Lowered
Eibach lowered my SSR back in November. They claimed that it is now lowered 1" in the front and 1.8" in the rear. They(Eibach) are very professional about their procedures and engineering. They escorted me through the factory and described how the go about choosing the correct spring, height,diameter, spring rate,number of coils, etc. Their shop is immaculate and the crew is courteous and knowledegable. I am happy with the ride and handling. It is only slightly more firm than stock, but it corners much better. As soon as I figure out how to attach a digital picture to these threads, I'll show you how it looks. I don't believe there is enough room between the top of the tire and the inner plastic fender well to lower the SSR any more without having interference. Check it out for yourself.
The other modification is the addition of "Chrome wheels". Performance Plus in Long Beach, CA set me up with chrome factory wheels. This is not as easy as it seems. There are but a few sets of factory wheels available in the US that are not attached to a SSR. When that set is available and detached from the tires, it can be sent out to be stripped, polished, plated, chromed, and packaged for shipping. That is the easy part. It is my understanding that the plastic center cap must be cast a certain way that will accept a thin film of chrome. The two dozen plating shops in the Los Angeles/Orange County area all described this process as being performed outside of "Cal lee forn ya", somewhere overseas. I find that hard to believe, but I could not locate anyone around here to perform this miracle! Fortunately, Chris at Performance Plus located the complete set and installed them on my SSR. Mounting, balancing and installation on the SSR ran less than $950.00. I am "stoked"!!! The "catch" was that I had to perform the swap immediately so that my factory wheels could be sent out to be chromed for the next SSR. Chris' number is 562-988-0211 Good Luck !!!!
