Weird looking Eibach Sportline Drop
23-Oct-2007, 11:36 PM
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Weird looking Eibach Sportline Drop
I have a 95 b16 hatch, that i purchased with a set of eibach sportlines already on. When i bought the car i did notice a bit less fender gap in the rear than the front, but the test drive won me over anyways. Now its really bothering me, the springs are supposed to be a 1.8in drop all around but the rears are just about up in the fenders (13in steelies and all seasons) and theres a 2+ in gap in the fronts. Does anyone have an idea why this might be. Ill also add there on stock shocks which i kno is a bad move.
26-Oct-2007, 09:32 PM
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I have a set of Eibach sportlines, they also came with the car when I bought it. I noticed the same thing with the "nose-up" gap. The same thing occured when I switched to H&R. Here are some thoughts.
- The dampers (shocks) have nothing to do with ride height, they control the oscillations of the spring, that's all, the spring is what bears the load of the car.
- The springs in the front ARE stiffer than the rear with the sportline, it's stamped right on the spring. Stiffer springs are harder to compress. Eibach uses a higher front spring rate to control the amout of body roll in cars without sway bars (CX, VX, DX), and because the average spirited street driver is actually quite bad at balancing the car. The stiff front springs promote understeer at the legit limit of the spring/tyre combo ie. safety.
- Finally, you're probably forgetting that your 1XXlbs butt isn't in the car when you're outside looking at it. With any car, but especially something as light as an EG gen civic, you're a definately measurable amout of the vehicle weight. That will help level the car.
- The dampers (shocks) have nothing to do with ride height, they control the oscillations of the spring, that's all, the spring is what bears the load of the car.
- The springs in the front ARE stiffer than the rear with the sportline, it's stamped right on the spring. Stiffer springs are harder to compress. Eibach uses a higher front spring rate to control the amout of body roll in cars without sway bars (CX, VX, DX), and because the average spirited street driver is actually quite bad at balancing the car. The stiff front springs promote understeer at the legit limit of the spring/tyre combo ie. safety.
- Finally, you're probably forgetting that your 1XXlbs butt isn't in the car when you're outside looking at it. With any car, but especially something as light as an EG gen civic, you're a definately measurable amout of the vehicle weight. That will help level the car.
Last edited by Sundown; 26-Oct-2007 at 09:34 PM.
31-Oct-2007, 12:25 AM
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that's a big gap in the front for a car that's supposed to be lowered. the possibilities are - it's normal (which for Eibachs it kinda is normal for the rear to be a lil lower than the front), or it's not normal and your front springs are outside the perch.
how big is the difference between front to back? what size are the tires?
how big is the difference between front to back? what size are the tires?
01-Nov-2007, 09:37 PM
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well my understaning is that your tires are too small to begin with. once you have the appropriate tires, then you can judge the gap better. right now the tire to fender gap means nothing.
28-Dec-2007, 08:44 PM
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On the EG and EK it is totaly possible to have the springs reversed. I've seen it done and if your saying it's a 2 inch difference chances are that they're reversed. Let me know if you need any help with it.
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