I understand what you mean, but this isn't about racing. It's about improving the upon the handling because the car is incredibly bumpy and bouncy during normal city/highway driving. I feel like I'm going to lose control of the car just going over a railroad track at normal speed. That's why I only want to get the parts that are necessary to tone down the bounciness and the wheel hop from the stock suspension.

Just because I don't race my car, that doesn't mean I don't want it to handle better. :p

I'd suggest going with these instead of the ones you listed http://www.hotpart.com/shop/index.ph...ct_detail&p=45 The 3 piece polly ball bushings are supposed to be better at preventing bind.


The SS look like a good deal. I have the same (although correct model for my year) on my car. The SS will work just fine with your setup & will not raise or lower your car at all. SS are only dampeners that help absorb road shock. Ride hight is determined by the springs not SS.

Also before you spend a lot of time and money on the Rear upper control arms you might want to see how the car handles with just the lowers and new SS. I know the uppers will make some differance but, from what I've been told by the techs at the shop I go to ( GTR High Performance) that the lowers make the biggest noticable differance.

Your car is newer than mine so maybe the change is more noticable.

Thank you for your reply! I'm going to stay away from J&M, due to what Dustin (Spike) told me earlier about them. I know him personally and trust his judgment.

I think I will go ahead and get just the S/S and the LCA's, then. Like I said, I don't want any unecessary expenses. Thanks again for your reply and your advice. Every little bit helps! :)

What was said about J&M? I have some on my car and was considering getting more. I've never heard anything bad about them so I'm curious.

Like you I don't race, although I'm curious about how my car would do at the track. I prefer canyon carving to straight line.

On the 2nd page, Dustin said none of their shit fit right and he had to modify it. Might not be true for all of their parts, but I'll take his word for it. I was looking at BMR stuff, anyway.

If you aren't pushing the car to its limits, please explain how will it "handle better"? How exactly do you get wheel hop in the same respect?
Im not trying to be a dick or a naysayer, what im saying is my opinion is that if you don't race your car then you don't need all sorts hardcore suspension parts (you dont need 5way adjustable shocks/struts or hardcore lcas), get something thats made for the street (street springs and non-adjustable shocks/struts . Buying all these hardcore upgrades is a waste of money for your application and on top of that its not going to ride better than it does now, but in the end if the 3v plans on growing a set of balls sometime in its life then go for it, it is afterall your car and your cash.:boink:

I've heard good things about:
http://www.maximummotorsports.com/
products

J&M is terrible. I had nothing but problems with their products and they are just shitty cheap parts. My stainless lines sucked and did not fit correctly, and my subframe connectors did not fit correctly and had to be modded also.

If I was you I would get the lowers first and see how you feel after that. The lowers are gonna make the biggest difference in traction and wheel hop. Even my car with subframes,lower control arms, and adjustable shocks/struts, lowered 1" jumps around over rail road tracks. Every car is gonna do that no matter what just because of the way the road is around the tracks.

Every time I go over a railroad track at 65mph on the highway or come to bumps/depressions in the road, the thing is so goddman bouncy, I feel like I'm going to lose control over it. When I drive my other car, it is not nearly this bad, even at the same speeds. I hate how bouncy it is and makes the car a lot less enjoyable to drive, even on short distances.

In regards to the wheel hop; you remember that area we lost you guys in in Lakeland? I work/hang out there and when I get the chance to pull out in traffic, I do, and I put it down the road. That's when I get wheel hop. I don't get it all the time, though. However, that isn't as bad as the bounciness is to me.

I know you're not trying to be a dick, Brandon. I understand what you're saying and that's why I made this thread, to get opinions and ideas on what I need and what is best for me. :)

I'm not going to get those adjustable ones because I did more reading up on them last night and they're unnecessary for my style of driving and I really don't have the money to waste on them. I'll just stick to regular street driving parts if I end up doing this.

Will it at least decrease some of the bounciness? I'm not expecting a miracle or for there to be no floatiness/bounciness at all. If you don't think it will at least help some, then it is definitely not worth it to do this. I can deal with the wheel hop, even though when it does happen, it aggravates me, but this bounciness drives me fucking crazy.