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Old 04-20-2002 | 06:08 AM
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What is the usual amount of miles these springs are good for? I need 2 replace my shocks and need 2 know if I should put new eibachs on. The current set has 80-90k miles on them. thanks
Old 04-22-2002 | 06:24 PM
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Old 05-16-2002 | 10:35 PM
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Hell No springs last for a long time..eibachs are made at least as good as stockers and they last about almost forever
Old 05-17-2002 | 07:57 AM
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There's no reason why these springs couldn't last way more than 100k. There are a lot of older LT1 4th gens out there on original springs, and the Eibachs are going to last just as long if not longer than OEM.

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Old 05-19-2002 | 09:33 PM
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38k and still kicken
Old 05-20-2002 | 06:20 AM
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The rears on my Pros began sagging after 40K miles or so.

I replaced them with G2s
Old 05-20-2002 | 11:10 AM
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I wish the stock rear springs on my 95 Formula would start to sag! The damn car still sits *** high even with 66k on it! I'm doing the rubber garden hose mod soon (where you replace the isolator with a piece of garden hose to lower the rear 1/2")
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by mitchntx:
<strong>The rears on my Pros began sagging after 40K miles or so.

I replaced them with G2s</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was going to mention that my rear Eibachs were starting to feel a little soft, but didn't wan't to make any unsupported statements. Now with a little backup....

I only notice it a high speeds, but the car is starting to feel like a Buick in the rear end.... which is one of the reasons I have decided to switch to G2 springs.
Old 05-30-2002 | 01:10 PM
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I'm thinking I'll have to replace the rears eventually too; I'm getting fender scrape on the passenger side, yet I can still get 1 finger in between the tire and fender.



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