Some shots of my Eibach Sportlines that I installed on Saturday:

Driver's side rear before


Driver's side rear after


Passenger side front before


Passenger side front after


Passenger side before


Passenger side after


Rear before


Rear after


These were taken with a camera phone, so they might be a little low-quality. Also, excuse my dirty car... road salt sucks.

I'll update once I get my other wheels put back on, sometime in a couple of weeks (car will be cleaner then, too!).

 

wow. you suck at hosting pictures lol

 

i cant see any pics... it says bad link

 

Can you guys see these? I can't... for some reason...

 

i dont understand posting pics are the easiest thing but yet people mess it up.. lol

 

I can see them. Can't wait to see pics. w/ some rims!

 

If you guys still can't see them, I'll fix it in a couple hours. I gotta be somewhere soon.

 

big X





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BTW...u know the clear plastic that is on them when u got them (springs) do u have to take that off or instal it with plastick rubber

and do stock springs have a rubber around tem that u take off and transfer to sportlines

asking bc i'm installing my on sat

 

what a tease

 

Ok, I used a different host for the images... can you guys see them now? I can.

 

Yes I see them. Too bad those are winter rims though!!!!

 

Yes get the rims on and then show the pics

 

You guys are never happy, lol. It's still pothole season, but I'll get the others on when I find some time.


You want to leave the plastic sheathing on the springs when you install them. I think it helps protect the coils when they move against each other during compression (I think it was Halfcent that said that they actually expand outward some, and I think this plastic would help protect them a little).

The stock springs don't have any rubber or plastic sheaths on them at all, though, thus nothing to transfer to the new set of springs.

Follow the how-to on this exactly, and you should be golden. I would just advise that you spray some WD40 on any bolts that look rusted. I had an issue with the nut on the stabilizer link (the first one that you remove in the how-to)... the spindle that the nut was on started spinning with the nut itself, and I ended up having to get a pair of pliers to hold the spindle in place while trying to get the damn thing loose. I sprayed the other side with WD40 first and let it soak for a while before even attempting to remove it, and that seemed to help a lot. If yours is an 06 or an 07, you might not have as many problems with rust, though.

Also, I found out upon returning my strut spring compressors to AutoZone that they rent them for free. I got all of my money back when I turned them back in. I really wasn't expecting that.

 

thanks for the info,,,,

nice drop much better

 

looks good. Take the front mudflaps off though, PLEASE! Also, get a camber kit and 4-wheel alignment ASAP, or else you'll end up like me, lol. My rear camber is off to the point that whenever im parked on a slight incline, my rear will sit un-even in the direction of the slope. Once I get my 18" Axis Reverbs on, im gonna purchase the SPC camber kit for my front and get 4-wheel alignment. Hopefully i'll get the rear camber problem fixed somehow too.

 

Ok thats weird! The rear of our car is basicly a straight axle, just a twist beam actualy theres nothing to align as far as I know. When I did mine and Devons all I did was unbolt the rear strut from the axle and the springs dropped right out. The fronts you may want to have checked but I honestly don't know what could be your problem in the rear.

BTW your car looks great! Now its not up on its tip toes anymore! LOL! Your gonna notice corners are easier to take at speed now and the wind won't push you around as much anymore either. Now you need some rims! Oh and tint too!

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm gonna definitely get an alignment ASAP. I guess the front mudflaps are pretty ugly, now that I look at them. I guess I've just never really noticed. I'll probably take em off eventually.

Thanks man! I have definitely noticed an improvement already. I already own the rims, just don't have em on yet. (check sig picture or photo gallery). I actually do have tint (30% on the sides and rear), but it's really reflective (the passenger side shot after it's been lowered you can see it the easiest), and I want something a lot darker than what I've got, nothing above 20%.

 

Huh, doesn't look tinted. Probly the angle or something. Anyway those mudflaps are made into the inner fender liner and IDK if they can be cut off without messing it up. Good luck and I can't wait to see it with the rims on!

 

Yeah, I know, I was really unhappy with how the tint turned out. You can kind of tell that it's a little different than normal if you look at the front window of the Explorer sitting behind it (my old car). I really want to go darker. They look a little darker in this pic from the end of last summer, but it's a night shot, so I don't know if it counts...




I'm still not entirely sure about ditching the mudflaps entirely. I might end up making more of a mess of things than they are right now, plus I think they do help out a little bit in the rain. If my whole car was cleaner (including them) they would probably look a little better.

 

yeah I guess im just over-worrying about the lean. Like I said, its not un-even all the time, its only when im parked on an incline, like a sloped parking lot for instance. Im just **** about those things. I guess b/c the Sportlines are a softer lowering spring than what im used to (my previous car I ran a much stiffer spring), it has a tendency to compress a bit easier when under stress from an incline/slope. Owell, either way I still need to get 4-wheel alignment and a camber kit so I dont make a mess of my new wheels/tires when I get them.

Also, I didnt realize your mudflaps were molded into your fenderwell. Never seen a car like that before....my friend used to have an '03 Civic EX and it came with mudflaps, and the day he brought it home, we removed the mudflaps simply by unscrewing some bolts. I guess all cars vary though. If it requires you to do a hackjob, then don't bother w/ it. Oh, and I like your Konigs, I bet it'll look sweet slammed on them.

 

Thanks man, I'm pretty anxious to see how they look myself.

I could maybe use a dremel and be really careful when removing the mudflaps. I haven't really noticed them much... have other people been taking theirs off, too? I hadn't really heard too much about it.

Not sure what to tell you about the alignment and camber kit, but I'm sure that getting all of that done definitely couldn't hurt anything. I'll be getting an alignment as soon as possible (I haven't really been driving much), but until I put my good wheels/tires on, I'm not going to freak out if I have to go somewhere (I could care less if my stockers get a little bit of uneven tread wear on em). My tires that I have on my Konigs are Nitto Neogens, which were apparently engineered for lowered cars with just a bit of negative camber (pretty sure that's the right terminology for it), so I'll probably just forget about the camber kit. Whatever gives you that extra peace of mind, though, I say go for it! I hope that it solves your problems.

 

how much drop is that on the sportlines?

 

It's advertised as 2" in the front and 2.5" in the rear, and I would say that's probably really close to what it will be at once they settle in a little. It seemed like they weren't that low while looking at them during the installation process, but once all four were on, it really did look a lot lower.

I'm really happy with them.

 

Looks great man. The stock 10 inch wheel gap is soo ugly!!

later

 

nice car.. do you get any vibrations now from the sportlines?