Change bumper or get coilovers?
 

Friend of mine has an eg hatch, currently with yellow and hr springs, with body kit. He just bought this car used. Problem is car is quite low (like 2" from ground) and it has been hitting many things. So he wants to raise it abit.

Checked the koni, setting is already highest. He doesn't mind the look of the stock bumper, but is just deciding which method is better, changing front/rear/side to stock bumper or just getting coilover like ground control? GC is like 300 on ebay, I am not too sure about the bumpers (needs to be painted). With coilovers there might be too much fender gap (currently can fit one finger in front, but touches fender and wheel)? With bumpers and paint it might be very costly.

What do you guys think?


edit: hm since HR springs are for lowering, then I guess he can just get a set of oem springs, which will raise the car height?

I'd say he has H&R Race springs which are pretty low. I'd just change the springs to a different drop like an H&R Sport. A higher profile tire will also raise the car slightly. It really depends on what your friend cares more about, looks or driveability.

3" is not low. When I had my EG8 it was like 1.75" from the ground, and I never hit anything.

Ok he just did exact measurement, its 2". His front bumper will scrap the asphalt when the ground is a little uneven, turning abit fast, enter/exit "entrances/exits" crossing the curb (say, getting from road into gas station, the curb part). When I was in the car, it feels like the bumper will fall out any second.

BTW it's probably HR sport, since its black. I am thinking its just how low the bodykit is, since many people have koni/hr and dont have this bottoming issue. Anyone know what places sell oem/stock bumpers, or even better paint them?

if you raise the car and leave the bodykit on the car will look horrible. simply because you will have massive wheel gap between the wheel and the wheel wells.

imo you have two options.

change the bumpers and get oem ones
OR
cut and modify the bodykit to suit your lowered car so it wont scrape yet it will still have the look of the car it was purchased as.

adding bigger tires makes the car look ugly too because you dont want to have a thick ass tire wall.

Just put bigger rims on the car, and he will be set.

pics? ..

you can go up a bit higher without getting HUGE wheel gap if any gap at all... he's probably tucking now if he's really as low as you claim

I say raise it but personally i'd recomment true coilovers instead of springs/shocks or coilover sleeves/shocks

lol 1 finger gap is nothing u gotta know how to drive thats all

Yeah he's gotta learn how to drive a lowered car... Mine is slammed on coils and you can't see the tops of my tires... I never scrape. Just drive with care.

If car is like 1" from ground, it's really hard not to scrape anything with things like speedbumps, curbs, uneven roads, etc.

btw he went for bumpers, coilovers are too intense

...damn unsuspecting potholes.