paintballmaniac

I finally purchased some lowering springs. I have 100k on my stock SL2 suspension. The purchased springs are H&R Sport. Heard good things about them. I guess im just inquiring as to how much of an idiot I am, not picking up new shocks for these guys. Im broke, but how stupid was it to only pick up springs?

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2001 SL2
No matter how much you know about a saturn, you still feel stupid.

GoldieGoldie97

i REALLY hope they're not original struts you're using..

i did that with 80K and the added weight of the chasis on the lowering springs caused the older rubber strut mounts to literally shear away from the retaining bolt and blew the strut straight through the rear deck..

PUT NEW RUBBER TOP MOUNTS ON PLEASE

AnthonyCiravolo

true story...

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'94 Caprice 9c1 ---- 350 LT1
4L60E tranny ---- Jeg's Cat Back Exhaust
S&B Intake ---- March Power & Amp Underdrive Pulleys

Hate on it.......

paintballmaniac

****. Ok ill wait to install them until I can pick up shocks..

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2001 SL2
No matter how much you know about a saturn, you still feel stupid.

the Shaolin UWP

Yep. Better to do it the right way than cheap out now and suffer for it later...

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2000 SC1
15.846 at 86.08 N/A
14.526 at 98.08 on the juice

sc2racer

hmmm..........never had a problem w/ mine............ i never changed em, and i drive REAL hard on em.. o well

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impulse93

i never had a prob on my 93 sat with stock struts either (Not shocks).

What goldie's talking about sounds more like over torqueing the shaft bolt. What that does is compress the rubber mount too much. Compressed rubber doesn't have the same shock absorbtion as say an expanded one. It did ride pretty harsh, which is why i'd reccomend getting new struts, but not needed.

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