shock6906

I installed my Hooker LT's over the weekend and I just wanted to give you guys some pictoral evidence of the (lack of) ground clearance afterwards. The first two pics are driver's side and the last is passenger side. There's a whole 1.25 inches of clearance on the driver's side. It hangs lower than the passenger side so I didn't bother measuring that. 9 volt battery for real-world reference. By the way, these are on the 1997 Z-28, just so you know.

rice burner

dammmn! Are u serious? guess I won't be buying those anytime soon!

69z-28

that flange will be crying within a few days of hitting the road. literally.lol

ITSA6

someone will be driving slow over bumps now...wow

Bernotas05

Yea thats some low clearance fo sho

V6Cam

damn i would cut that flange and rotate it on both the headers and the pipe connecting to it, bc that will be scrapin alot and possible cause an exhaust leak

Mike Jones

iTrader: (1)

That's why I wouldn't buy headers with the flange. You lose that much more clearance.

Although to be fair I think my ground clearance of my ypipe is about the same as your headers.

mpe331lx

We just picked up a set of Pacesetter LTs and Y for Steph's car. Although they are an inexpensive header,the have some pretty good features. They have a slip fit collector and pretty thick laser cut flanges. Hopefully they will be leak free. I would cut those flanges off, set ip up as a slip fit, and use stainless band clamps.

NoRiceInside

ive heard so much about the pacesetters as far as clearance. by far, the best. sure, hookers flow better, but look at what you sacrafice.

and btw, sportlines and any LTs...no-no.

shock6906

Yeah, I can see that. The car had Sportlines on it when I bought it. Spring spacers FTW?

mxracerbrian

wow thats super low! get ready for the sparks lol

paarman97maro

haha... wow. Mine shoots sparks and Im not lowered and my clearance isnt that bad... ****, note to self: do not put hookers on my future 97.

69z-28

idk who has ever noticed my ride height on my T/A but it is quite nice, not too low but deffinitely sits nice. it is stock WS6 height which is similar to the Prokit springs, with my Hookers, as long as i dont drive like a retard, im totally fine. my friends LS1 SS that has all SLP exhaust which is like 1100 bucks for the headers, his y pipe hangs way lower than my collectors. pacesetters might be cheap and no big flange, but i like the 3 bolt flange on headers compared to a slipfit. my same friend, blew off his y pipe on the drivers side one day i think just from tons of accelerating(he just got it outa storage) and the stupid slip fit SLP header and y pipe came apart. FYI tho, sportlines and headers just plain dont mix.

NoRiceInside

actually matt, i think the stock WS6 springs are only about 0.8 or so.

anyway shock, i'd get something besides eibach. im real close to lowering my car, its just down to deciding all the lil details. but ive dont a lot of research. eibachs sag in general, they are usually lower than advertised, and the rear will eventually sag even more.

for the most part, ive made up my mind: sam strano baby! im getting his brand new lowering springs, which ive heard incredible things about. lower about 1.3 inches. then ima do his revalved bilsteins, then his addco adjustable panhard, then of course, his hollow sway bars BIG money, but worth it.