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Old May 23, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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Ok I am stuck I want to lower the Evo some,I am looking at the Eibach Prokit for a 1.2 drop all around which I would like to do so I don't have issues that I have read some have " Not all". The other is the Tanabe GF210's. I would really like to drop the car 2 inch's but without coils I dont see that happening.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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Swift springs give you a 2 inch drop in the front, I believe.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by al3xx
Swift springs give you a 2 inch drop in the front, I believe.
I want basicly a same drop all around nthing like 2 in the front and 1 in the back but thansk for the heads-up on the Swift I could not find their drops.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by al3xx
Swift springs give you a 2 inch drop in the front, I believe.
No.

-1.4 and -0.8.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by SmikeEvo
No.

-1.4 and -0.8.
Well the Swift are out of the price range this is a temp fix until I get coilovers. Now I just saw that Megan makes springs now as well with about the drop I want so I am thinking of getting those.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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Why not simply save the money and wait to buy coilovers like you said? If you must have springs consider the Workx and gtworx springs also. I wouldn't waste time with cheap springs but that's just my opinion and you are asking so......

Good Luck
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Old May 24, 2009 | 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by oldevodude
Why not simply save the money and wait to buy coilovers like you said? If you must have springs consider the Workx and gtworx springs also. I wouldn't waste time with cheap springs but that's just my opinion and you are asking so......

Good Luck
No, I value everyones opion but Im looking more at maybe a year before I get coilovers and so thats why I am looking at "cheaper" springs. Alsoof people like megans Coilovers so I am thinking of tring their springs.
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Old May 24, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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Cheap springs (too low, too soft) blow struts. Good springs (Swift, GTWorx, RobiSpec) work great on our struts.

And, a properly setup spring, sway, strut combo will perform better than the cheap coil-overs.

Cheap coil-overs have valving all over the place, unknown internals, and mis-matched spring rates.
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Old May 24, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SmikeEvo
Cheap springs (too low, too soft) blow struts. Good springs (Swift, GTWorx, RobiSpec) work great on our struts.

And, a properly setup spring, sway, strut combo will perform better than the cheap coil-overs.

Cheap coil-overs have valving all over the place, unknown internals, and mis-matched spring rates.
Ok well I guess I need to think then not turing anyones Ideas down but I just want a little better control/Handeling for awhile while I take care of other minor issues/Upgrades then I will look into some coilovers.I am looking at TEIN again Like I had before.

I just looked and the Megan Lowering springs are 280kg/mm front and 250kg/mm in the rear with is like a 5.0K F and 4.2 R with a 2.0 F and 1.9 R lowing "claimed".

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Old May 25, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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Let me save you some money and grief... follow SmikeEvo's advise on springs. You are better off with one of those choices or NOTHING!!!! I recommend the GTWorx springs myself for a real world driver. Most the other springs on the market less those three are just trash.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 07:29 AM
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I have Tanabe GF210 for sale if you are interested. PM if you want them! Great springs but too low for me, going for the Swifts!
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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I just bought the Eibach pro kit and after looking at my car again id probally want to drop the rear .2inch less so the rear is slightly higher than the front, so hopefully it looks alright and handels well for now untill I get coils.

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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Thanks for the replies everyone and also ZEUS your reply is not worht it I asked for advice not childish banter. I hve decided to go wait until I can get the Coils and I am going to go with Megan More then like since there are not ISSUES with them. There are just some members who prefer to go with over priced stuff.If I was a heavy Track runner then I could see spending a little more.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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Beissen, do as you want. But you came here asking for advice and people gave it to you. Unfortiently it was not what you wanted to hear.

There are many knowledgeable people here, like Smike, GTWORX and Zeus that are trying to help you. For performance, SMike already gave you your options.

But if you JUST want a dropped car and don't care about cr@ppy cornering, bad ride quility, and blown struts very soon, then go with whatever you want. Tein and Megan's both offer springs that drop your car around 2", but remember, you been warned.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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i have the Eibachs on my car for over a year, and I have had no problems, except with my tires that I had on there, they were 245/45/18, and they rubbed a bit, now running 245/40/18 and having no problems at all. the only problem that I have is that the roads here in VA are garbage.

this is with the old wheels and tires
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...thread-14.html

this is with the new
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ana-wagon.html

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