I've changed my mind. I can't afford to have my body kit put on, so i'm just going to let my insurance repair my car. Instead, I am going to have my shocks/springs changed and lower my car a bit and switch up to a catback system and be done with my car as far as mods go. Could anyone give me some helpful tips on the whole concept of lowering a car. I'm somewhat new to this field, and I know that 2 parts are essential to this. Springs and shocks. I have heard that Eibach and Koni's or Neuspeed and Koni's are good shocks/springs when paired up with each other. it is necessary to have strut bars changed in order to have a car lowered as well? I know they help to stabilize the car, but I wasn't sure if they are a must or not. I've heard that Neuspeed has good strut bars as well as DC sports, but again I do not even know the complete purpose of sturt bars, if anyone would like to share with me. =] Anyways, How much does it usually cost to have all of the parts bought and installed for lowering, usually that is. Any help would be greately appreciated. Thanks! -Matt

 

Great question and you can do a serious search on this too. Anyway- plan to spend ~$1000 for the whole Neuspeed spring/Koni shock setup and a Neuspeed front upper tower bar. If you have a 5th gen the rear upper bar is harder to find as Neuspeed does not make one. I have a Spoon and know that there are several others out there for 5th gen's. Yes the bars do help stiffen the chassis. Personally, I would not considewr the DC Sports bars as they flex.

Depending on how much you lower the car, you may need Camber kits to correct the alignment. The rule of thumb is that for each 1" of drop the Camber will go negative by 0.84 degrees from wherever you started. You MUST have a 4-wheel alignment after the car is lowered to determine the setting and to reset the Toe-in. ANY work done on the suspension and this is something that you should do. Hope this helps get you started.

 

A great street setup is the Koni Yellow and H&R springs.
I have this and the car handles very well and it looks great, without much scraping of my WW body kit.
However that is a little more costly then say A KYB setup with H&R and the difference between the two is probably not that noticable if at all on the street.

However if you plan on doing any tracking go with a much better setup. Like A true coil over system from Tein or comparable company.

Koni Yellows IMO are overated.