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Thought this might be useful for searching purposes. First wanna Thank
Kuah at SPL and Kyle at IPP for excellent service with parts for this
suspension overhaul. Also Guapo for his install tips.So I am comming from a two time replacement of Eibach/Stock shock.
Same Eibach springs each time, just replaced the OEM shocks twice over
the years; I really wanted to keep the cabin switch for the longest time.
I am over that now.
Compared to Eibach/OEM, the coilovers are set about the same height in
front as the E/O. Coilovers in the rear are set about 1/2 inch lower than
E/O. I may have to raise rears a bit when I get new tires as They might
rub. I do not have rolled fenders. The front of the car is about 26
inches from the ground to fender. The rear is about 25 1/4. This is 18s
with the 245/40 265/35 combo. Driving comparison: Let me preface by saying this is streetability and I
am comparing dampaning of one click on all four corners SPL to Stock/
Eibach - sport mode. The problem I always had with the E/O setup was
the rebounding of the shocks. I did not mind the sport setting on the
compression side of the stroke, but because the preload from the weight
of the car seems to be at least 1/2 the preload on the shock tube, the
other being the shortness of the Eibach spring as compared to the OEM
spring. So when I was driving I would hit a bump and the E/O would
compress a certain amount (just fine) but then could rebound past that
amount if the bump required much stroke travel the car would go past
the half way point getting into the weight of the car preload and almost
lift up. This seemed to cause bouncey-ness. That is what I attribute to
most peoples unimpressed take on the E/O setup. The "touring" setting
was better on this bouncyness but the shock was not stiff enough, and I
would bottom out more. This lead me mentally away from loving that in
cabin switch because I realized lately I am always in sport mode
anyway. now the SPLs at 1 click are between the two touring sport
settings as far as dampining stiffness (this is the "butt shock dyno"
talking here, no actually measurement keep in mind. ) The compression
and rebound are perfectly balanced and because so you elemenate the
"bounce". because the shock rod is appropriately lengthened to match
the travel of the spring and not reliey on the the weight of the car. So in
other words the compression of the system matches the rebound of the
system. Now I supposed you could screw this up on instalation if you set
your preload on the coilovers too much, but I don't think you would ever
get the same amount of bounce. Also, they seem to be "quicker" they
respond and react much faster. This may be related to the above
mentioned or something else, but it makes for a great ride. Pretty much
all this is opinion and they are like... well you know so take it for what
it's worth. Good day.
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