alright, the rear springs still need to settle a little (and i still hear them settling) and my car is extremely dirty right now, but here are the pics:

 

Yes I agree with everything that Kruppa said Steve. Yeah I'm tring to see which springs are the best in ride quality and performance, and looks.

BTW LA02MAX how do you hear the springs settleing?
I think it should take about a week for any springs to settle, right? And did you balance the front wheels already or not, cause I know we can't balance the rears???
Man sorry Lao I'm asking so many questinos.

 

Not to get off topic too much, but I think you can balance the rears (every time i go to town fair they try to convince me to get a 4 wheel alignment and i never do...just get the front and it's always fine)

 

i hear the springs kind of creak whenever i start to move or when i get in my car or something...i think they should be fully settled by two weeks at most, but i think the rears take longer because there is less weight on them, and i installed my fronts first...i haven't had the car aligned...it seems to drive fine for now, but when i go get my tires rotated and balanced, i will get an alignment as well.

 

Hmm interesting thing, I went to the shop today for the aliment after H&R install and they checked them and told me that the aliment was good after installation. So didn't loose any money for the aliment, the angles were cambers were perfect.

 

well at least you got it done finally.....the exact same thing happened to me when changing the rears. That one bolt was stuck and my dad even threw his shoulder out tryin to get it off. We ended up puttin the car back together and driving with one stock spring still on to a garage. They did the swap in like 15 min.

About what you said the ride not being harsher than stock....i have the same springs on stock struts and my ride is way harsher than stock. It wouldn't be the illuminas either because the spring rate is what makes the ride stiff....

 

that's not what i've heard....the illuminas do a good job matching with the AM spring rates, while the stock struts do not...it will give you a really bouncy and harsh ride if you replace the springs but use the stock struts...

 

Sublimer, does that mean that you're going to sell your H-techs? If yes I got dibs on fronts.

 

Looks good espically with the te wheels....

 

haha not yet....maybe eventually when the dashboard rattles that occur after hitting every single bump get to me. right now ill take the looks.

 

hmm, then ill definately have to consider swapping my struts out....im kinda waiting till one of them blows. plus im not really looking forward to doing the install again. Would Blues improve the ride as well?

 

Sublimer - I would only use blues on stock springs and nothing else. Illuminas are perfect to dampen your Htechs.