ive decieded that im gonna probaly buy Tanabe SUSTEC springs for my car. BUT i cant afford a set of aftermarket struts. my car has 115K and i dont know how long the stock shocks will hold up with lowering springs. are any of you guys running with aftermarket springs but stock shocks???

 

how low do they go?

most likely blow though

 

sportlines on 3.0 stocks for a week no probs yet, prokit on stockies for months no probs..plat was on sprotlines/stock for about a year no probs. then there are people like wilp that dropped about prokit height and they blew.guess it's the luck of the draw....

 

just do it!!!!!!!

i see you lookin,stop thinking/buy/install/hit me up for a shoot.....

 

You're going to get the springs, pay money (or spend awhile to install 'em yourself) to install and your shocks will blow in a few months.

Then you're going to be stuck with blown shocks and a shitty ride until you're forced to buy strust and replace again (another installation).

Just do it all together the first time and save yourself the headache.

 

if your gonna do all that then save now and go coilovers.

 

good point, maybe i can pick up some cheap shocks like koni's or tokico off ebay. im trying to get up a link for them but the website isnt working right now. the springs are Tanabe SUSTEC DF210 at a really good price from overboost.com.

 

depends on how low they are

 

Most likely you're gonna blow them in no time, i'd get coils or at least save up and get the shocks b4 puttin them on, it'll be worth it

 

Save yourself some time and labor and get aftermarket shocks, the stock shocks will definately leak after a couple of months. I have tried installing aftermarket springs with stock shocks and a couple of months later they start leaking black hydralic oil all over the shocks.

 

arite, thanks for the advice. idk now im interested in the Tein SS coils silver is talking about. so maybe ill see whats up with that.