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03-28-2005, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dub Silverado
Summit has a pretty good deal on them, which is where I got mine from but anywhere you order from i think there is gonna be a back order.
03-28-2005, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenVelvet
F8L Z71 has some befor/after pics with his new truck and Hotchkis do a search in the appearenc section for threads started by him.
03-28-2005, 02:55 PM
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I like my kit
I feel my front shocks are just fine
My rears couldnt handle it
I replaced the OE's with IAS
Mine rides nice.
I bought my kit from Tybrne - he had a promotion running.
I just bought my 2nd Hotchkis kit for another truck
I feel my front shocks are just fine
My rears couldnt handle it
I replaced the OE's with IAS
Mine rides nice.
I bought my kit from Tybrne - he had a promotion running.
I just bought my 2nd Hotchkis kit for another truck
03-28-2005, 03:20 PM
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That's what I'm wondering. Go with stock components and same ride and handling (DJM & McG) or hotchkis and stiffer ride and better handling. Can you guys quanity how stiffer it got?
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03-28-2005, 03:24 PM
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the front was fine for me
the rear - with my ext cab was rougher than I thought it was going to be.
I called Hotchkis spoke with a very knowledgable person
the use IAS shocks and what they recomended.
The handling is night and day different
Compare - its like riding in a Camaro
the rear - with my ext cab was rougher than I thought it was going to be.
I called Hotchkis spoke with a very knowledgable person
the use IAS shocks and what they recomended.
The handling is night and day different
Compare - its like riding in a Camaro
03-28-2005, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by agreif
That's what I'm wondering. Go with stock components and same ride and handling (DJM & McG) or hotchkis and stiffer ride and better handling. Can you guys quanity how stiffer it got?
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Stock STi < Truck Hotchkis < GT Mustang with Eiback springs.
Up grading the rear shocks will help more then the front.
However I have the "Smoth ride" shocks (RPO Z83)
03-28-2005, 06:46 PM
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If you get the drop kit, I would recommend getting the sway bars too. I have the complete drop/sway bar kit with the recommended Edelbrock IAS shocks and it handles great! It is a pretty rough ride because the roads are crappy in my area. If the roads in your area are free of defects (potholes, etc.) it will ride like a dream 
03-28-2005, 09:11 PM
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So from what I'm gathering, you would compare the Truck suspended with the Hotchkis to the ride of a stock suspended F-body or an Eibach suspended F-body. It doesn't matter to me if it's a stiffer ride like with the Eibach on my Formula, cause the roads around here aren't that terrible, and I prefer a stiffer suspension to a loose suspension that is gonna want to have any kind of body roll or oversteer.