springs too unstable
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springs too unstable
Can someone give me some insight on why my springs offer little or no improvement in handling ?
I'm confused about this and I have heard of people saying their car handles better at stock height..now I'm thinking that too. All the information I know about my springs is that they are a 2" drop and the advertised percentage spring rate is 15%. I don't have the kg/mm numbers for the DF series. (If it matters?)
Driving around town and trying to take corners results in a bouncy lop-sided hopping feeling.
The freeway is a different story at high speeds and I felt a TON safer with the stock springs. Once I'm up to 90 or 100mph and hit a dip or something the car feels like it's going to fly up in the air then it comes down hard creating another bounce. It does someting like a 'teeter-totter' feeling where the front bounces down first then the rear.
My front and rear shocks are Tokico blues. Front set was replaced about 5 months ago and the rear was replaced about one week ago. The rear bump stops were cut to adjust for the springs, I'm not sure about the front.
Am I better off with a 1" drop like the eibach kit?
I'm confused about this and I have heard of people saying their car handles better at stock height..now I'm thinking that too. All the information I know about my springs is that they are a 2" drop and the advertised percentage spring rate is 15%. I don't have the kg/mm numbers for the DF series. (If it matters?)
Driving around town and trying to take corners results in a bouncy lop-sided hopping feeling.
The freeway is a different story at high speeds and I felt a TON safer with the stock springs. Once I'm up to 90 or 100mph and hit a dip or something the car feels like it's going to fly up in the air then it comes down hard creating another bounce. It does someting like a 'teeter-totter' feeling where the front bounces down first then the rear.
My front and rear shocks are Tokico blues. Front set was replaced about 5 months ago and the rear was replaced about one week ago. The rear bump stops were cut to adjust for the springs, I'm not sure about the front.
Am I better off with a 1" drop like the eibach kit?
Last edited by Lvangundy; 05-30-03 at 07:55 AM.
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this is what i've heard... the best combination of springs and shocks.. is the eibach 1" drop with tokico blues... that is the ideal package... i heard you could use H&R springs with KYB will give you more luxury and less sport....... while the tokicos give more handling and less luxury.
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