I just put Ebock springs on last week. The ride, well, I would not call it better then stock. This is the first time I have ever dropped a car and I was expecting great things, I think I'm a bit disappointed. The car looks a lot better but tends to feel more "springy" now. When I put my 18" wheels with Yok ZR tires, the handling came alive. I found a new problem today. I had a few passengers in the car and the rear passenger side grinds like crazy (with one it would grind just a bit). I have 225 40 18"s and am very surprised at this. The rear drivers side has absolulty no problems. Anyone have ideas why one side grinds to hell but the other is perfectly fine? I would take a VERY soft corner on the passenger side and it would grind like crazy. I would take an EXTREEMLY hard corner on the drivers side without a single chirp.

 

what kind of springs do you have? what is the wheel's offset? and is the drop uneven, side to side?

 

Eibach springs and the wheels are ADR 18" 7.5, I believe .42 offset.

Could it be that they installed a front spring on the rear?

Yes, the drop looks uneven

 

i meant to ask if you had the prokit or the sportlines...S is red, PK is black.

i have the prokits and the rear of the car was dropped uneven from side to side...the driver side lower than the passenger. however, the front drop looked alright. this is kinda odd since on previous 2000 accord and 95 civic cars, the front drop was uneven with the driver side lower.

anyway, i raised the driver rear with a spacer tube and the drop seems more even (though still slightly lower). due to my offset, i still rub on hard turns and what-nots, but i do not normally rub on flat, straight roads. and this is just by myself, so with a loaded car you would expect to rub more...and if you are lowered even more with sportlines then rubbing would be a problem.

 

We clipped the plastic peice and I have no problem now. I tested it driving hard with 3 passengers, 2 adult and one teenage... no grinds at all

 

yea you just have to trim the plastic piece on the rear bumper, its your offset that is causing the rubbing, believe it or not, I shaved my rear fenders and cut bunch of the plastic on the rear bumper....eliminated the rubbing...

 

All that to make a wheel fit? If only they listened...
Ed

 

yea but my car looks better than yours....

 

I'm stupid for asking this, but what do you mean by shaving the rear fenders? Are you taking a knife and shaving the area where the wheel rubs against the inside wheel well? Doesn't that damage the car? And how does cutting the plastic on the rear bumber eliminate rubbing?

 

Where the bumper and the rear quarter panel come together in the wheel well there is a bit of the "plastic bumper that sticks way out. You cut it with clippers or file it of.

 

OK, thanks. I've never seen it done before. Could you post pics?
TIA.

 

Search For it, other people have posted great pictures