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Old 08-17-2003, 06:31 PM
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Which is a better spring for a daily driver? Probally gonna go with Bilsteins unless there is a beter shock for a comfortable ride seeing as the car is a daily driver.

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The springs you want are all gona come down to how much you want to drop the car. The more aggresive the drop, the more spring rate your gona get. The more spring rate you get, the firmer the ride will be.
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I personally have used both. zi installed some Hotckis on my friends T.A. and then I put Eibach's on my car. Both handle about the same, but Hotchkis had a much better ride. The car rode better than stock. The Eibach's ride very similar to stock, but when you hit a bump you really feel it.
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I have heard the opposite because hotchkis spring rates are 285 to 500 lbs? something like that
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so the hotchkis are a more comfotable ride. What shocks?
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Default Re: Eibach or Hotchkis

I swapped on the Hotchkis springs over the weekend and didn't notice any change in ride quality from my stock SS springs. Fine with me!

(stock DeCarbon shocks here)

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I agree with Tony. The Hotchkis springs give a way better ride and they perform just as well as the Eibachs. Now if you want to be really low, then go with the Eibachs.
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what shocks guys? price is a factor.
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Default Re: Eibach or Hotchkis

what shocks guys? price is a factor.
Stick with the stockers for a while, then when they blow out hopefully you will have saved enough for a set of bilstiens
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the stockers are already ready to go.
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Default Re: Eibach or Hotchkis

I could get the SLP take offs for 50 bucks or i can get the Bilsteins for 295 to my door new. The shop that I'm gonna have my car lowered at said monroe sensor tracs would be pretty good but they seem like a stock replacment to me.



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