mini zilo
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jul 17, 2006
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Chicago,
Illinois
Let me start off with what I have now.
The car is a 1996 Eclipse GSX, automatic. Last year, I finally ditched my stock suspension setup to reduce wheel gap, and improve handling. I replaced the stock springs/struts with Koni yellow adjustable shocks, with Eibach Pro-kit springs.
My wheel/tire combo is 17 x 8 Rota Torque +35mm offset with 245/40/17 Kumho Ecsta MX tires.
I have stock swaybars, and pretty much stock everything else relating to suspension components.
Here is a picture, just to show the current ride height.
Now, here is what I want to change. My emphasis on this whole thing is STREETABLE. I live in Illinois and the roads are pretty terrible here. I cannot stand having to slam on the brakes everytime I see a bump, or taking the occasional explosive bang of hitting a bump on the highway, and the constant bumper scraping on driveways.... the car NEEDS to be higher up.
The lowered look on the Pro-kits looks cool and all, but I can't take the ride quality, I liked driving the car so much more on the stock suspension. And I drive with my Koni's on full soft.
Also, with my 245 tires with a 35 offset wheel, my tires rub on the quarter panels sometimes when the suspension bottoms out. I realize that has more to do with the wheel/tire choice, but I am just saying this because it never used to do this on the stock springs.
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Onto the questions.
I was thinking of just putting some stock springs back onto the car. If having wheel gap means that I get to enjoy the ride quality again, so be it.
Here is the question though. I am a suspension n00b so I have to ask this stuff. Should I mount my Koni shocks to some stock springs? What would that be like? Should I just totally go back to stock springs/shocks, and just upgrade to RM sway bars and install strut tower bars in order to get some of the handling improvement back?
What is the best way to go about this? The car needs to be higher up (and I cannot afford coilovers), so that is why I am just thinking of going to stock springs. Should I keep Koni's if I go to stock springs? Will the ride still be rough with the Koni's? Should I just go back to stock springs/shocks and just upgrade sway bars/ strut bars in order to improve the handling?
The car is a 1996 Eclipse GSX, automatic. Last year, I finally ditched my stock suspension setup to reduce wheel gap, and improve handling. I replaced the stock springs/struts with Koni yellow adjustable shocks, with Eibach Pro-kit springs.
My wheel/tire combo is 17 x 8 Rota Torque +35mm offset with 245/40/17 Kumho Ecsta MX tires.
I have stock swaybars, and pretty much stock everything else relating to suspension components.
Here is a picture, just to show the current ride height.
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Now, here is what I want to change. My emphasis on this whole thing is STREETABLE. I live in Illinois and the roads are pretty terrible here. I cannot stand having to slam on the brakes everytime I see a bump, or taking the occasional explosive bang of hitting a bump on the highway, and the constant bumper scraping on driveways.... the car NEEDS to be higher up.
The lowered look on the Pro-kits looks cool and all, but I can't take the ride quality, I liked driving the car so much more on the stock suspension. And I drive with my Koni's on full soft.
Also, with my 245 tires with a 35 offset wheel, my tires rub on the quarter panels sometimes when the suspension bottoms out. I realize that has more to do with the wheel/tire choice, but I am just saying this because it never used to do this on the stock springs.
-------------------------------
Onto the questions.
I was thinking of just putting some stock springs back onto the car. If having wheel gap means that I get to enjoy the ride quality again, so be it.
Here is the question though. I am a suspension n00b so I have to ask this stuff. Should I mount my Koni shocks to some stock springs? What would that be like? Should I just totally go back to stock springs/shocks, and just upgrade to RM sway bars and install strut tower bars in order to get some of the handling improvement back?
What is the best way to go about this? The car needs to be higher up (and I cannot afford coilovers), so that is why I am just thinking of going to stock springs. Should I keep Koni's if I go to stock springs? Will the ride still be rough with the Koni's? Should I just go back to stock springs/shocks and just upgrade sway bars/ strut bars in order to improve the handling?