I spoke with a guy from a local shop who seemed pretty knowledgeable about the Eibach kits. He confirmed that just putting springs on will damage the struts and he didn't suggest it. He did suggest coilovers to help with ride quality and avoid damaging struts. He said that the Sportlines would replace my existing coils and would provide the same effect as a coilover kit. This didn't seem to make sense to me but he said it would work and I would not need a $2000 coil kit.

I'm a little confused. Can anyone help me understand what maybe he was trying to say or is he just off his rocker?

Putting lower springs will wear out your struts quicker. That's for sure.
Just putting springs will not give you effect of coilovers because this setup is not adjustable as coilovers kit.
Lower springs will give you besides better look, lower center of gravity which gives better stability in the corners.

I was told that getting a camber kit would relieve some pressure off the struts if you do decide to get lowering springs..i dont know how true it is but if someone else has heard of that believes its true its definitely the cheapest way to do it

From what Ive heard you likely won't have strut/shock issues unless you go for 2" drop or more. I realize anything can happen. Sportlines give an average 1.5"-1.7" front drop and a little over an inch in the rear so I'd probably be ok.

I'm ok with that kind of drop and don't really need/want the drop like Teins will give as our roads here in Indy can be crappy.

i had the eibach pro-kit (which is even a lesser drop than the sportline) installed maybe 3 years ago with my stock struts and one of them was blown recently. i'm in the process of replacing them with the kyb gr2's. so from my experience, the stockers will work for a while but it's just a matter of time before it gets blown. especially with the sportline perhaps it'd be wise to put a quality strut in with the sportline the first time and save the stock assembly as a whole in case you wanna put it back to factory specs for re-sale in the future or something. it's still cheaper than getting coilovers if you can't afford them imo

users with progress/rrm springs which drop about 1.5" have reported blown shocks/struts after less than 20k miles of use. I recommend eibach pro kit or tanabe kit which both lower less than 1.1". ANything over 1.1" and I think you will have problems sooner than you would like.


http://9glancers.com/index.php/topic,10954.15.html

user reported issues even with new shocks./struts on h&r springs which lower about 1.4"

Seems like you will have potential issues no matter what you do. You just have to be careful to minimize the risk.

I spoke to another local guy and decided to go with Tein s-techs. There's a local firestone here too that will do lifetime alignments even on lowered vehicles so if/when I need new shocks I can still get an alignment without that added expense.

Hey, my sportlines I had on, they didnt need a camber kit any my struts and all are fine. Just get a alignment when you switch them .. I spoke to many people and came down to it, that the Eibach will work fine with eveything stock.