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aftermarket springs...[850/1995] posted by Han Chung on
Saturday, 21 March 1998, at 11:05 a.m.
What do you guys/gals think? There are lots of aftermarket springs (heavy duty, progressive, lowering, rock stiff...). How does the OEM springs compare in performace to these super dupper springs? Of course aside from some springs' purpose of lowering/looks, but efficiency and performance is what I'm interested.
Eibach, Intrax, Neuspeed, ...????
thanks
Han
97 855T White .... with some goodies.
Re: aftermarket springs...[850/1995] posted by Patrick on
Sunday, 22 March 1998, at 2:33 a.m.
hey han...
i saw ur question u posted on the 850 styling page about the Artec rims. did u ever get a response? I'm interested in that too. I know that someone put 215/40/17 front and 225/40/18 rear on a wagon.
I've tried reaching them but....never got thru to them. please let me know what they said. thanks
patrick
95 yellow T5R ...still want more goodies
Re: aftermarket springs...[850/1995] posted by Terence Lui on
Tuesday, 24 March 1998, at 6:43 a.m.
Hi Han,
I have tried three different brands of lowering springs and they all have different characteristics. First of all, no matter how much they claim to lower the car, all of them lower the car averaging about 1"-1.5" in the front and about 1" in the rear. The first set was IPD, they are only slightly stiffer than my stock non-sport springs. The second set was INTRAX, they claimed 1.75" drop, but it was more like 1.25". They are STIFF! The third set and my current set is PI from Germany. They are in the middle of the IPD and INTRAX. They provide enough stiffness but not as rock hard as the INTRAX. So when you decide on springs, the ride height should all be quite similiar, it is the stiffness that you should consider. Good luck.
Terence Lui
'95 854T - got my Touring car style wing, will put it on soon....