Hey Guys!
I have a set of H&R springs sitting in my garage right now just taking up space. Anyone want them for say $100? They lower the car about 1in all the way around. The springs have about 5k miles on them and ride very close to stock. I live in Hillsboro (Portland Area) and would prefer a local pick up as I dont want to figure out how to ship these.

Later all!!
Chris

 

still got these?

 

Chris... did you get coilovers or something?

J

 

quoting Scot Gray

"unless you're buying $2k+ coilovers I'd stick with the stock suspension."

but screw him, I'm putting on Tein S Techs and KYB Jelly GR-2s on my evo. Nothing like puckering up your butthole from bottoming out your struts. It's all about making your evo look good and handle worse, right?

 

LOL,

That was the nice thing with the H&R springs. The ride was almost identicle to the stock springs but lowered the car about 1in all the way around. The handling doesnt get better or worse. This I know from running the car around our race track here and the corners reacted exactley the same, as was my average lap.

I didnt get coil overs I went back to the stock springs so I could get chains on the tires if I need to this winter. Planning on hitting the slopes alot more this year!

 

I'm not sure that statement is accurate... at least from my experience. I have the S-Techs and would say that track performance increased over the stock springs. I drove PIR two all day sessions on the stockers... and then 4 with the S-Techs. For the first year the ride was not really that much stiffer than stock... I think it's possible that the struts have been worn more than they normally would have (with the stock springs) and therefore, they may have lead to decreased performance over time... but definitely not that first year.

Jason

 

The stock struts can only take so much of a beating from ****ty springs. Lots of people have blown out their stock struts by running S Techs. The struts bottom out on bumps and uneven surfaces and give up. A good spring wouldn't let this happen. When you bottom out you 'skip' across the corner like you see all the ricey hondas do, they are pretty much riding on their bump stops. Furthermore, something screams in my head 'no' when I think about putting $125 springs on a $30,000 cars suspension. You would also be surprised in what 'feels' faster, when it is actually not.

 

Which is why I noted my lap times around the track before and after putting the springs on.

I never had any bottoming out issues with the H&R springs. Like I said before, the ride is very similar to the stock springs with the exception that you are sitting a bit lower. About 1in lower all the way around to be exact.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAH lap times??? AHHAAHAHAHAHAH

 

Yeah... however, like Chris, my lap times also improved slightly at PIR after the install (with no other mods at all) and I do feel like the car hugged just a bit more. Maybe it's because I was also getting better at punching the right lines over time... but you also have to take into account that at the same time my tires were getting worse and worse.

Just FYI - I have never felt my suspension actually bottom out and hit the bump stops, and I do know what that feels like.

I say if people want to throw on some springs let them. From my perspective the car looks better and more importantly as far as I can tell performs as good if not better. At least that has been my experience. Moreover, it seems to be the experience of most of the people who have put on some aftermarket springs from what I can tell. Besides, my guess is that the majority of Evo owners who put springs on their cars want the improved look & performance... but don't track their cars, so they really won't know. I think Chris and I are the exceptions to the rule for most evo owners because we actually track our cars often... do you? Seems like you are kind of a hater. Just let people do what they want. If you think it's stupid, don't do it. Your opinion has been registered... now let it go.

Jason

 

Ummm. yes, lap times. You know, how long it takes to go around the 1.98 miles and 12 turns of PIR. I dont see the humor here so please indulge us!

 

$20 bucks says you can't pull better times with H&R's

 

Send me your email in a pm and ill send you two videos. One stock and one with H&R's. Ill also include my address so you can send me my $20, although I also accept paypal.

 

 

Whos to say it was the springs that make your lap time faster, or the fact you knew the track better.