subject says it all, need sum1 to install lowering springs? any takers i work @ 120 hwy in a gas station... :wavey:
I'm sure there are plenty of people to help, just offer beer and food and they'll come running...(I have two left hands here...). Worst case scenario you might have to wait till the next install day G2G and then ther'll be plenty of help.
Springs are my favorite I can always help over the phone as well if you get stuck. The process is not too terribly dificult but it is tedious and it helps to know certain tricks and such. Im pretty busy until the end of this semester though so...Ill be free come mid december.
hey whatever works i can wait till january i wanna get ebachi springs but i dont want to too lowered just want it a inch or 2 cause i dont wanna lose my height for the car, i think i like it the way it is just want lower springs cause they give it a better handling i think? what r ur thinkin on this? please let me know...
aggg periods and capital letters are your friend!! A lower center of gravity will be good but most all of the springs i have seen lower the car quite a bit. If you like the car as it is height wise you might rethink springs or at least see some one else who had already installed them on their car.
If you like the stock ride hight, but want better to carve the corners. Consider doing sway bars front and rear prior to springs. That might give you the desired outcome.
i would do that but the real question is.. can i lift the ride up with sum other springs but dont have the feeling of a truck like ride... just like 2 inches up cause i will be moving to canada in abt 2 to 3 years and i wanna take my car with me.. and i have been there like 2 years ago and the snow was quite harse.. for a low rider.. so just thinking if i can get the same or better handling with higher like 2 inch or lower like 1 inch.. ?????
first off, there is no need to lift your car to take it to Canada. Second, you will have better performance with a lower car. The lower center of gravity is helpful. In most cases performance springs will have a higher than stock spring rate so you will have greater control. That said, you can get some spt or sti springs and put those on your car and still not need to worry about snow. If you really expect to be climbing glacers in the great white north, then you might just want to get a tank. No matter what you decide to do, sway bars will help you in handling. Also know though that on dry pavement, stiffer is better, in snow softer is better.
when i put sway bars and new lowering springs how do i know it's gonna get softer or stiffeR??? i mean can it be netural or sumthing i dont get that part please explain..?
bigger swaybars = stiffer higher spring rates = stiffer higher damping = stiffer (if u have adjustable damping) having ur car to handle neutral is quite a challenge... it will not only take the right combination of parts but also a good alignment...
My 10 year old sister was reading this thread with me and i tried to explain what springs are. Here's the diagram i used for my explaination. heheheh
I think most of the sway bars produced by whiteline are adjustable. Adjusting your sway bars is a nice and easy way to tone in either understeer or oversteer. I have my front bar on full stiffness and it's definately helping the rear end get loose.
Maybe you should look into the ground control springs. They are the only lowering springs that I know of with an adjustable ride height. http://www.ground-control-store.com/products/description.php/II=82/CA=90 Also you said you were thinking Eibach springs, well that is what they use. They are slightly more expensive, but again you can adjust ride height so they might be the perfect option for you.
whenever you change your ride height, you should (not must) get re-alignment for the best result. Alignment cost will build up pretty quickly if you get custom-performance alignment. Spend little more money and get Prodrive springs instead of eibach. I settled with Prodrive Springs on my WRX after having JDM Pinks with STi struts. It's slightly soft for my taste, but it's very good compromise for everyday driving and occasional canyon carving. wat year is your WRX?? oh yeah, if you care about ride height, check out USDM Pink springs (NOT JDM) it drops only 3/4" from stock height.
wow wow wow so many responsing to do.. btw that was the best way to tell ur sis abt those springs.. lol i'm pretty sure she got it.. anyways abt prodrive i'm thinking to get me sum eibachi springs and whatever the outlook comes it will be for good, i will try to get like the highest once they got for a {fully stock 2002 wrx}(answers one of ur questions) cause i dont wanna drop so much that will not help me on the bumps and etc.. say no to pot holes when lowering like 2 the ground.. it's scary.. i will think abt usdm pinks... btw how hard it is to install gauge cluster plate(it's white with builtin led's in them that turns BLUE..) and i have no idea.. lol
but prodrive's unknown spring rate is stiffer than eibach with slightly less drop. Eibach's spring rate is on "soft" side compare to its drop which is more prone to hit bump stop