Hey all. I havent been on here much, as it is i have no time, but i DO come to HAN when i need some advice. So my 01 teg is sittin on eibach prokits, and kyb agx shocks. I wanna go lower, the gap just needs to completely be gone. I have a set of R1 coilover sleeves sittin in my garage, as i used to have them on my stock shocks before i put the prokit/agx system on. I'm contemplating putting the coilovers on the agx, but i'm a bit hesitant. when i had them on stock shocks, i was 1.7-2 inches lowered, and they were KINDA bouncy, not horrible. Still i couldnt take it anymore, so i changed the susp. setup. I'm wondering how well the R1's would do with the agx shocks. What do you guys think?

Oh and by the way, for those who don't know what R1 coilovers are, theyre sleeves with a dual spring/sual perch system. I'd say the R1 brand is comparable to something like Matix or Dropzone.


Damn i wish i had money for ground controls....hahaha

 

Well as you already know, the coilovers are crap for quality. But as far as bouncing goes, the kyb's will control the spring far better than your stock shocks did. It's going to be stiffer, but you wont be bouncing as much (as you were on stock shocks)becuz the stiffer shock will control the spring from recoiling too much

 

I'd say it'll probably ride pretty similar as it does now with the eibach's. But like usual the farther you go down the worse the ride will get.

 

cool thanks for the info guys....anyone wanna add?

 

Sells the springs and r1's and get some ground controls or skunk2.

 

hey can u post pic of ur drop with the eibach prokit, cuz i'm thinking of getting the same exact springs and just want to see how low it goes and how much gap is left.
thanks a lot!

if not send it to my e-mail tommy1223@hotmail.com

Thanks again

 

It sounds to me like your stock shocks are on the verge of blowing. Are any of them leaking fluid yet? Get rid of the worn out stock shocks, sell the springs and the R1's and buy some used Ground Control coilover sleeves and a set of adjustable shocks like the KYB AGX or Koni Yellows. And a camber kit will definitely be necessary as well.

Over the life of the car, it pays to invest in quality components.

A note about springs and shocks: GC's are built to work with specific shock damping rates. So make sure that you match the GC springs to the correct shock. Get it wrong and bad things will happen.