98 Saturn SW1

[Holter]

Well, I got wheels and tires.
Picked up the whole set for 300 with tires.
16x7, 205/45/zr16, slight stretch. I like the look of the meaty tire.

But anyways, terrible fitment, terrible wheel gap. But we're getting there.
Gonna try and lower it a bit more on the stock struts, but I have like 1/2"travel right now and I can't afford coilovers in the least bit.

Also getting 1" spacers all the way around.

[Stupid Kid]

eh.
Those wheels look okay.
Not really a fan of black wheels and definitely not a fan of red time attack stripes.

Cut down your bump stops if you can to gain more travel and then lose it again by dropping it more.

With proper lows, white or silver wheels, painted bumpers, ect. I can see it looking pretty nice in an ugly as shit funkey 90's usdm kinda way

[Holter]

I personally like the black on red alot, so I'm probably gonna roll with it regardless.
I already planned on cutting the bump stops, but I wanna get my spacers before dropping it more do I know I won't be rubbing n shit all over

[Stupid Kid]

Looks ricer AF in my opinion but to each his own.

Car does look like its going places and i do like it for the record.

[lilcraigford]

Things to buy:

ECU chip
O2 sensor chip

any suggestions/who would follow?

You're shit out of luck on those items. There are no "chips" for the Saturn S-Series application. People have seen minimal gains with a piggyback system (A'pexi SAFC). After that you're in standalone territory.

Also junkyard bumpers may be cheaper and save you some work. White seems to be a fairly common colour, only the back bumper may be hard to find as sw2's aren't as common

This won't be a problem actually - the SL2 and SW2 share the same bumper, front and rear.

pardon me for asking, but why are saturns all of a sudden so popular? ive never even heard of lowering a saturn until like the last couple of months.

There has been a Saturn community around for years. I wouldn't say our cars are popular, but we're a decent size group, and we're more of a performance oriented crowd, believe it or not. Stance and the S-Series seems to be the new and emerging thing you're seeing.

Anybody know some cheap low end coilovers that will fit 98 s series?

As Randomofodication suggested, Neon coilovers seem to adapt to our cars fairly easily. For a specific to-the-Saturn application, hunt for a set of Agility coilovers. I run a set on my daily driven SW2, and lowering the car is about all they are good for (ride quality is terrible). For a proper Saturn coilover (or at least as good as we can get), look into AMR Engineering. I have a set of these on my project car and they are a world better. This also is reflected in the price difference haha.

Sixthsphere.com is an excellent resource. Be warned, the new guys tend to go through a period of ball busting. My biggest suggestion to enduring is to thoroughly search before you ask.

[Holter]

Would 2005 dodge neon struts work with a little work?

[Doughroller_13b]

What years of neon coilovers work for early 90's sc2?

[TheTynosaur]

Good start

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[sometimesthomas]

Where did you get those adjustables from? I can't find any. And will they fit the SL2?

[Holter]

Sooooo random updates. Made a lip. Painted my bumpers and door handles. Apexi N1 muffler for now. New tires, 195/50s all around. Gonna get around to some larger spacers soon. Thats pretty much it for now.








More things to come. Slowly but surely. She's only at 67k miles right now so I'll be driving her for a good while.

[Holter]

Needs more low n wide.

[joffborgo]

I've got a 97 sw1 and I definitively wanna lower mine that way! Tell me the exact specs of the suspension you bought, where I could buy it and how much I should expect to pay!

How is the handling and the ride comfort now?

thanks in advance!

[Holter]

Idk exact specs, theyre just for a civic though. I had to do some customization to the struts to make them fit. I found em for 80 bucks of some kid locally.

[sflindall26]

I like it!

[Holter]

Ripped out all my inner fender stuff and got spacers.
Yup. Still a saturn.