suspension upgrades?

hello from the other coast... the frozen one.

I'm looking at improving the handling of my 87. I've had some issues with a shop and their definition of a proper alignment.

I wasn't happy with my car prior to the job, now it just plain scares me. its so twitchy at highway speed at the moment(read end of last season here) that I refuse to drive it.

I already have polly mounts but plan on giving them a looksee to make sure they are still in good condition. shocks and springs on all four corners will be replaced with coil overs.

my question is what experience people out here have had with the kits? I'm not just talking the coil over kits but the full upgrade kits available.

the slalom kit is more than likely overkill for me, but switching to the sport package and rear bumpsteer kit from arraut looks promising. along with the aluminum cradle bushings, drop spindles and coilovers I thinks I should be covered and able to dial it in.

I'm aware that there was one report of parts failure with the bump steer kit, any other issues you guys have heard of?

other kits or mods recommended?

Front and rear sway bars are done, full Polly done. As for the wheels
and tires, I have some customized 15" motegi traklites with BF sports
comp tires new last season. The reason I went with 15's and my
specific tires was to reduce rotating mass. That along with the grand
am brakes saved me about 15 lbs per wheel.

I'm sure the biggest issue is worn parts but if its time to replace a part I
do my best to upgrade at the same time. Thus the questions as to
personal experience with the kits.

Thanks for the input, keep it comming.

fiero_fighter wrote: hello from the other coast... the frozen one. I'm looking at improving the handling of my 87. I've had some issues with a shop and their definition of a proper alignment. I wasn't happy with my accessories-c-492.html">car accessories prior to the job, now it just plain scares me. its so twitchy at highway speed at the moment(read end of last season here) that I refuse to drive it. I already have polly mounts but plan on giving them a looksee to make sure they are still in good condition. shocks and springs on all four corners will be replaced with coil overs. my question is what experience people out here have had with the kits? I'm not just talking the coil over kits but the full upgrade kits available. the slalom kit is more than likely overkill for me, but switching to the sport package and rear bumpsteer kit from arraut looks promising. along with the aluminum cradle bushings, drop spindles and coilovers I thinks I should be covered and able to dial it in. I'm aware that there was one report of parts failure with the bump steer kit, any other issues you guys have heard of? other kits or mods recommended?

I think if you use top quality kits your most problems
will be solved. Just my thoughts..