sumo_ilx

Just thought I'd give an update for anyone looking for springs of what is currently out on the market.

Tein also recently released their part numbers

Tein Stech's
Front: 1.1
Rear: 1.2
Part Number: SKHCO-AUB00
Sug. Retail: $330.00

H&R Sport Springs
Front: 1.5
Rear: 1.3
Part Number 51890
Sug. Retail $329.00

Eibach Pro Kit (for the 2013 Civic si... I'm assuming this will fit..However I called Eibach and they would not confirm this. Most likely for legal purposes)
Front: 1.2
Rear: 1.2
Part Number 4088.140
Sug Retail $339.00

Anyone got anything else?

Trentimus

Thanks for putting this together!

H&R progressive springs are top notch.. I'd recommend to anyone. Eibach and TEIN are obviously both great as well.

veeedub

Hi, so the number for the front and rear is how much it will be lowered?

Trentimus

Yup! Maybe we can get a picture of each one over time. Anyone have that picture of the one on H&R springs? It had the black wheels.

sumo_ilx

Pictures would be great! I just ordered the twins. Will post when I install in a month or so

spdandpwr

heeltoe has the h&rs for 220. where did you find that pricing for the springs? haha, I'm such a bargain wh0r3

sumo_ilx

Off their website I think.

sumo_ilx

Just lowered my car with the Tein Springs, 1.1 and 1.2 my ass!!! I'll post a picture in the next few days.

sumo_ilx

I would say they maybe closer to 1.4,1.5?
just a touch lower than I thought, but that being said the reason I went with this set is because of the crazy snowstorms we get here in Edmonton Alberta.

here is a crappy cell phone pic I took outside my office this morning.

spdandpwr

Your car looks great. I'm waiting for a big paycheck and soon I'll be on the same wavelength as you guys.

usdmJON

Damn. You already posted here. Said this already but your ilx looks perfect. Keeping my fingers crossed you get the itch and do more!

usdmJON

What are you planning on picking up speed and power?

sumo_ilx

I would consider an intake an exhaust one day but for the most part I think I'm done.
I'm relatively done with this car. Ive had some heavily modified cars in the past and I don't think that's where I wanna take it with the ILX

Final mod list
Tint 35% all around
OEM Lip kit
Tein Stech Springs
CE28's

links to my old cars can be found here

http://www.ilxforums.com/forum/6-new...rst-acura.html

usdmJON

Picture of mine so people can compare. Looks pretty damn close. Wonder why Tein didn't advertise that they go lower.


Drop on H&R Sport Springs.

sumo_ilx

^ it does look like yours is a touch lower

I'm pretty much comparing ground clearance of your front bumper with mine (mine has the lip kit though)

I think mine might have a touch more wheel gap as well. I'll take better pictures in the next few days as soon as it stops pissing rain here.

usdmJON

now that I look hard I see what your saying with the wheel gap. The H&R are advertised to drop lower but it looks so close I doubt most owners would even notice the difference. Coming from someone that will pull that jack out to go a thread or two lower on some coils, yeah I'll notice. lol

We'll have to see if mine settles any further, doubt it, and if yours will settle much.

In your opinion do you think your front lip brings the car closer to the ground? I was looking at them and they didn't look to add much bulk downward but I have yet to really study them in person. I love them from the side and in your shot, but from a head on view I think they stick out too far im my honest opinion. LOVE the sides and rear though!!! aah

spdandpwr

- Motor Mounts
- Flashpro
- Downpipe
- Exhaust
- HFP suspension
- Fix the blemish on my front bumper...got scuffed up pretty bad

Zonian22

What offset are your wheels? I'm stuck between HFP, Eibach Pro-kit, and Tein S.

usdmJON

CE28's 18x8.5 +40
Tires 225 40 18 Pirelli Pzero Rosso

Zonian22

Thanks for the info. Car looks great!

usdmJON

Not my car but I agree!

JMJ3rd

I like this drop! Looks good with the stock wheels for now! Those springs and the Eibach rear torsion bar will hopefully be my first mods. I do like the aero kit on Sumo_ILX's!

sumo_ilx

also if anyone is curious about alignment specs and if they will need camber kits etc.

The front is pretty much bang on, with in spec (as close to zero camber and zero toe) with out a camber kit on a drop from tein springs.

The rear would require a camber kit to get within spec. I'm sitting at about -2 (which in all honesty is fine with me), and that's about the best we could get it too.

chrisdonnelly

does anyone know anything about the skunk2 lowering springs? I found them on this site and was interested in how they would look on our cars.

http://www.proimporttuners.com/parts...Fa7m7AodkykAbA



just figured I would ask. says they are compatible for our cars.

sumo_ilx

That seems like a very big drop compared to what else is on the market currently.

I wouldn't go that low because its my daily driver but hey! try it out =P

neveronlineilx

Skunks do go a lot lower than other companies and it will probably give you the look of a coilover drop aka Slammed look but start saving for upgraded struts because yours are going to fail prematurely

chrisdonnelly

how long would you say? because I have a 36 month lease and have 29 months left lol

neveronlineilx

LOL!

It really depends on the way you drive and the roads you drive on. You could put those springs on and drive on a perfectly smooth surface and have very little to no effect on the rest of the suspension.

You could drive a lot and on very bad roads while driving very aggressively and you could blow a strut/shock very rapidly less than a year even.

Ill try and put it in perspective... I had Nuespeed Race springs on my 99Ek with stock suspension (other than the springs) and within a year give or take I noticed fluid on my wheels I had blown a shock and it was leaking. This is without any track driving just aggressive street driving.

Most will say its a good idea to monitor the wear and tear of your struts and shocks... commuter car back and forth OEMs can last between 60-100K miles (though I think 100K miles is very unlikely) most people are driving with bad shocks but because they slowly wear out and progressively get worse people dont realize they are bad till its too late and they are SHOT!

With Swifts I would bet you could get what you would from OE springs with a commute only car (or pretty close). With the Skunks it will be significantly shorter (thats why in most case they offer aftermarket shocks to pair with their springs (valved and modifeid to handle the spring rate and drop of their springs) but if I were to try and guess it would be just that a guess. No one has the same driving habits and all it takes is one monster pot hole to monkey wrench the whole thing.

Its why Eibach offers Prokit and Sportlines... Prokit handles better than stock and isnt too agressive to give customers longevity on the rest of their suspension components. Sportlines drop and stiffness is more aggressive and will significantly shorten the lifespan of other components.

Hope that helped and made sense!

Good Luck!

pdpgps

Just ordered my S-Tech springs!

JMJ3rd

Good deal! That's the route I was planning also. Post pics when you do the deed!

chrisdonnelly

just ordered my H&R Springs. 207 including shipping! can't wait to get them on.

JMJ3rd

Great price! From where did you order?

chrisdonnelly

http://partsaccessoriesstore.com/i-1672213.aspx

JMJ3rd

Thanks!

@usdmJON

Have your springs settled any more since install?

usdmJON

Doubt it. Looks the same to me.

Zonian22

Alright guys, as of yet I haven't seen an ILX with the Eibach Pro-kit springs set-up....so, I've decided to be the guinea pig of the group. I've just placed an order for 2013 Civic Si Pro-kit springs (4088.140), and if anyone is interested, autoanything.com has a nice offer going on right now. I got the springs for $190.36 (after a new customer 15% discount) with free shipping. On top of that, Eibach has a rebate of an extra 10% through them, bringing the total price paid to approximately $170. I'll post detailed pics with review as soon as I install them.

JMJ3rd

Sounds great! Looking forward to seeing and reading about them.

usdmJON

Wont be much of a guinea pig. Thatd be the first person that picked up the h&rs when they were only adbertised for civics. Youre will definitely dit no issues and theyll sit more like switts than mine... but you cant really tell the difference between our heights so yours will look like ours.

usdmJON

This site is stupid for not letting me edit my post. Enjoy my misspellings and grammar fuck ups.

neveronlineilx

Yeah that sucks it limits edits I wanted to add stuff to a few of my posts but can't :/ . Whomever made that rule should eliminate it I think