ok so i was thinking in getting the springs from eibach part number 4041.140. It says its a 2 inch drop in the front and 1.7 drop in the back. Has anyone purchased these springs before? Have you had any issues with rubbing or bottoming out? I currently have stock rims and tires.

 

Tons of info found by using search...

I'm relatively new too but like all car forums, you can find exactly what you need especially when it comes to the 2G for that matter since a ton of members have owned one for years so suspension threads are loaded with good info if you take time to search or prepare to get flamed on the above question!

 

Search the suspension forum.

But a quick answer to your question is no, it wont rub with the stock wheels/tires.

 

with that kit whats the widest tires you can put on just curious cause im getting new tire this spring and the lowering but I want 235 on 18s

 

Youll be fine with the 235s on the 18s. Thats what Im running.

 

^ thats what im running too!


235,40,R18 its fine...looks dope to.

 

Yes, many people have those springs, including me.



Yea, you need to search. I know its annoying, but everything this is there that you need to know. I researched for a very long time before deciding to go with these.

Well, its fine yes, as long as offsets okay.

 

Mines +44 I think

 

Youll be fine.

 

what wheels are those, would look even sweeter with the recessed spokes painted gunmetalor something
(first thing that comes to mind are they are from the newest tl's, but they have the wrong boltpattern then, but you couldv'e adapted them though , idk)

 

Thanks, they're Mazdaspeed 3 wheels. I was going to powdercoat them the HFP carbon bronze but dont have the funds right now and im not rattle caning it so theyll stay in this form. Here is my thread on them https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-tires-wheels-suspension-54/18-ms3-wheels-mounted-757877/

 

did it to my car...

...awesome

 

Yes the Eibach Pro Kit is the perfect spring for the CL/TL. It lowers it just enough and doesn't sacrifice ride quality and it won't rub if you have the correct size tire and offset.

 

You'll be fine with 18" wheels and it won't rub. I'm running 20" wheels on mine with a 2" drop all the way around.

 

pro kit FTW... mine has treated me good for almost 4 years...

 

Are any of you guys that have installed these springs not using camber kits? If not what kinda wear are you experiencing?

 

you need a rear camber kit, but the front is fine, and actually kinda nice with the needed additional camber up there


and most people like the ingall's camber kit for the rear, for one thing it is a whole lot easier to adjust then the SPC kit

 

This is my alignment sheet with Eibach prokit/illuminas. Only thing out of spec. was rear left camber by .2 and thats not worth it to get a camber kit because its toe that eats tires and they got toe within spec



I havent noticed any unusual wear yet, but I have only driven maybe 500 miles since lowering it.

 

...no camber kit on my 2001 CLS... the rears used to wear poorly on the insides, but that was on cooper zeons... Im on continentals now and have had NO wear issues for almost a year...

 

hard to read some of the numbers


but i know 1.5 degress of rear camber is still within spec, but it is still quite a bit on the excessive side (i only have 0.6 rear camber right now and might go to 0.9-1.0 next time), just know that the inside edges are going to wear quite a bit more then the outside edges
but one nice thing about that rear camber is it won't let the car be as tail happy, as some of our cars out there


and yes toe is the most critical angle as far as tire wear goes

 

Hmm, im going to have to keep watching my tires, I kinda assumed that if its within manufacturers specs it wouldnt wear improperly

 

think about the early NSX's with honda being sued over excessive tire wear due to the alignment specs, it was designed for the performance aspect of it with tire wear coming second, but people still did not like it :shakehead, so they had to revise the specs


and they won't really be wearing improperly, just a little excessive from the nature of your alignment specs (a little on the aggressive side)


and as far as alignments go, the best camber for even tire edge wear would be absolutly 0 degrees of camber, and 0 degrees of toe; but with those specs the car would not be totally stable, with not much cournering ability (also for toe you kinda gotta compensate for suspension give as you roll along the road [which is why they call for a little toe in on the rear])

 

How wide are your wheels & what offset are they? What size tires did you go with? I would like to buy some wheels that are 20" x 8.5" and wrap them in 245/30/20 tires...