Are you sure the Bilstein shocks are self leveling? I was under the impression only the Nivomats were.

 

according to this site they are...

Take Off Auto Parts.com

 

according to this site they are...

Take Off Auto Parts.com

That website's information pertaining to Bilstein shocks being load leveling is WRONG.

Bilsteins are NOT load leveling.

 

I have 2009 R/T and have been looking at lowering it for looks too. The dealer has told me the SRT springs would ride pretty hard. What is the best way to lower the R/T about 1 inch without creating too harsh ride ? Any experience w/ part numbers would be appreciated.

 

Mopar Super Center has R/T lowering springs that lower the car 1 inch. No experience with them but thought I'd pass it along.

stage-1-performance-springs

 

I have the Eibach Pro Kit (Springs and Shocks) on mine and the ride is still awesome. Not harsh at all. Dropped the car about 1.7 inches. I do have to take speed bumbs slower now lol

 

Your car looks fantastic ! Thanks for the info too !

 

Cool, thanks all!!

R3tro RT, that is exactly the look I am going for. I still haven't decided yet, but I am leaning towards the Eibach solution.

 

I replaced my R/T shocks and springs with the SRT shocks and springs from takoffauto. The car is not much lower, the ride is not really that harsh but the handling just feels so much better. The only thing that keeps me from taking corners at extreme speeds is me not wanting to kill myself. The car hugs the road with very little body roll. It took some time and frustration to do the swap myself but it as been well worth it.

 

Thinking about doing this myself. Anyone have pics of an R/T with the Bilsteins and SRT springs

 

Thinking about doing this myself. Anyone have pics of an R/T with the Bilsteins and SRT springs

Ask and ye shall receive...

The SRT stuff dropped it by about an inch.
It handles a lot better. A little stiffer, but not much.

 

I am also trying to decide between the SRT8 springs/shocks and the Eibach kit mostly for the lowering aspect so I went to the dealer today and measured (center of each wheel well) the height of an SRT8 compared to my RT. Results are 1" lower difference in the front but exact same measurement for the back, my guess is to give the SRT8 more of a raked look.

Still undecided on which to go with though because the SRT8 would be about half the cost of the Eibach set.

Off topic, I did get the front sway swaybar that I ordered with my Mopar bucks installed, took less than 30 minutes and made a huge difference on the cornering. The rear swaybar will take a few hours to put on so I will probably wait and tackle the springs/shocks at the same time.

 

~~ I did get the front sway swaybar that I ordered with my Mopar bucks installed, took less than 30 minutes and made a huge difference on the cornering. The rear swaybar will take a few hours to put on so I will probably wait and tackle the springs/shocks at the same time.

Aren't the R/T and SRT sway bars the same?

 

Eibach pro kit

 

For those of you that lowered the RT with SRT springs, did you do an alignment as well?

 

From what I read, the stock sway bars from the RT and SRT are the same at 30mm and 16mm except I believe Super Track Pack getting a 19mm rear bar. The upgrade kit from Mopar (Item# P5155239 ) gets you a 32mm front and 19mm rear so STP cars shouldn't need to do the rear since it already has the 19mm bar.

Surprisingly the 2mm upgrade on the front makes a huge difference in the handling over stock.