Nice read, and helpfull as i am replacing my springs at the weekend with a set of eiback pro kit springs

 

Hey Balbs, I have no idea if it sits higher, lower, or same height when it is fully extended. Before I put the coilovers onto my car, I put it next to my OEM shocks and adjusted the height to where I think I wanted it. I would assume that the coilovers can be extended to the stock ride height.

 

After driving about 120 miles today with the megen racing coilovers, I got a better feel for them. The coilovers allow me to feel the road a lot more than the H&R springs did. I had a good mixture of perfectly flat roads, fairly flat roads, bumpy roads, and some straight up **** roads. On the perfectly flat roads, my car drove smoothly and I loved it. On the fairly flat roads, I would get the occasional dips and bumps which would give my car a little bump, but the coilovers kept my car stable and it didn't move around too much. Once I hit bumpy roads, it got a little annoying. My car would be bouncing up and down with every bump, but the thing I like about the coils were that it prevent the car from moving up or down too much. If I were to drive on the bumpy roads with my springs, I would have been bouncing up and down all over the place. Once I hit garbage roads with cracks and construction going on, I had to completely slow down before rolling over steel plates at slow speeds.

The coilovers give a much better ride than the H&R springs I had on my car. I only took a couple of turns aggressively and it seemed as though there was significantly less body roll, but I'm going to keep taking mental notes on how the ride and feel is. I will also probably try adjusting the height so that my car sits about a half inch or one inch lower than it is now as well as change the stiffness in the rear from 12 to 10 or so. I'll probably have another update in a week or two.

 

nice write up and photos with the install.

 

FInally let the coilovers settle and adjusted the height. I am now running 12/32 stiffness on the front and 9/32 stiffness on the rear. I'll update again once I get some mileage on the new height and stiffness settings.