ball4lyfe

like H&R sports, CT, ETC??
The car's 2001 CL-S with about 30000 miles on it and I'm wondering if I should first go for springs only. (I'd only go about 6000 miles a year or maybe a little more, so if I'd be getting 3 - 40000 miles after replacing the stock springs with aftermarket springs, I'd assume I'd be fine)
Thanks!

lookitsakyauk

haha me too. I'm in the same situation but I have like 45 k on my shocks could i go 10k more miles or 1 years woth driving with the H&R sport springs?

hemants

There's no way to tell for sure. To be honest, even brand new oem shocks do not properly dampen aftermarket springs. You will probably feel a few extra hops on rebound but maybe not enough to notice. The only time you will notice it is the first day your springs are on but you get used to it.

But personally, a few hundred bucks on aftermarket shocks is a huge handling improvement. Most people drop for cosmetic reasons (I did) but you aren't unleashing the power of your performance springs unless you put shocks in.

I'm very happy with Tokico Illumina with my Comptechs.

Type S Lady

Got TL, Comptech, 30k and shocks still feel great.

pimpscls

comptech aint bad, i had em for about 6k miles, still like day one

NSX-Tuner

My OEM shocks started to degrade about 2K miles after installing the CT springs. I upgraded to koni yellows since then.

AuCLSman

have 01 cls with H&R sport springs with stock struts. since new. 54k miles. i have noticed slight degrade in damping just reciently. am planninng to replace this summer @ 60k

Jonesi

I have CT springs on mine with factory shocks on my 01 CLS and I'm at 68k.. So I'd say you're fine for awhile...