Review Eibach Pro kit springs
04-19-2015, 05:06 PM
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Eibach Pro kit springs
I recently installed the Eibach Pro Kit springs on my 2008 coupe. These are my impressions.
Drop/Appearance: I got about an inch and a half in the front, and right at an inch in the rear, and it looks killer. The springs settled about an additional half inch a week after the installation. They gave a nice even drop, and are perfect IMO for a daily driver.
Ride/Comfort: After reading all the negative posts concerning ride quality with the Eibachs, I was a little apprehensive going in. The ride changed very little if any from stock, it is slightly firmer. I firmly believe that anyone who says these springs ruined the ride of their car put them on upside down, or had bad struts to begin with. The other possibility is that they failed to take into account the lower profile of their new 20 inch tires. There is no jarring ride or excessive bounce or any of the other negative things I have seen in other posts.(btw, these springs are used, I bought them off a forum member who said they had 20k miles on them) The car definitely has less body roll in the corners, and almost zero nose dive under braking.
Installation: Fronts were a bitch. I ended up buying some low mileage struts off Ebay and having a friend with the correct spring compressor mount the springs on them. The tight coils at the top made using the compressor I had access to, a sketchy proposition at best.(I've had a spring come out of a compressor before and hit me, lucky I wasn't hurt bad) Rears were a piece of cake.
Affect on alignment: Much has been discussd on the forum about the neccessity of camber kits. My alignment is just barely out of specs on the front camber. Left front is -1.5 and right front is -1.4, I don't think those numbers are excessive. Left rear is -1.6 and right rear is -1.7, those are within factory specs. Toe is fine all the way around. Could the fronts be better? Sure but 3/10ths and 2/10ths of a degree is nothing to get bent out of shape about, my toe is actually better now than it was stock. We'll see how the tires wear.
If I didn't answer any questions feel free to ask. I'm also not saying the camber kits might not be a neccessity for someone elses car, they just weren't for mine.
Here are my alignment specs, the first file is all stock. The second is with the springs and new rims, and tires. I added a before and a couple of after pics of the drop. 5-3-15
Drop/Appearance: I got about an inch and a half in the front, and right at an inch in the rear, and it looks killer. The springs settled about an additional half inch a week after the installation. They gave a nice even drop, and are perfect IMO for a daily driver.
Ride/Comfort: After reading all the negative posts concerning ride quality with the Eibachs, I was a little apprehensive going in. The ride changed very little if any from stock, it is slightly firmer. I firmly believe that anyone who says these springs ruined the ride of their car put them on upside down, or had bad struts to begin with. The other possibility is that they failed to take into account the lower profile of their new 20 inch tires. There is no jarring ride or excessive bounce or any of the other negative things I have seen in other posts.(btw, these springs are used, I bought them off a forum member who said they had 20k miles on them) The car definitely has less body roll in the corners, and almost zero nose dive under braking.
Installation: Fronts were a bitch. I ended up buying some low mileage struts off Ebay and having a friend with the correct spring compressor mount the springs on them. The tight coils at the top made using the compressor I had access to, a sketchy proposition at best.(I've had a spring come out of a compressor before and hit me, lucky I wasn't hurt bad) Rears were a piece of cake.
Affect on alignment: Much has been discussd on the forum about the neccessity of camber kits. My alignment is just barely out of specs on the front camber. Left front is -1.5 and right front is -1.4, I don't think those numbers are excessive. Left rear is -1.6 and right rear is -1.7, those are within factory specs. Toe is fine all the way around. Could the fronts be better? Sure but 3/10ths and 2/10ths of a degree is nothing to get bent out of shape about, my toe is actually better now than it was stock. We'll see how the tires wear.
If I didn't answer any questions feel free to ask. I'm also not saying the camber kits might not be a neccessity for someone elses car, they just weren't for mine.
Here are my alignment specs, the first file is all stock. The second is with the springs and new rims, and tires. I added a before and a couple of after pics of the drop. 5-3-15
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04-20-2015, 04:39 PM
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I haven't had a chance to take any decent pics since the springs have settled, but when I get a chance I will do so and add them to the review. There are some pics in the aggressive offsets and fat tires thread that I took right after I put the springs on, but they have dropped another half inch or so since I took those.
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01-29-2019, 10:27 PM
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I recently installed the Eibach Pro Kit springs on my 2008 coupe. These are my impressions.
Drop/Appearance: I got about an inch and a half in the front, and right at an inch in the rear, and it looks killer. The springs settled about an additional half inch a week after the installation. They gave a nice even drop, and are perfect IMO for a daily driver.
Ride/Comfort: After reading all the negative posts concerning ride quality with the Eibachs, I was a little apprehensive going in. The ride changed very little if any from stock, it is slightly firmer. I firmly believe that anyone who says these springs ruined the ride of their car put them on upside down, or had bad struts to begin with. The other possibility is that they failed to take into account the lower profile of their new 20 inch tires. There is no jarring ride or excessive bounce or any of the other negative things I have seen in other posts.(btw, these springs are used, I bought them off a forum member who said they had 20k miles on them) The car definitely has less body roll in the corners, and almost zero nose dive under braking.
Installation: Fronts were a bitch. I ended up buying some low mileage struts off Ebay and having a friend with the correct spring compressor mount the springs on them. The tight coils at the top made using the compressor I had access to, a sketchy proposition at best.(I've had a spring come out of a compressor before and hit me, lucky I wasn't hurt bad) Rears were a piece of cake.
Affect on alignment: Much has been discussd on the forum about the neccessity of camber kits. My alignment is just barely out of specs on the front camber. Left front is -1.5 and right front is -1.4, I don't think those numbers are excessive. Left rear is -1.6 and right rear is -1.7, those are within factory specs. Toe is fine all the way around. Could the fronts be better? Sure but 3/10ths and 2/10ths of a degree is nothing to get bent out of shape about, my toe is actually better now than it was stock. We'll see how the tires wear.
If I didn't answer any questions feel free to ask. I'm also not saying the camber kits might not be a neccessity for someone elses car, they just weren't for mine.
Here are my alignment specs, the first file is all stock. The second is with the springs and new rims, and tires. I added a before and a couple of after pics of the drop. 5-3-15
Drop/Appearance: I got about an inch and a half in the front, and right at an inch in the rear, and it looks killer. The springs settled about an additional half inch a week after the installation. They gave a nice even drop, and are perfect IMO for a daily driver.
Ride/Comfort: After reading all the negative posts concerning ride quality with the Eibachs, I was a little apprehensive going in. The ride changed very little if any from stock, it is slightly firmer. I firmly believe that anyone who says these springs ruined the ride of their car put them on upside down, or had bad struts to begin with. The other possibility is that they failed to take into account the lower profile of their new 20 inch tires. There is no jarring ride or excessive bounce or any of the other negative things I have seen in other posts.(btw, these springs are used, I bought them off a forum member who said they had 20k miles on them) The car definitely has less body roll in the corners, and almost zero nose dive under braking.
Installation: Fronts were a bitch. I ended up buying some low mileage struts off Ebay and having a friend with the correct spring compressor mount the springs on them. The tight coils at the top made using the compressor I had access to, a sketchy proposition at best.(I've had a spring come out of a compressor before and hit me, lucky I wasn't hurt bad) Rears were a piece of cake.
Affect on alignment: Much has been discussd on the forum about the neccessity of camber kits. My alignment is just barely out of specs on the front camber. Left front is -1.5 and right front is -1.4, I don't think those numbers are excessive. Left rear is -1.6 and right rear is -1.7, those are within factory specs. Toe is fine all the way around. Could the fronts be better? Sure but 3/10ths and 2/10ths of a degree is nothing to get bent out of shape about, my toe is actually better now than it was stock. We'll see how the tires wear.
If I didn't answer any questions feel free to ask. I'm also not saying the camber kits might not be a neccessity for someone elses car, they just weren't for mine.
Here are my alignment specs, the first file is all stock. The second is with the springs and new rims, and tires. I added a before and a couple of after pics of the drop. 5-3-15
It has been a few years, if you still have that car and are still on the forum, how are your tires doing? Do they have excessive wear on the inside?
Thanks
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