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Old 10-10-2005, 08:55 PM
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pro-kit...sportline fbodies

post some pics lets see em
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man, there is tons of pics..

let me help you out a bit. Here is one of my '88 IROC's with sportlines.
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Trust me.. its low.. too low for my preferences. Anyone want to trade me for a Pro-kit set? I just had these installed.. like 10 days ago.

Check out the front air dam and mud flap.., they're literally in the weeds!!
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Here's my 91Z28 back when it had Sportlines and 17's. Dont have any pics of my old B4C with the Prokit, maybe I'll get some of my new B4C w/ Prokit whenever I get around to swapping the springs.

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here's my prokit...which still has a ridiculously larger rake than any other pro-kit Ive seen...nonetheless I love it now.....and brisk if I wasnt so hesitant about ever doing a spring swap again I'd hit you up, I have less than 100 miles on mine
Old 10-10-2005, 11:59 PM
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Maybe they goofed up and gave you Sportline fronts and Prokit rears? I think both fronts on either kit is a 700# linear spring, only difference being ride height. I dont remember any of my cars with either kit having that much of a rake. And when I look at the front in that picture you just posted, it looks like a Sportline drop, maybe its the 18's playing mind games with me. Compared to the pic of my car above, your front looks much lower even though it should sit about .8 inches higher than mine according to the advertised drops. Makes my car in the pic above look like a 4x4, though I think the angle of the picture of my car throws the look off.
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no, it really sits low....too low for a prokit (my front tires basically are hidden by the fender)....but IIRC sportlines are colored red.....all 4 of my springs were black = prokit.....unless they painted them one color by accident and I got a 'goof up kit'......I did also rotate the rear springs a few times (though I didnt think they had a designated index)....when no drop occurred I put them back to the spot the stock ones faced, so Im out of ideas on it
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Hmmm my Sportline front spring is black, but according to the markings on the spring its a Sportline spring. Weird. I even put it up next to a Prokit spring and they're exactly the same height uncompressed, just marked differently on the spring. Very hard to tell the difference if not for the markings. Of course its also possible the Eibach guy was wrong or my springs have the wrong markings, or wrong color. Guy didnt sound like he really knew, just reading from a book or something.
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any firebirds with GTA wheels lowered with either kit?
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my sportline springs are red, all four of them.
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camaroguy18, no offense but that stance looks like poop. You need to get that rear down asap and the cars stance would be soo much better.
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Originally posted by crazy3rdgen
camaroguy18, no offense but that stance looks like poop. You need to get that rear down asap and the cars stance would be soo much better.

thanks for the input, but its staying
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Originally posted by casebaseball205
any firebirds with GTA wheels lowered with either kit?
Sportlines...



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sportlines with bilstein sports

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Originally posted by BulliTooth
sportlines with bilstein sports


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pro-kit in my sig
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ahh no come on , it looks like someone pulled out infront of you and you slammed the brakes goin 50. But its what you like, catch ya later.
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Here's my wife's '91 RS V6, Sportlines with no isolators, 245-50-16's on Z28 flat spokes.
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And another after an autocross event.
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check it out

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im a post ***** so here, sportlines.
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ill try another , the hill makes the rear look high .
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one more, sorry .
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Originally posted by Camaroguy18
here's my prokit...which still has a ridiculously larger rake than any other pro-kit Ive seen.
Did you put in new spring insulators when you changed the rear springs? Those newer ones usually make the rear sit higher.. It defintely seems too low in the front and too high in the back heh..


Here's mine, pro-kit.. 18's in the rear 17's in the front.. After seeing the sport line pics in here I'm glad I went with the pro-kit.. My loudmouth already sits like 2-3" from the ground as it is.. sport lines defintely look nicer though..
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no, no new ones the old ones werent too worn
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camaro guy....just wanted to let you know that your car is awesome. if i ever get my camaro thats exactly what i would wnat it to look like.. aweosme ride man
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my car with pro-kits with 17 inch rims
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CrazyHawaiian
[B]Hmmm my Sportline front spring is black, but according to the markings on the spring its a Sportline spring.


So wich one's are black? I have a set that I bought used and Im not sure wich set I have. Also where do I find the marking's?
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My car with sportlines and KYB shocks ans struts. She is low, my exhaust touches in places!

BTW, my buddies '95 Z28 also has sportlines in her.

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PRO KIT



http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car.../LowviewSS.jpg



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here are a couple pics of the sportlines.

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The markings are on the springs themselves, on the outside of a coil, somewhere in the middle of the spring. There will be two markings, one xx/xx and the other one xxxx.xxx The first two have something to do with the rates, the second something to do with the model/part. If you have any doubt I would get the #'s off the spring and call Eibach. I dont think its safe to assume any black spring from Eibach is a pro-kit. I have a set of black springs and according to the markings and the guy at Eibach I spoke to on the phone, it's a sportline set (he didnt mention anything about color).

EDIT: I'm gonna give them a call again and make sure since everyone says the color determines what spring it is not so much the numbers on the spring (which I trust more).

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