lowering and suspension kits

[bravlu74]

I have a 95 240, I am going to put polyurethane bushings and I want to lower it and I really need some shocks and struts. I was wondering what kind of springs would be good but on a budget and the shocks and struts. Would I need to use a different kind of struts or could I use factory shocks and struts Any help would be grateful.

[compactfean]

Depends on how low you wanna go.if its only 2 inches you can use stock struts. If you are on a budget get some tein or eibac springs, use your stock struts (unless they are blown ) and you have to get camber kits for the front and rear. Once your done putting the suspension and camber kits And bushings In take it to a place that does four wheel alignments. Make sure you watch them because if they get lazy and can't get it close they will move the heads on the car to get different readings. This happened to me and it looked fishy and at the time didn't know what he was doing.

[Dire91]

And bushings In take it to a place that does four wheel alignments. Make sure you watch them because if they get lazy and can't get it close they will move the heads on the car to get different readings. This happened to me and it looked fishy and at the time didn't know what he was doing.

What do you mean by moving the heads. Just curious because I'm about to lower the car and need to get alignment. SOrry about the thread jack.

[compactfean]

When they do the alignment they mount these huge sensors to your rims. The call them heads. If he turns the heads clockwise or counter clockwise it can change camber and caster readings. If camber is out but not caster you can push down on the sensor and get it in the "green". Same as turning the heads. Fyi if you lower the car a camber kit is required! When the alignment is done you have to adjust in order, camber,caster,toe. If they adjust tie rods first, when they adjust camber or caster it throw off.in my experience at work is if a car/truck is lifted or lowered, very rarely will a customer want to spend the money to get the parts to make it right. If you put the parts in yourself you will save some money. Then get it aligned. If you know how to read there readings you can make sure your dead on. You can even have them align the vehicle for better traction. But I don't want to jack this guys thread so if you need to know more open a new thread unless Bravlu don't mind.

[bravlu74]

thanks for info man.

[Gabes13]

Using stock struts is a silly thing to do. You won't be getting the full potential of the performance spring plus you deteriorate the life of the already worn out strut. An adjustable strut from kyb or tokico should suffice. Like already mentioned, Tein and Eibach are good springs to begin with. I'd also recommend sway bars of the money is available. They will reduce body roll in turns without effecting ride comfort from the spring.