james6290

I had subwoofers installed in my car as seen in a previous thread, but i had a problem. The weight of the system dropped my car down way to low, and the front end is stock and that looks really bad. I didn't kow if anyone could direct me to a solution, the only thing i've thought about, is having steel plates put in, but i don't want to do that. Any suggestions?

Note-I know some of you are against subwoofers but how bout we just let that go for now...

yellowssm

with coilovers you can adjust the ride height and increase handling/looks at the same time. Other than that I dont know.

IS_250

iTrader: (2)

order some lowering springs and just use the fronts? if you have that much weight for subs it probably doesnt matter how well it handles. this would probably cheapest/easiest solution. another thing you could do is custom order higher spring rates for the rear, maybe ground control can set something up for you.

mwaull

Well the market isnt that big right now, or I would say try and find just a set of front springs (eibach, etc) on ebay or something. I guess the only thing I could think of would be to order a spring set of only use the fronts, I bet after a while someone might pick up the rears from you, for some reason or another.

Tmirk

iTrader: (3)

Airbags. Should be able to find a set that will fit your springs for less than 100 bucks.

I had them in my mustang rear after I dropped in a Cobra IRS to help launch at the strip.

james6290

they don't make a "higher spring set" or i would have done that already

james6290

yes, with coilovers you can adjust the ride height but you have to drop it. most coilovers have a min drop and a max drop and you have to choose a spot inbetween them...

james6290

could you hook me up with a link or two, and do they affect the suspension at all?

al503

Not true. With some coilovers, you can set the height above stock, believe it or not.

Pittdawg

Don't know if you have the sport model or not, but if not I believe, all though I'm not sure, the spring rates are different, resulting in a slight drop from stock height. I wouldn't be suprised if some of those on this board that have gone to coilovers or the Eibach's started out w/ the Sport model and may have "used" front sport springs for sale for relatively cheap. Ask around.

Tmirk

iTrader: (3)

Somethinglike the top thing. The red bags.

http://www.accessconnect.com/air_lift.htm

Or the blue ones on this site
http://www.performancesuspension.com/TruckAirSuspen.htm

Lots of places sell em.

Basically they are just a lil plastic rubber tube that goes into the middle of your spring, you fill it up with air, and it'll help raise the rear end. They really work.

james6290

could you show me please, that might help...

dfw350

do not bag ur car, it handles like crap with bags and its also very very well whats the word.. GHETTO

mwaull

yeah it looks like coilovers might be the way to go . . . and yes they can actually raise the car i believe, not just lower.

al503

If you go to tein.com and go into Models and Price, you'll mostly see negatives but for some of the applications, you'll see positives with some that are more than 1.5" higher than stock.

I don't know if any company will do that for the IS but they are available.