Just put on some eibach springs (thanks daniel). Going to be installing camber bolts this weekend and some shocks in a few months, but this'll do for now.

 

Hotness man, if I wasn't that careless of a driver I would love a drop down the road.. 2 Qs.. what are you running in your sidemarkers (looks so bright) and who actually makes aftermarket shocks for the G? It always seemed weird to me that people lower this car well over an inch on stock struts to begin with.

 

That is one reason I'm leaning towards no on lowering my car...don't get me wrong I love the look of it being lowered but I have lowered my last 2 cars and I always end up having problems. Mostly due to the fact that i only get springs and i don't upgrade the struts. When i gave back my last car (end of lease) the back made an awful sound when i went over any bumps.

 

I think it looks brighter in the photo than it does in real life. I'm using polarg lights in them. I used to have piaa bulbs, but the polarg lights look a lot better IMO (whiter). I think they were cheaper too.

See here for some aftermarket shocks:

http://infinitipa.zoovy.com/category/suspensionupgrades

I don't think the drop was over an inch. I had the stock sport suspension on my 05 coupe already, so when I put these on, I don't think it dropped any more than another .75 inches. The car was already pretty low and I was really scared that it would drop too much, but I think it turned out just fine. If the loss in handling is noticeable, I'll consider in investing in some shocks/struts.

 

I was never really concerned about the struts until this car - mainly from my own ignorance. My last car, honda prelude, was dropped so low I had to roll my fenders to prevent rubbing, however, I never had any problems with the shocks (put about 80-90k miles on it). I've been told my shocks will wear out in 7 months! Wonder why the honda shocks lasted so long.

 

have you done an alignment yet? how much is it for camber bolts and how much to put in? Just tryin to see what I have to do, I'm gettin eibachs in pretty soon...trying to get some advice from someone who's got them in now...thanks so much in advance!

 

Hey, your ride looks sweet!!! Congrats with your new mods, I've also been thinking about upgrading (or downgrading to mother earth) my suspension soon. Let us know how the camber is in the rear before and after the camber kit is applied-I think my rear camber toes in way too much now and it's on the factory suspension.
C-Keith

 

I would believe the wheel bearings will go bad way before you have a stock strut blow and they start making all kinds of noises, so I don't know if the struts per se were what was causing you problems. Even if you had gotten aftermarket struts, there's nothing you could have done to save your wheel bearings unfortunately. Even if you upgrade the shocks, it can become a mess.. When I wanted to lower my old car, someone blew one of his Tokico Illuminas and they wouldn't acknowledge the "lifetime" warranty because his spring rates were higher than spec. So I'm wondering how low can we go with the G before the strut warranty is voided.

 

As soon as I have free time (probably friday), I'll get an alignment. I wanted to wait until the springs settled in before doing an alignment. I bought the SPC camber bolts (should be here on friday too) from http://iapdirect.com/item.asp?invid=785

It *claims* to support +- 3.00 camber, so we'll see if this is sufficient for me. I'll let you know how they work. Not sure how much for installation of the bolts. Doesn't seem to hard except you have to widen the adjustment slots alittle.

 

your welcome steve.

hope you enjoy them.

i plan on lowering mine 2" when i get me tein basics. omi has been running his car at 1.5 rear and 2.5 in the front for sometime now with out problem. before that he was running 1.5 rear and 2 front.

 

Without problems? Is that why he's the official FGC bumper scraper expert?

 

well be sides that

i meant suspension problems not cosmetic problems

 

nope, no suspension problems in the rear; fronts at that low height still have camber issues, but with a 2" drop, those would probably go away.

 

jeez finiti35 should have flammed me for not finding this in the search.

Hey guys I have a set of eibach pros coming in this week. I'd really appreciate any insight you can give me.

Where did you do the install and have you instaled the camber kit yet. etc etc all noob stuff sorry

 

As long as you get your camber, caster and toe in spec(or close to it) and don't go to the wrong offset wheel(they wouldn't clear on a lowered car so this really isn't a concern) your wheel bearings will have no more stress than stock. I'm not sure what you mean with this statement.