Got my sportlines on
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: 6 speed
Got my sportlines on
I swapped out my prokit for some sportlines and I think it looks much better. It lowered it about another inch. My tires are still a bit on the small side so with some new tires I think it will be perfect. I'm taking the wheels of of this and puting them on my formula anyway but it still looks sweet.
Here you can see how much lower it is than the formula, it has the prokit on it.
Here you can see how much lower it is than the formula, it has the prokit on it.
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Car: 91 Z28, 87 SC, 90 IROC, 92 RS
Engine: LS1, 305 TPI, L98, NADA
Transmission: T56, 700r4's, and NADA
Axle/Gears: 3.89, 3.42, 3.23, NADA
Goes around a corner like a go- cart now, Huh! I really like the sportlines compared to the old pro-kit springs I had before. Your car looks really nice with that drop. Make sure to post pics of the formula with those wheels on there... it will look bad ***!!
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: 6 speed
I replaced the A arm bushings with poly while they were out so it really does handle great now. I'll post up pics once I swap the wheels for sure. I'm getting ready to pull the intake on the 91 to fix the china wall leak.
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Car: '89 IROC-Z Convertible & '91 RS
Looks great man...I'm considering droppin my IROC and I can't decide which springs to go with (Pro Kit or Sportlines). Overall, how much do you think the Sportlines dropped your Bird from the stock ride height?
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
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I think the previous owner said it dropped an inch from stock with the prokit. The sportlines I would say another inch. They will settle a bit more too so it's kinda hard to say.
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Car: '89 IROC-Z Convertible & '91 RS
Hmmm...I think 2 inches could be a little too much. I'm runnin the 18 inch chrome IROCs so hopefully I wont have any rubbing issues whichever route I decide to take. Thanks bud.
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Car: 91 Z28, 87 SC, 90 IROC, 92 RS
Engine: LS1, 305 TPI, L98, NADA
Transmission: T56, 700r4's, and NADA
Axle/Gears: 3.89, 3.42, 3.23, NADA
I run 18x9s, and 18x10 with my sportlines, and I don't rub.
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Car: 02 ws-6
Engine: 5.7 liter
Transmission: t56
sportlines are suppose to drop the car 1.8inch from stock height. The pro-kit suppose to lower the car 1 inch from stock height. When the pro-kit was on my old ride i measured the height. I measured it from the floor to the highest arch on my fenders. heres the specs.
left front: 26.5
right front:26.5
left rear: 27
right rear:27.25
left front: 26.5
right front:26.5
left rear: 27
right rear:27.25
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Car: 86 WS6 Trans AM/ 95 Trans Am
Engine: 305/Lt1
Transmission: 700r4 / 4L60
Axle/Gears: ? / 3:23
I know it has been answered before but I would like to know what color are the sportline springs.
Thanks
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Car: '88 IROC-Z / '91 Z28 / '91 GTA
Engine: LT4 Hot Cam 305 / L98 355 / MR 383
Transmission: 5-spd / 700R4 / 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3:45 / 3:23 / 3:23
looks good! I love my sportlines, handles really well with them.
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
Engine: Cammed 6.0L LSX
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: custom Ford 8.8", 4.10 gears
Looks really good bro. REALLY good. I'm gonna slam my convertible this summer. Can't decide between the prokit and the sportlines though
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Car: 86 Monte Carlo
Engine: Blown 489
Transmission: TH400
Axle/Gears: 9" 370s
87tpi, looks great i love the sportlines on my ride as well. i have a question though, is that spoiler on the red firebird fiberglass or rubber? is it aftermarket or stock?
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Car: 1984 Trans Am
Engine: broken 385sbc
Transmission: G-Force rebuilt T-5
Axle/Gears: Currie 9" Ford 4.30:1
i loved my sportlines when i had them on.. best handling car i ever been in.. great stance and good ride quality.. but where i live, its too low, way to many speed bumps and steep driveways, etc.. there are no closed road tracks here so it was a waste for me.. we only have a strip here, so i have drag suspension now.. handling is still ok for drag suspension with 220in/lb springs and 90/10 struts.. dragging with the sportlines was with 26x8.5 slicks..
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: Superramed 406
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt 3:73
Looks killer sportlines were one the best things I ever did to my car.
(Not my wheels)
(Not my wheels)
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: 6 speed
It had gr2's in the rear with the prokit and it rode nice, not sure about the sportlines and the gr2's but it shouldn't be too bad.
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Car: 1983 25th Anniversary Daytona 500 Pace Car Trans Am
Engine: 5.0L 305 Crossfire-Injected V8
Transmission: 4 spd. auto
what rims are you going to put on that car, then, if you're putting those rims on the formula?
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Car: 1986 Camaro SC
Engine: 305 TPI Procharged D1SC
Transmission: Tremec TKO-600
Axle/Gears: Moser 12 Bolt 3.73 posi
i know dropzones arent the same as the sportlines, i installed some dropzones 1.75" front 1.5" rear drop and my car was way to low, lower then the pic of your sportlines, i replaced the saggy worn out springs with those, i replaced the dropzones with the pro-kit and i love the look and ride is nice
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
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I was going to just find a different set of wheels here on tgo for it but I may just sell the crosslace off of the formula and put the centerlines on it.
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Car: 86 Trans Am, 88 Formula
Engine: 95LT4, 305TPI
Transmission: T56, T5
i've got the sportlines on my Formula but it doesn't seem as low as yours.
I have GR2 front struts and Gas-A-just rear shocks.
I have GR2 front struts and Gas-A-just rear shocks.
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Car: 1991 Z28 convertible built 3/1/1990
Engine: Cammed 6.0L LSX
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: custom Ford 8.8", 4.10 gears
Does the front clip scrape the ground whenever you pull into driveways now? That's the only thing I'm worried about, since my gf's driveway has one of those slopes you have to go up to get into the driveway. I can keep myself from pulling up too close at gas stations with the huge curbs, but you can't really avoid pulling into a driveway.
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Car: 91 Z28, 87 SC, 90 IROC, 92 RS
Engine: LS1, 305 TPI, L98, NADA
Transmission: T56, 700r4's, and NADA
Axle/Gears: 3.89, 3.42, 3.23, NADA
I can probably answer this question better since we have the same GFX... Yes with the sportlines you can scrape the front spoiler, but you have to try pretty hard, or have a very severe angle. We have been doing this for years... just go into every steep driveway at an angle.
The handling benifits are more than worth extra precautions with bumps and dips.
The handling benifits are more than worth extra precautions with bumps and dips.
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Car: '88 IROC-Z / '91 Z28 / '91 GTA
Engine: LT4 Hot Cam 305 / L98 355 / MR 383
Transmission: 5-spd / 700R4 / 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3:45 / 3:23 / 3:23
Dropzones are lower then sportlines, and they're progressive rate springs aren't as strong (or so I've been told) so you get more bounce and a lower overall ride.
I'm running kyb gr-2 all around with my sportlines, no complaints here.
I scrape my air dam and mud flaps all the time, but I'm yet to scrape my gfx/chin spoiler.
BlueZee28 - sportlines!
I'm running kyb gr-2 all around with my sportlines, no complaints here.
I scrape my air dam and mud flaps all the time, but I'm yet to scrape my gfx/chin spoiler.
BlueZee28 - sportlines!
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
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The only time I scrape my airdam is when I back out of my driveway. You can see how steep the driveway is though.
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Car: 86 Trans Am, 88 Formula
Engine: 95LT4, 305TPI
Transmission: T56, T5
They are not bad and only cost $20-30 more than the GR2 shocks.
those look hot on the Formula.
I had a set of Z06's for a few weeks, but ended up selling them since the rear stuck out too much,
I had a set of Z06's for a few weeks, but ended up selling them since the rear stuck out too much,
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
Engine: 5.7
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Thanks, I just can't wait to sell the t/a and buy the sportlines and the rest of my Z06 brakes, and some new tires. It will look much better once it's lower. I'm puting on a magnaflow catback too so the shine of the tips will look good too.
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