Eibach lowering spring
Yeah he knows his stuff. I think I just search eibach springs sagging ls1tech in google and found threads on them.
Edit: Yeah I just did a yahoo search for eibach springs sagging ls1tech and I found threads about it.
Edit: Yeah I just did a yahoo search for eibach springs sagging ls1tech and I found threads about it.
I agree with Deeohgie69 here about the sagging issues associated with Ebiach. Never seen it personally, but have read about numerous cases where this has been an issue. Good news is that you're only paying 50 bucks, so if it doesn't work out its no big loss
Yeah $50 is worth it just for the fronts tbh, so you didn't get hurt on the deal if you already got them. The rears are cheap if you have to buy new ones and my fronts didn't sag at all.
Im curious do you have any measurements on the rear when you had the Eibach springs? How about a measurement on the front at the time?
No I sure don't man. I would guess that it was about a ½" lower than the front by just looking at it. I'm sure that a lot of it had to do with the oem shocks, but I used to bottom out going to down highway if I was going 65-70mph going over the parts where the overpasses meet together and towards the bottom. It felt like something was literally coming up through the bottom of the car in back. It would have trouble going over speed bumps and potholes too. After I changed them I haven't bottomed out or scraped once.
2.5-3" Drop???
Where are you measuring from?
There shouldn't even be enough travel to achieve that drop in the back without resting on the bumpstops.
Is that your car in the pictures with the eibach prokit? That is roughly a 1.5" drop in those pics(unless you had a really really tall sitting factory height car for the before measurements). Sportlines that drop roughly 2"+ end up tucking the tires under the fenders on some cars, you can still see space between your fenders and tires.
Where are you measuring from?
There shouldn't even be enough travel to achieve that drop in the back without resting on the bumpstops.
Is that your car in the pictures with the eibach prokit? That is roughly a 1.5" drop in those pics(unless you had a really really tall sitting factory height car for the before measurements). Sportlines that drop roughly 2"+ end up tucking the tires under the fenders on some cars, you can still see space between your fenders and tires.
No I sure don't man. I would guess that it was about a ½" lower than the front by just looking at it. I'm sure that a lot of it had to do with the oem shocks, but I used to bottom out going to down highway if I was going 65-70mph going over the parts where the overpasses meet together and towards the bottom. It felt like something was literally coming up through the bottom of the car in back. It would have trouble going over speed bumps and potholes too. After I changed them I haven't bottomed out or scraped once.
I have eibach prokit springs with about 15 years of use, and 80k miles on them. I can tell you for sure mine are atleast 2 inches lower than stock now, and my rear springs are completely shot. They bottom out on everything. My rear shocks are just destroyed after about a year.
I mean it looks great, but if you go over an uneven intersection that has a rise then fall, you immediately hear the rear end slam the chassis. No I have no bump stops to fit 315's in the back with rolled fenders
Last edited by chrysler kid; Sep 8, 2016 at 12:57 PM.
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Verdad Gallardo Eibach only cares about being first to market with their product lines, and generally give their springs a softer feel so the average consumer can run them with a factory strut. The softer spring rate just gets trashed after about 3-4 years of daily driving, especially the rear springs
I have eibach prokit springs with about 15 years of use, and 80k miles on them. I can tell you for sure mine are atleast 2 inches lower than stock now, and my rear springs are completely shot. They bottom out on everything. My rear shocks are just destroyed after about a year.
I mean it looks great, but if you go over an uneven intersection that has a rise then fall, you immediately hear the rear end slam the chassis. No I have no bump stops to fit 315's in the back with rolled fenders
I have eibach prokit springs with about 15 years of use, and 80k miles on them. I can tell you for sure mine are atleast 2 inches lower than stock now, and my rear springs are completely shot. They bottom out on everything. My rear shocks are just destroyed after about a year.
I mean it looks great, but if you go over an uneven intersection that has a rise then fall, you immediately hear the rear end slam the chassis. No I have no bump stops to fit 315's in the back with rolled fenders
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I wonder if they even know honestly. The only way people find out about these issues is being on forums like this one in the first place, and there are no reps from the company on any car forums at all that I know of. They have such a huge range of cars they make parts for I wouldn't be surprised that the 4th gen being discontinued 14 years ago gets no more attention.
I wonder if they even know honestly. The only way people find out about these issues is being on forums like this one in the first place, and there are no reps from the company on any car forums at all that I know of. They have such a huge range of cars they make parts for I wouldn't be surprised that the 4th gen being discontinued 14 years ago gets no more attention.
honestly why would they care.. do they sponsor race cars or anything? nope. its a dress up appearance item they advertise as a product that gives you better appearance and better gas mileage. ive owned mine for 10 years, id say i got my moneys worth. i wouldnt trust a used set though
im waiting for BMR to toss up another strut and shock sale dammit. its been a year since the last one
Literally 3 posts under you until I bumped up this thread with my post
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...rough-bmr.html
Literally 3 posts under you until I bumped up this thread with my post
Literally 3 posts under you until I bumped up this thread with my post