Been thinking about trying a spring kit. I know I'm going to rub some and have issues to deal with but I think it'll be manageable; the one thing I don't want to do is totally ruin my ride. so....

How is the ride quality? Everyone says how they like how my car rides. I have a non-sport with Stillen sways. Is the Eibach setup going to be A LOT stiffer or a tad noticeable? I did like how the sport was a smidge stiffer but that was probably the struts on that car. I really don't want the wife getting in and telling me how bad I f'ed up the ride of the car.

Thanks.

 

Ride quality is very good w/ the Eibachs. The best thing is, the drop is not so massive that the car bottoms out on the bump stops. It still maintains a fairly good amt of suspension travel.

I have a non-sport as well and I would say on small bumps, due to the progressive nature of the Eibachs, the ride is actually a tad bit softer than stock. Then, as you go over moderate size bumps, railroad tracks, etc., the ride is maybe 20-30% firmer than stock. Noticeable, but not in a major way.

My wife didn't notice any issues w/ the ride at all.

The only downside I see is that, since the shocks are still stock, when you go over large bumps at freeway speeds, the car does oscillate a tad more than stock (due to the stock shocks not having sufficient damping to damp the stiffer springs), but this is not bad at all - just not optimal and probably only noticeable if you've had a well matched shock/spring or coilover suspension system.

The car is not drastically lowered. It's noticeable, but you can still clear things like those concrete parking bumpers (even w/ my front sport lip).

FWIW, kalvinmaui is selling his brand new JIC Magic coilover kit for a great price. I would have bought this instead of my Eibachs if they were available - $1,650 is an insanely fantastic price:

https://g35driver.com/forums/suspens...v36-sedan.html

 

Did the stillen sways change your ride quality much? I find the stock Journey setup can be plenty harsh on poor quality roads and speed bumps (if I don't take it really slow).

I HATE SPEEDBUMPS!! (they're breeding like rabbits too.... the worst are the instant-install bolted-down type)

 

Hmm interesting i was looking into springs too but i'm on an X, I'm just worried about destroying the shocks and bottoming out in snow with the eibach drop.

 

Me too.
I do about 25k a year. I don't wanna **** through shocks and tires every year.

What to do

 

Thanks AlterZgo, that was pretty much the answer I was looking for. I would like a little improved handling but not at the expense of ride quality and it sounds like it stays pretty good with the Eibachs. The stock setup actually seems a little washy to me sometimes. I'm not worried about shock wear, I really don't think it'll be an issue but I do not want to go through tires. I'm in the 35k miles a year club; in just 5 months I'm a little over 16k.

Yea, I don't want to be jamming the bump stops all the time but the main concern is general harshness on moderately rough roads; which North Texas is full of.

Ride quality doesn't change with the Stillens, just helps control some of the side-to-side swaying and helps the car stay a little flatter in corners. They're not bad sways but could still be better.

Thanks guys.

 

Here are two picks of the eibach springs on my car. They were done late last week, so they haven't settled yet, but gives you an idea.

I actually just PM'd Kalvinmaui, about buying his coilovers, so if you are interested in a set of used springs (less then 120 miles on them), I'll hook you up cheap .

 

PM sent.

 

i just got an email ad from stillen this morning. 10% off on Eibach springs.

 

a problem that i was told is that if you have ICC, it wont be functional if the car is lowered...which would suck becuase i do a ton of highway driving and love my ICC! other than that, i wanna drop my X bad! with m45's there is bad gapping. its funny how a single letter (X) can change so much! lol

 

ICC worked fined on my ICC equiped car after it was lowered. There has never been any reported issues with lowered ICC cars.

The ICC sensor aimpoint is also capable of being adjusted.

 

what springs give the least rear drop, easily accessible springs not JDM (like a Tein or maybe stock G37 or 350Z).

I had Tanabes before but sold them. The front drop is 1" on the Tanabe NF210. I may actually buy those and then install the front springs only. Picture my car with the front down an inch, leaving the rear alone.

 

really! thats awesome. do you have to take it in to adjust the aimpoint? it was hard to beleive that a 1" drop would make the ICC no pick up anything at all...freaking dealership lies!! haha

 

I think impul springs give the least drop in the rear, expensive though.

 

Mine did NOT need any adjustments. Lowering will have no effect on ICC function.