Springs, which height to go for?

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:18 pm

im looking into buying a set of Eibach springs to go with some Bilstein dampers

Eibach do 2 kits, the Pro kit which lowers around 30mm, or the Sportline kit which lowers around 40mm. the Pro kit is £160, im yet to find a price for the lower kit.

im not sure which to go for. 30mm is roughly what the Tein s-tech springs are, and when i had them they were great, but could of been lower, but im not sure if the 40mm will be too low

what u recon?

RDaltron · Post by **RDaltron** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:21 pm

where your tein's the tein s-techs ?

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:27 pm

yeh i had S-tech springs, now i have the Basic Coilovers

RDaltron · Post by **RDaltron** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:33 pm

what did you think about the s-techs ?

because i think im gonna re order some

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:35 pm

i thought u already re-ordered them?

yeh they were great for the money!! nice progressive spring, does what it was suppose too lol

havent had any other aftermarket springs on my car to compare, but from what ive used in the past and what friends have used, they are very good, 8/10 id say

there are better out there, but these are very suited to civic's

EDIT:
here my car with the S-Tech springs on...

RDaltron · Post by **RDaltron** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:57 pm

i like that height

i'm going to but im just waiting for the money to be refunded back into paypal, it has been put on a temporary hold

Post by **Tahir** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:13 am

RDaltron wrote:i'm going to but im just waiting for the money to be refunded back into paypal, it has been put on a temporary hold

Are you surprised? This is Paypal we are talking about.

RDaltron · Post by **RDaltron** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:17 pm

haha true but to be perfectley honest i havent ever had no problems with it

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:31 pm

I don't think 40mm would be too low, Think that would be just about right.

But is the PRO KIT not better in terms of handling than the sportline?

Also Have you found out how mich stiffer they are over stock?

Once you get this installed let us know what you think

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:44 pm

EE9 CVC wrote:But is the PRO KIT not better in terms of handling than the sportline?

well they are basically the same spring, just one set is lower. they both boost the same factors

EE9 CVC wrote:Also Have you found out how mich stiffer they are over stock?

it was on eibach's site, but its not working, looks like they got some form errors

EE9 CVC wrote:Once you get this installed let us know what you think

i will dont worry

Oldskool J-EDM · Post by **Oldskool J-EDM** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:50 pm

40mm drop would look best....30mm would be best for everyday use IMO. I'd go with the 40mm drop.

browndk04 · Post by **browndk04** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:24 pm

When i had mine lowered 50mm it never hit anything. So you'd be perfectly fine with 40mm springs. Plus it would look nicer

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:32 pm

i think you guys are right

i dont know what mine is lowered at the moment, but at a guess id say 35/40mm ish

im gunna find out some prices tomorrow, as i cant find anywhere that stock the 40mm kit for the crx/civic EE, so may have to settle for the 30mm kit

my 306 had a 30mm kit and it was alot lower than 30mm with the bilstein shocks...

example91 · Post by **example91** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:19 pm

30mm your crazy! that would be hardly noticable!

. i had 40mm when i bought my vt and it was an appalling ride height. go lower until your mud flaps are scraping

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:40 pm

Depends what you are after, the mentioned set up would be the best balance beetween OK looks and Great Handling. A silly low car will most likely not handle as well as it possibly could. And also causes problems with clearance.