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Default Best Street Strip Suspension Mods

So I was wondering everyone's thoughts about a street strip car suspension mods


Obvi a good pair of shocks and springs would help? What do people recommend?!?! What type of rating on the springs.

I been reading alot of shit on tech and other sites. Just wondering what ppl have used what they like etc...



Also I know the basics as far as


LCA
LCA Relocators
SFC
STB
Poly Bushings
TQ Arm


what else would help?

Brands you guys tried and liked?


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no personal experience as of yet but i have heard really good things about the qa1 shocks
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Old 01-26-2012, 03:51 AM
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I use UMI for everything, awesome quality but I like the BMR SFC's better.
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This is a very broad subject. So any stock suspension replacement is what you want. Spohn bmr and umi are all great pieces.
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From poking around online seems umi has better customer support but don't have any personal proof if thats true or not.
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only negative thing I've HEARD about one of the three of those brands is spohn has a tendency to have fitment problems with their torque arms.
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strano springs and konis if you got the cash
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replace everything in the rear, do a torque arm relocation bracket. stiffer rear springs and shocks seem to help out alot, ill have more feedback when i start racing my car again.
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I just ordered.

LCa'S
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