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StreetEdition,Apr 19 2010, 02:19 AM Wrote:Hi All

Forgive me for the newb questions...

First, I have a 06 ZX5 SES

So, I recently got a great deal on Eibach Sportlines. I'm quite stoked.

I understand that I should be replacing the stock shocks/struts (aka dampers?)

My car is only a DD. I mainly drive to and from work. Do I *need* super duper replacements? What are my options?
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The "problem" with sportlines is that your suspension will be bottoming out on a regular basis - especially if you're in the GTA - you and your struts will take something of a beating.

Your stock struts won't last very long and then you will be faced with another suspension job - better IMO to replace the struts with suitable replacements at the same time you put in the springs.

Eibach obviously makes a strut for that application, and based on what I've read, the only strut that Ford makes that can take that kind of a beating is the ones made by Multimatic - called the Dynamic Suspension struts - and they aren't cheap.

I lowered my ZX5 just in January with the FRPP DYnamic springs and I put in a set of SVT struts that I had lying around (yes, I have whole suspensions lying around LOL) and one of them is borked already - just not enough travel.

So, because this is a track car and some of the older tracks like Mosport and Watkins Glen can be bumpy in places, I am replacing the springs with a set of SVT - raising the car by a good inch probably - and a fresh set of SVT struts.