Lowering on Eibachs
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Lowering on Eibachs
I have a brand new set of Eibach springs awaiting to be fitted. I just had a few questions first:
My local council have a policy whereby they put speed bumps into every street within half a mile of a school. Will I be able to go over speed bumps comfortably?
Will I be able to go over speed bumps with cusco front and rear lower braces on?
Will I need to fit new dampers to cope with the lowering?
Will I need to fit anything else to cope with the lowering?
Will lowering the car ruin ride quality? My car is my daily driver.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
My local council have a policy whereby they put speed bumps into every street within half a mile of a school. Will I be able to go over speed bumps comfortably?
Will I be able to go over speed bumps with cusco front and rear lower braces on?
Will I need to fit new dampers to cope with the lowering?
Will I need to fit anything else to cope with the lowering?
Will lowering the car ruin ride quality? My car is my daily driver.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
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AFAIK
Eibach lower slightly more than an inch, i think just over an inch so your 'just' short of adjusting to the full geometry settings - I'm just going by what the geo guy told me he said 'Much lower and i cant adjust to the full range'
I have swifts there are 'just' under an inch. No problems for me with speed bumps and i have both front lower and rear braces, i can go over speed bumps at 15mph and have no probs (usually go about 10-15mph).
If the damper are old i recommend changing them, saying that mine had over 100k and were 'just' starting to get lazy.
They will wear out in theory quicker, with springs i think your best being as close as possible to the spring/damper rates, i dont know about eibachs mine are very close to the stock rates.
People have reported they are fine, i think sneakfish gets slight bump steer which would make sense with the eibachs.
Contary to popular belief about spacers, toe arms etc you probably wont need them. With my setup have found no negative traits TBH, i replaced my shocks with ones that were practically brand new.
Overall i think people find them fine, many have them on here and like them.
I had a choice between these RSR, swift, eibach i just swift for the reasons above.
Eibach lower slightly more than an inch, i think just over an inch so your 'just' short of adjusting to the full geometry settings - I'm just going by what the geo guy told me he said 'Much lower and i cant adjust to the full range'
I have swifts there are 'just' under an inch. No problems for me with speed bumps and i have both front lower and rear braces, i can go over speed bumps at 15mph and have no probs (usually go about 10-15mph).
If the damper are old i recommend changing them, saying that mine had over 100k and were 'just' starting to get lazy.
They will wear out in theory quicker, with springs i think your best being as close as possible to the spring/damper rates, i dont know about eibachs mine are very close to the stock rates.
People have reported they are fine, i think sneakfish gets slight bump steer which would make sense with the eibachs.
Contary to popular belief about spacers, toe arms etc you probably wont need them. With my setup have found no negative traits TBH, i replaced my shocks with ones that were practically brand new.
Overall i think people find them fine, many have them on here and like them.
I had a choice between these RSR, swift, eibach i just swift for the reasons above.
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I have Eibachs, after a bad experience with Apex. The Eibachs are great. I had a complete geo done after fitting them. the car handles great, and looks 100 times better than before. The ride is definately a lot firmer, but you just get used to it. Speedbumps are fine, you might scrape the front mudguards but nothing more. You do get bumpsteer, but you just drive accordingly. I eventually want to fit entirely new suspension, but these are fine for the time being.
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Sell the springs, and get BK coilovers IMO
Its cheaper than buying new dampers to match your springs. New springs + old dampers = iffy handling.
If you insist on fitting them, Id recommend steering rack spacers, and adjustbale rear toe arms to counter bump steer, Id also recomend driveshaft spacers to protect your driveshafts from future vibrations.
Its cheaper than buying new dampers to match your springs. New springs + old dampers = iffy handling.
If you insist on fitting them, Id recommend steering rack spacers, and adjustbale rear toe arms to counter bump steer, Id also recomend driveshaft spacers to protect your driveshafts from future vibrations.
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Originally Posted by J_D,Jan 13 2010, 05:16 PM
Sell the springs, and get BK coilovers IMO
Its cheaper than buying new dampers to match your springs. New springs + old dampers = iffy handling.
If you insist on fitting them, Id recommend steering rack spacers, and adjustbale rear toe arms to counter bump steer, Id also recomend driveshaft spacers to protect your driveshafts from future vibrations.
Its cheaper than buying new dampers to match your springs. New springs + old dampers = iffy handling.
If you insist on fitting them, Id recommend steering rack spacers, and adjustbale rear toe arms to counter bump steer, Id also recomend driveshaft spacers to protect your driveshafts from future vibrations.
Was thinking the skunk progressive springs and keep the rest stock. Has anyone got pictures of the BK coilovers fitted ie pictures before and after??? I'm keeping the stock 16" wheels too.
Where would be the best (and cheapest if poss) place to buy these from?
Leggy
