I'm new to the whole dropping scene, and i've been trying to read around the forums and i'm just still not quite sure...

I'm riding 18's on 225/40/18 on my 2004 Sunfire. I took out my spare tire, and am deleting the rear seat to put put a custom enclosure back there for speakers/subs and what not, to give you the idea of how much weight i'm looking at.


So, with price being only slightly an issue (i'm not gonna cheap out for crap...) Whats a good, SAFE drop combination, springs and struts. I just want a better ride, and to get rid of all my wheel gap. I"m hoping some of the experts and exeperienced "droppers" around here could lend a quick helping hand. I know something like this has been asked before, but bear (sp?) with me please?

well how low do you want to go? that will determine your price. anything past the 1.5" mark is a big price increase. if your looking for a slightly mild drop get the eibach prokit and kyb agx struts. perfect together and very popular. the drop is a 1.4" drop. theres someone actually selling this setup in the classifeds for 400 i believe.

or get the tokico HPK kit. comes with Tokico springs and tokico blue struts. its 1.4 or 1.5", i cant remember. everything is matched to operate together and under full warranty too. only difference is really that the AGX are adjustable struts. you can search for info on the tokico setup, someone installed it a few months ago and posted up great pics and info.



1997 RedR - ZedR

For just a basic drop, you can get the Eibach Prokit springs and some KYB struts.
This combination won't get you broke but will drop the car enough to make the car look good while keeping the car riding pretty good.
I'm extremely happy with this setup and this will do until I get my TeinSS setup or KW's.
Here's a picture of the drop on my car so that you can see what it looks like.








Misnblu.com
Newbie member since 1999
Thank you Dave and JBO!

^ Nice Nex-Os !

I would agree that the KYB AGX / ProKit setup is the best for a mild drop ( from what I've read ) and it's what I plan on doing as soon as I get my tax refund back...

J TO ENVY wrote:^ Nice Nex-Os !

Thanks.
You don't see too many of these on cars and one of the reasons why I chose them.
Plus, they look good on the car and plan on keeping them for awhile.



Misnblu.com
Newbie member since 1999
Thank you Dave and JBO!

Yeah, as far as I can remember I have only seen one other person besides you and myself who has the PX-5s on a J, well, on any car for that matter! I have the hyper silver 17s. I have gotten a lot of compliments on them. My only complaint is they're a +35 offset so they stick out a little on the front, but not enough to make me give them up by any means! These are by far the best looking wheel I have ever seen (except for the factory Pontiac Solstice wheel).

Well I just ordered my AGX's...now I need to get the Pro-Kit...

Can't wait to get my car dropped...