intrax or eibach's? with Tokico's of course

 

eibachs and konis(not tokicos) are the best way to go.

 

eibachs......

which of course I sell

 

definitly go koni's with eibach

 

bah


Intrax is the way to go

 

well i had Eibachs before on another max with Tokicos and it rode great... except when driving over potholes of course... it looked like if my dash was going to come apart... anyhow, the intrax i am not familiar with. Hows are the intrax springs? Also, at the moment I have the worst set of springs out there in my opinion, the sprint springs.. man these blew out my rear inserts within a two month period...

well as always your insight is much appreciated..

jae

 

none of the struts for our cars are actually made for lowering. koni's seem to handle it quite well by the kyb's and tokico's are basically slightly better than stock replacements, which is why that one blew with sprint springs.

eibach with koni's will give the best performance if that's what you're looking for

 

I'm happy with my Eibachs and KYBs. Hopefully the KYBs last a while.

 

Which goes with spriint springs?

 

i have the sprint and tok. set-up, feels stiff as *****, their about 3 years old now.. still feel like new.
if i had to choose between thoes two, id go with intrax, slightly larger drop...
and plzz for you suspention sake, no more pot holes.

 

definitely intrax...if you can, go with koni's...if not i like my tokicos

 

Just dropp it ...................you like the new ride

 

I'm selling my Tokico/Eibach combo if your interested

 

how much we talkin?

 

you still selling?

 

I have Konis and eibachs, and the car looks great, but bumpy as ****. I'm not gonna get lowering springs ever again. Also, I got the Konis thinking they were gonna make the car so much smoother--didn't do anything, I don't notice any difference.

 

I think Im going to go with suspension techniques springs and koni's instead of eibahcs then...i want a smoother ride

 

http://www.sfxperformance.com/parts/BGS621004.htm
are these the ones you talking about Matt?

 

get bags or coilovers so you could have the best of both worlds fo sho

 

the supsension techniques are gonna make a bumpier ride than the eibachs, cause they drop the car more.

 

WTF??.................

 

Ride height has NOTHING to do with ride quality. That's based on spring rate and strut damping rates.

 

what is spring rate?

 

www.google.com

 

Until you run out of suspension travel, or push the suspension so far out of its intended range that it binds.

 

well i have eibachs, brand new koni reds, and 225-45-17 performance summer tires, and my ride is bumpy as ****, even with the new shocks. Would switching to grand touring tires help?

 

Umm what are your Konis set at? It goes from stock to rock hard.

 

see the konis are internally adjustable, not externally adjustable, cause i have the reds not the yellows. Therefore, the shop that installed them didn't know how to adjust them cause to adjust them, they would have had to have gone inside the strut itself.

 

I have the reds and adjusted mine. So if you don't know what the shop set them too, then I suggest asking.

 

how did you adjust yours, and at what setting?

 

I find it odd that you went out and bought the expensive Konis and don't know how to adjust them or informed the shop where to adjust them. Anyhoo;

http://scott92282.tripod.com/scomax/koni.html

this link is in the stickies somewhere also.

 

i did inform the shop, and they told me that they're internally adjustable and that they dind't know how to actually go inside the shock and adjust it. Would you happen to know at what setting the Koni Reds come in by default, right out of the box? Also, did I need to replace my boots too?

 

Well now they know! I put mine in the middle. New? Don't know as mine were used. How do I know if you should replace your boots? I'm about 3,000 miles away. I can't see your strut boots from here w/o my good glasses.

 

well, i don't think they've ever been replaced, and i'm thinking that if i do replace them, the ride quality will improve

 

I'm going to bow out of this conversation now.

 

it is generally expressed in lbs per inch
in other words X amount of pounds will compress the spring 1 inch.

 

yea, i just read about that.. I got the Konis from you internetautomart.... Still have a really bumpy ride though. Shoud I replace the boots/mounts also?

 

On these springs, it's not an issue. If you're talking about coilovers, sure. but not on eibach, sprint, tok, ST, etc.

 

Wouldn't it be great to have some coilovers for our cars.

 

it would be, but I'd like to see you get anybody to pony up the dough for a decent set.