as at least Stillen does. Stillen is a high quality product and gets consistently good reviews (plus they are red). I went with what I knew.

All that said, my swaybar replacement made one of the largest differences of any modification.
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The best advice I can give you is to purchase the Swift Spec R springs($300) and the Stillen sways, I believe they go for $300 as well. For only $600 bucks it will dramatically change the way your car handles. Plus the springs will lower it which will give it looks Keep in mind though that after lowering you will need to align it a couple hundered miles after driving it. A good alignment can be had for 100 bucks or so. Also after lowering you may consider wheel spacers to push the wheels out further seeing as how lowering will "tuck" them more. Spacers are fairly affordable as well. Doing all that will keep you well under $1100. You may even have enough left over to pick up a used Stillen Gen 3 intake
You're not making this decision easy.
Thanks for all the help Ryan!
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You're not making this decision easy.
Thanks for all the help Ryan!
Thought I WAS making it easy

No problem Tracie, always feel free to ask questions You are a nice addition to the great group of people in this thread
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