[s-cars] Re: Suspension Upgrade

[Mike Claire]

I have the same exact set up you are describing.  Stock '93 5 spoke
16x8 wheels running 225/50s.  Eibach lowering springs bought this past
summer from Shox.com on a recent mfg run, I bought the spacers that I
think are 10mm.  Bilstein Sports.

My car sits exactly level, with 2" gap between fender lip and tire,
both front and back.  I live in a small town in NH - no boulevard
cruising here.  I haven't hit bottom yet I don't think.  Although,
when I look under the car the Stromung downpipe is amazingly close to
the ground, I think...



Mike


On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:22:04 -0500, Noah <noahgodwin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At one point when I first put the stuff on, I went back and compared the
> numbers on the springs and they were the same as the ones they were shipping
> to other folks that were not complaining like I was/am. It's in the archive
> somewhere.
> 
> I installed all the stuff myself. The only way I can think of to screw it up
> would be to install the spring perches upside down, and that would make it
> quite a bit taller, but it's  all but impossible to compress the spring
> enough to get the sandwich together that way. Can anyone else think of any
> way I could have assembled it incorrectly?
> 
> It's rolling on the stock 16x8 wheels with 225/50/16s.
> 
> -Noah
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "otw185" <otw185 at yahoo.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 5:40 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Re: Suspension Upgrade
> 
> >
> > My '92 with the Eibach Prokit/Bil-Sport doesn't bottom out either, and it
> > didn't prior to or after having the spacer installed to correct the height
> > (it took a bit of work to track down the correct spacer part which ECS now
> > carries -- not to mention they did both install jobs in their shop too).
> > If I'd correct anything (first I'll install the HRSB sitting in my garage
> > in Spring.  I'm kind of afraid to with the squishy snow tires presently on
> > the car) it would be to stiffen the rear setup, without changing the
> > height, to counter the squat it wants to do on hard acceleration.  It's
> > definitely more noticeable since some recent power mods.  ]
> >
> > Scott in OH
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:09:50 -0500
> > From: <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> > Hi Noah,
> >
> > Just wondering if you had the right springs or not. My car dropped all
> > of 20mm. My car still has a bit of a gap between the tire and arch. I
> > don't recall having bottomed out on anything.
> >
> > Tony
> > 96 S6
> 
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