No pics yet, but the ride quality is great. It handles significantly better and seems to work well with stock struts.

But there is something weird here. I measured the ride height before and after.

Front:
Before: 27 1/2"
After: 26 3/4"
Total drop: 3/4"

Rear:
Before: 27 1/2"
After: 26 1/8"
Total drop: 1.375"

Why the hell is the rear drop more than the front? I thought Eibachs were 1.3" in the front and 1.0 in the rear. This seems to be reversed.

Anyhow, it looks good and rides great, so I am happy, but that seems weird.

Oh, thanks HitManSE for doing the install for me.

 

Another Eibach believer.

 

Maybe once they settle the drop will be right.

 

sup...im gettin the prokit drop for my car too....well your prob could be that they possibly put the rear springs in the front and front in the rear...that happens sometimes..people dont pay attention...or the springs just need to settle..it takes about a month..but that wouldnt make sense sayin that the rear is 1.3" when its supposed to be 1"...so my guess is that they put um on backwards.

 

 

Have you seen the springs on a Maxima? It would be impossible to mix them up. The fronts are twice as wide as the rears.

 

 

They're used springs so they are already settled.

 

No actually i've never seen the springs on a max..i just got mine the other day..i used to drive a honda and that was a problem w/some peoples drop...sorry but it could be possible...another thing could be the bumpstops? or maybe the springs arent sitting right?..Is there anybody that has owned a maxima for more then a week, maybe help this guy out and give him some info? instead of commenting on my reply.

 

I kinda figured. I think that happened to my neighbor's CRX actually.

 

I'm with you, the drop you have is strange. Put my Eibach's on three months ago. Front drop is exactly 1.75", and the back 1.0". It has not changed since the install. My Eibach's and KYB GR-2's were brand new. Oh, I have a 2000 auto SE.

Mike

 

my eibach's are great, and drop is nice!

 

I'm beginning to think that the 2K2 suspension somehow sits differently than the 2Ks......

 

Ummm, could be. Since the Eibach's for all 5th Gens's are the same, maybe it has something to do with the distance between the mounting points at the knuckles and spring perch? Maybe this measurement is different between the stock struts on the 2002/03 and aftermarkets-such as my GR-2's? Just thinking out loud as to what could cause the drastic difference in out cars. I could measure on my car tomorrow if you think it would do any good. Let me know.

Mike

 

why didn't you go with the progress springs or even Tein... we all know that Eibach and H&R don't drop evenly...

 

He had progress on his 2k.

 

I know he had progress in his 2k,,, it was a sweet drop. i was wondering why he didn't stick with that and went with the uneven Eibach drop...

 

OMG thats some funny ****, I assure you that the springs were installed 100% correctly and not backwards. It looks alot better then be4, as to the weird drop yeah it definetly is wierd. The front has like 1 finger gap more then the rear does but the ride is amazing. Not harsh at all, feels just like stock to me. Just lower and takes the corners a bit faster then normal. Definetly an improvment over the OEM suspension. Im riding on Teins right now and I can definetly say they are stiffer then the Eibachs, but that might be from the Toks I got. I dont know how the Teins would be on the stock struts.

 

The teins would probably be pretty smooth with the stock struts. I'm interested to see how my car is gonna ride after some aftermarket struts.

 

Steve if only you got to ride in my car the first few days I had the Teins I was soooo damn stiff, to the point were you avoid pot holes at all cost. The smallest imperfections on the road were shaking me up. Now its alot smoother, I kinda wish the handeling didnt fade with the roughness but oh well. Goin west on greenway I now avoid the middle lane when goin thtough the intersection on 7th street. If I go over 55mph the cd player skips

 

55 through that intersection?? You crazy. You should let me drive yours so we can compare the two. I need some blues though for it to be accurate.

 

Andy Im curious to why you didn't reinstall the progress springs on the 02. Are they too stiff or you just wanted a change

 

It's hard to gauge whether or not they are too stiff because I had the KYB AGXs on my 2K. The Progress Springs are definitely sweet, but I didn't want the front end to drop as much as it did before. I saw a pretty good deal on some Eibachs and I took it.

Actually, the Eibach drop is exactly the ride height I was looking for, but I just wish it was a little more even. A half inch isn't really not that big of a difference, but I just found it kinda strange that it did that. I knew the drop wasn't going to be perfectly even, but to have the rear drop MORE than the front??? That's odd. My stock suspension sat perfectly even to begin with, so that is probably why it happened. My 2K front end sat 1/2" higher than the back at stock height.

 

thanks thats what I was wanting to hear

 

I'm totally overreacting. You can barely even tell the difference.

 

We'll tell you anything you want to hear just to get you to shaddup.

 

Looks very nice Andy. Are you happy with the power of the 02'? I still have had no luck with the sale of my car!!!!

 

 

I told ya...the drop is wierd but it still looks good. It dropped the front to the perfect height. The back does seem a tad lower than I would want it...but I think we are just being ****.

 

You morons are making me want to cut a half coil off my front's.

 

Sorry Matt...they don't make springs for the 15lb bottle.

 

Are you parked on a slope?!

 

here is the newest pic of my car on eibachs.
I have a 1 finger gap in the back and 2 finger gap in the front

Newest Pic

 

Nope

 

If you look at the bottom of the car, it is level with the the ground. The reason you have more gap in the front than the back is because the rear wheel well is slightly smaller. Look closely and you will see it. The look of being lower in the back is an optical illusion.

 

You've got to be kidding me!

 

Nice! Mind if I ask how much $?

 

hmmm... maybe you have them on reverse!? hehe


Either way, I've always like eibachs the best. The drop was great on my 2k and they handled great but were a bit too stiff for GLE struts. Should be fine on an SE. Either way, you should eventually get aftermarket struts for the best ride/handling. Show us some pics soon


edit: i'm a moron, as usual I don't read the whole thread

 

Well if you do, just chop it off from the top so your ride wont blow @ss. Im surprized the drop turned out like that, still looks good though. The Eibach spring in the front were approx 4" shorter then the OEM spring which are like 1.5ft long once removed.

Normal retail price for the Eibachs are around 180-200 I belive but he got his much cheaper due to the fact they were used. As for how much he got em 4

 

They're actually closer to $210 brand new. I got mine for $160.