eibach lowering springs experiences?

[W00rdup]

is there any negative feedback about these springs?
i know everyone says the back looks lower and all that it doesnt bother me and from what ive seen i dont see it in person but i wanted to know what people thought of them after driving a while i see they initial reaction after buying but months later anyone have anything to say?

[patyouknow]

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[SX FORTE]

At first I thought they were kinda harsh, but than again the stock ride was too but now everythings broken in a little, springs at 3k, car at 4k miles, I'd say it's a good ride, no rubbing and my car sits level, if anything the back seems a couple mm higher, I like my Eibachs so far ( we also have pretty decent roads here)

[Matemorh]

Almost a year now and nothing bad to say about it!!!

[W00rdup]

Good to hear thanks for the feedback all the stuff I saw before on them said they had just gotten them loved them then I.never saw the result from.much later it looks like.ill be getting them do they only have the 1 inch drop? That seemed to.be all I.found that's good for me.I see the pictures and the drop looks they all seem to be the same drop

[gmafistr]

i went with 18's and a 30 series... alil wider than spec but not much at all.. same eibach springs 1 inch back 1.2 front.. it takes ALOT to scrape or rub.. im not even 1k in but i love them

[Tebore]

You might as well add the UltraRacing bars while you're doing the springs. I got the rear sway bar and man with ESC off the car is a blast to push.

[fredstr2010]

I had a problem. I'm a noob when it comes to naming car parts so excuse my horrible details. I was hearing a noise coming from the front. Sounded like metal rubbing and rattling. I lifted the car on the jack to see what was the problem and one of the bolts(not sure what it's called) popped off. I've had the springs on for about 20k miles. This could have been my fault for a couple of reasons.
1. I didn't get an alignment
2. I didn't get the camber bolts
3. This happened after driving around in San Francisco( andman some of those slopes are ridiculous!)
It was somewhat easy to fix. Just squeezed the ball joint back into the socket and it's been fine since.
Hope the picture clears up my vague description


DSC09628 by Fredstr2010, on Flickr


DSC09629 by Fredstr2010, on Flickr

you can see the rod sticking out to the right and the empty spot where it should be screwed in

[gripphard]

thats swaybar endlinks.

[crawl.hamilton]

Question

As stated previously, the stock ride isn't all that bad, but this car is no luxury platform to say the least. I know that when I switched out and lowered on previous projects it made the ride a lot ruffer.

Has the majority of people who lowered kept the stock shocks and if so, how bad is the ride?

If anyone has changed out their shocks, what did they go with.

Fire away...

[arinesmith]

Originally Posted by crawl.hamilton

Question

As stated previously, the stock ride isn't all that bad, but this car is no luxury platform to say the least. I know that when I switched out and lowered on previous projects it made the ride a lot ruffer.

Has the majority of people who lowered kept the stock shocks and if so, how bad is the ride?

If anyone has changed out their shocks, what did they go with.

Fire away...

I'm going to investigate this answer. I would love to lower my ride but the SX is pretty rough and I don't want it any rougher, but don't want to lose the sportiness in corners. But if someone wants to answer here, i'll bet watching too! (I'm thinking ARK springs, just for the little extra drop).

[crock89]

Originally Posted by arinesmith

I'm going to investigate this answer. I would love to lower my ride but the SX is pretty rough and I don't want it any rougher, but don't want to lose the sportiness in corners. But if someone wants to answer here, i'll bet watching too! (I'm thinking ARK springs, just for the little extra drop).

Just got some arks a couple days ago. they have the perfect drop. More money then the eibach though.

[DarthRaider253]

I've had my eibachs for abouttt a year now...never had a problem..nice drop

[gmafistr]

i love mine