Your pics are huge! Resize them next time!

Anyway, thanks for the pics! Looks like even the highest setting is lower than stock. Looks great.

 

You can't necessarily go off what some customers may have on rear height, specially on a independent rear setup. If you lower the spring perch to increase height on the rear and don't adjust the length of the shock, you will lock yourself to a minimum height. Some customers don't understand this. We did offer a shorter spring for some z/g applications in the coupe. As for the sedan's they have a 230mm spring which we find adequate for height. If there are customers wanting a higher ride we do offer custom coilover kits. It would need to be requested. Just try to keep in mind it's hard to cater 1 production kit to cover the customers wanting to slam a car and those who just want the performance at stock height. Some vehicles don't have enough room in there to cater across that entire field. Thats where a custom order would be required. I appreciate mrpeeng taking the time to show both ends of the spectrum. That is a off the shelf kit. If a customer needs something else please let your vendor know or ourselves to help design that for you.

 

Thanx for clearing things up Pete, can you recommend a dampening setting for spirited driving/everyday commute. Would 20/30 be good or too stiff?

 

It's hard to make suggestions sometimes only because my feel for stiff may be to stiff for some or soft for others. My rule of thumb is never go full stiff on the street. 2 reasons. 1 its intended for track, which public streets aren't smooth (potholes, speed bumps, dips and construction) a suden impact on a dip won't be good for any suspension. If you have it set on stiff, the shock will not have enough time to take the initial hit and compress. 2nd is same scenario if your driving down the street and get a unlevel sweep in the road you may not be able to correct fast enough. I usually start my settings at 15 and work on them as I see how the car performs on my daily routes. I like the stiffer feel without exceding the limit of adjustment. I personally haven't driven in the awd sedan, so I couldn't give you a adjustment from my own experience on them. I would do a poll, ask the fellow members here what they are riding on and it will help narrow it down.

 

Hey Pete...what about the rattling issues? Has this been corrected? Also, do you think Swift assist springs are worth getting? They state that they can help increase comfort.

 

thanks for posting those pix mrpeeng

 

Thank you Mrpeeng for your posts and pics - this helps tremendously. I assume you used front and rear camber kits with your setup? I was on the fence for a long time regarding a spring drop, not wanting to bottom out driving on potholey NYC roads, and chose to stay with stock 17s rims to avoid the wheelgap. With CO, can adjust firmness / height and finally get the 19s without sacrificing the appearance.

 

As of right now, I don't run any camber kit, I haven't had an alignment yet to see if I need one but I was dropped on H&R springs prior and it was lower than my current setup (not shown in pictures) and it was still within spec.

 

[QUOTE=beezy619;5095237]Hey Pete...what about the rattling issues? Has this been corrected? Also, do you think Swift assist springs are worth getting? They state that they can help increase comfort.[/QUOTE

Rattling issues? I have not heard of any complaints regarding any rattles on the awd's. 99% of the time a customer would have any rattling or knocking noises is because the preload on the springs are not loaded properly. Sometimes this will happen after a spring settles and they need to be preloaded again. As for the assisters, yes they can be set up to help with the transitions found on daily commutes or track events. We do offer custom setups with Swift springs product line.

 

So with the swift assist springs, is there any thing special we have to do (preload?) or do we just simply slip them on? Also, does it matter if it goes above/below the spring?

 

Great pics Mrpeeng and thanks for posting - one or two a bit further away would have been nice but I'll take what I can get

How long did they take you to install? Did you need spring compressors?

 

No compressors needed. This is one of the things i like about the BC versus the similarly priced Tanabe's --- it's a direct swap, plus the dampers are adjustable and the rears have extenders.

Installation should be faster than a plain spring swap, again because you're not compressing anything. However, the time it takes to find out the exact height you want it to be will likely make up for that.

 

Well it took about 6 hours to do but that was because of all the adjustments for the pictures. If you take all the adjustments out and you got everything right the first time, it shouldn't take more than 2 hours.

As for the spring compressors, soundmike is correct, there is no need for a compressor. It is a direct swap.

Note: one of the driver members did the install for me (glex)

 

What dampening settings are you running, do u like it?

 

Dampening is set at 15 all around. It feels like a completely different car. I had a friend of mine recently drive me home and he loved the ride quality so much he wants the same setup on his car (08 honda accord coupe, currently on aftermarket springs).