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Certainly in my case I don't want to lower the car as much as possible. I merely want the flexibility to set the car up exactly how I want it ride-height and spring rate wise. I don't plan on using camber plates due to both the cost and the lack of rubber.

No, I haven't seen any of your info on coil overs. This bump travel warning was from EricZ in reply to a post I put up at zcar.com. It didn't really make sense to me, but, I have no experience with coilovers and he did, so.... Anyway, I think you guys have sufficiently re-assured me on this point that I'm going to proceed. I'm not planning on being too radical - most likely just 16" rims and only 1 inch lower than where the car sits now. It has a pretty mild L28/SU engine in it right now - my long term goal is to upgrade to L28 turbo. But that's so long term that it could definately change. I pretty much want to do the suspension once and be ready for whatever else I may decide to do with the driveline later. So now I just have to choose a vendor for the kit & springs.

Anybody have any info or opinions to offer on coilover conversions? I am completely re-doing my suspension - tearing it all apart and replacing everything but the tubes, arms and spindles. I am interested in the ride height adjustability as well as the increased clearance for wider wheels. So far one person has suggested that given 2 Z cars at the same height, the one with coilovers will have less suspension travel. Is this true?Also, people seem to keep saying that coilovers are a race car only kind of deal, but they don't really explain why. The car is a daily driver, but I am a tinkerer and I want performance. Plus, I don't like having to do things twice - as in, some people are saying just go with sport replacement springs and then go to coilovers if those don't cut it. But I'd rather take everything apart once. One thing I have learned from past projects is to do it right the first time - it sucks tearing down something that you've already worked on (and spent money on) to upgrade to the parts that should have been used in the first place. Also, I have heard good things about Ground Control - but is the extra expense worth it? Other vendors (MikeG and Arizona Z) sell conversion kits for substantially fewer dollars (40-50%). Thanks. ------------------ http://240Z.jeromio.com