Am I lowered yet?!

[CrazzyCavanaugh]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EIBACH-3875-...8c369c&vxp=mtr


would these work on a 99 alero with the oem struts i would i have to buy specific struts?

[sleepyalero]

they will work, yes. but i would get aftermarket struts. the stock struts wont take kindly to lowering springs.

also you will need spring isolators for front and rear. if you dont it will be metal on metal and you will hear it clunk around. me, i just bought front isolators (it was around 70$ for the front set) then for the rear i just put duct tape (black) around the first coil of the spring on the bottom so it wasnt metal on metal. i read on a few forums that people do it as a cheaper way. and its completely safe and cheaper then spending another say 50$ on the rear. the top of the spring i didnt worry about because the top mount is rubber.

does that make sense?

[sleepyalero]

heres a little explination incase it doesnt make sense. kinda hard to see it on this pic but its all i got. basically where bottom of the spring sits on the spring perch plate you can see a little bit of black duct tape, what i did was set the spring on the strut to see where it touches metal to metal, then duct taped where it touched.






this one is without duct tape, you could honestly do it to all 4, but i felt doing atleast the front with isolators. but see where the spring touches the plate? you'll want to wrap that whole bottom spring in duct tape. (if you go that route)

[Difflay]

Okay so what all should you need to install these springs or if anything what could you do so you don't have to get that stuff?

[sleepyalero]

well, stock struts wont like lowering springs after awhile. so you might as well get some KYB gr2's or KYB AGX struts... springs of course, new mounts front/back. and id suggest the spring isolators in the front since there is more weight. the rear just use duct tape like shown above.

[Papa Rad17]

Are new mounts really required? I'm certainly not going to be doing any off roading but if agram ebachs and gt-2 are still around I'll be getting those. As long as they are in good shape should be ok right?

[sleepyalero]

if those struts come with mounts you should be okay, but i wouldnt want to run new struts (0mile like i did) with 80+ thousand miles on them.


like when i did mine i wouldnt want 180k old mounts on brand new struts, might as well get new..

[Papa Rad17]

Prospects are looking to be around 100,000 miles so I'm hoping I won't have to spend the extra cash. If I got to I got to though

[xXManwhoreXx]

Its worth it.. never cheap out on suspension

[03glgold]

I won't have the option by the time I replace mine...I can hear that metal on metal rattling on metal sound so common in n-bodies and j-bodies that signifies that the mount has completely gone to hell...suspension has been bad the entire 28k that I have had the car, maybe someday I will have the extra dough to replace it

[sleepyalero]

100k miles... id buy new mounts.

[TDavis]

When I got my KYB's and Canucks I got monroe mounts.

Don't get KYB mounts, they suck.

[sleepyalero]

thanks tanner

[S8track16]

Does anyone have any suspension parts for sale? I think someone was selling a setup for around $300 (can't remember who). Currently, I have all stock and the rear of my car is sitting lower than the front (I have around 125lbs. in the trunk) If I add canuck springs which is supposed to be a 2" drop, will the rear be too low, is there anything I can get to level the car out more?

[sleepyalero]

A graham was selling the eibachs for 300 idk if he still has them.

Also your springs/struts are prob worn out.. New springs and struts would help her out evenly but with 125 lbs its might sit just a tad lower, also Canucks lower 1.75 inches. But after settling I think it's about 2 in.

[S8track16]

What would a full new setup cost me (kyb, springs, mounts)? Thanks for the info.

[sleepyalero]

i believe i have it posted on first page, it was around 700$ for my setup.

i think thats with the dealer putting all 4 springs on the struts for me, and i installed the suspension on the car myself. took me ohh.... just about an hr to swap all 4 struts out.

[S8track16]

Ok, thanks for the help.

[sleepyalero]

no problem, dealer charged 164$ to put the struts and springs together for me.

then from there its just take the old strut assembly out, and pop in the new. pretty simple, the rears will give you a tough time though.

[sleepyalero]

I would just like to post a better comparison for anyone who looks here for future reference. Found a stock alero awhile back so i took before and after shots on my setup compared to theres... Results are in!!!

My car is the black one of course....

Front:





Rear: