new guy from plymouth
 

whats up guys just picked up a 97 yellow gs-t spyder been around these cars alot over the years but was involved in motorcycle stuntriding so that took most of my time but couldnt stay away from the dsm's to long so far the car is pretty stock minus a fmic greddy bov injen intake exhaust and some hard piping got a megan racing o2 housing and down pipe to go on but the car is lowered now and i hate it so im trying to get it back up to stock ride height just trying to locate some stock springs now so if anyone can help or has a good method to putting stock struts in the car front and rear im willing to throw someone some cash to help anyways hope to meet some of you guys soon.

later
97spyder82

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

I can help :)

and welcome!

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

welcome to the forums! have you called junkyards?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Why not keep the upgraded struts and just go back to stock springs?

Edit - BTW, welcome! Grammar, punctuation, and the 'tab' button are your friend! ;) :D

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

welcome!! post up some pics!

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

it actually has the stock struts with ksport lowering springs normally im not the biggest fan of spyders but this one is alittle unique plus im kinda thinkin gsx conversion

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

What is it exactly that you don't like about it being lowered? The ride or the look?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

i love the look but im going all out on the motor and it makes it rather hard to get underneath the car when its an inch off the ground lol i mean the thing looks mean as hell dropped but ive never been a huge fan of lowered cars personally

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Why not go with some Eibach ProLine Springs? They don't lower the car much at all compared to your current springs and not much more than stock springs.

They just make the handling a little better and get rid of a little wheel gap. I really think you will regret going to stock springs with after market rims, it just looks plain silly.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

i will definatly keep that setup in mind ive just got a ton of parts for the motor on the way so im tryin to cut the spending back for the moment lol which prolly wont happen

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

KYB AGX adjustable struts too. ;)

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

if your going all out on the motor your going to want the upgraded springs for launching your car and just use a jack and jack stands to get under it. they work wonderfully for me. I say just keep it lowered

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

^ +1. What good is having a lot of power if you can't hook up, or go around a corner well due to having crappy stock suspension?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

i agree but for now its way to low for its own good gonna end up ripping the front bumper off

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

The yellow looks nice! Keep it lowered :)

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ahhh u guys are killing me here lol if only it was like a inch higher i would feel better and wouldnt break shit lol

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Car looks mean! Keep it the way it is.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Get some quality lowering springs instead.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

A lowered car doesn't mean better handling or better traction. Slammed cars are usually horrible. And that might be what he is getting at. Hell, for FWD drag racing, you don't want it low, you want the front bumper low, but not the car. You can't fit good tires when a car is too low and you want your axles straight, not at an angle for traction, power and less breakage.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

u hit the nail on the head i think looks cool but its so low i dont want to break it and scrape the hell out of the bumper and wreck the paint kinda pointless just check the picture its wayyyyyyyyyyyy to low tires in the wheel wells no good already broke a cv axel cause of road construction and almost ripped my fmic off lol damn construction

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

You want an inch higher? Than look at Eibach springs, they have Pro-Line and Pro-Kit lowering springs. The Pro-Kit will lower your car 1 - 1.5 inches and The Pro-Line will lower your car 1.7 - 2.3 inches.

No idea how much the Kspots lower your car but it looks like they lower it between 2.7 - 3.4 inches, and probably closer to 3 inches or more.

If you decide to upgrade struts get some KYB AGX adjustable struts. If you want something that rides more like stock but with a little more performance get the KYB GR-2 struts.

The Eibach / KYB setup is the best bang for your buck and probably the most commonly used suspension setup used by DSMers.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

I understand what you're saying Shane, but when aftermarket suspension has proven it's self to be better for traction and handling than stock stuff, why go back to stock? I say keep your struts, and get some quality lowering springs.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

His struts are stock, not sure if you know that or not.

Has anyone ever used Megan springs? They are really cheap and I have always wondered about them but didn't want to be the guinea pig.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

what about some tein s-techs? no tein love? i think they are a little less of a drop than the pro kit. say .75"-1"?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

its still a virgin but suprisingly clean

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Why are you venting?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

i know i know its how i got the car just havent got around to take care of it yet not sure why people do that

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

and of course the guy before me used electrical tape to plug the intake hole lol

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

T0 hear that loud BOV y0!!

My car was like that when I got it also, it ran like shit.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Vented BOV was also the first thing I noticed.

Second thing was the dejon S pipe to the throttle body, I used to have one and the flange is super thin, I had to use some RTV to stop a boost leak there, a gasket didn't do the trick. Just a place to check for a potential boost leak.

Oh and welcome :D

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

+1!

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

vented bov fixed megan racing downpipe installed thanks to my man pat out in rogers thanks for the help yesterday bro......we didnt get to the megan o2 housing yet since pulling the stock o2 housing is a pain without pulling the turbo but we will get there eventually lol

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Tell me about it.

I don't even think it's possible with the turbo bolted to the manifold, with the rearmost bolt having a hard line half an inch in front of it. And dropping the turbo off the stock oil feed line sucks even more.

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

yeah can just about imagine lol oh well its almost bigger turbo time

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

If you don't go for a new turbo, at least replace the hard oil line with a SS line. That way if you need to, you can drop the turbo away from the manifold without draining any fluids. ;)

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

good info thank you sir:wink:

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

Look great in yellow! I've never seen a yellow Spyder before.

Is is a repaint?

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

it's a lot nicer in person! Also a lot nicer to work onto ;). when you wanna tackle that o2 housing? lol

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

lol lets hammer that 02 housing this weekend? i cant stand the exhaust leak lol i got a pretty carbon hood to through on her to

Re: new guy from plymouth
 

yeah it is a repaint but its done well it needs a few touch ups cause the guy before me cracked up the front bumper and got the door scraped up but it still looks really good and i dont even like yellow cars