Suspension Problems after installing Eibach Pro-Kit
 

Let me know if this should be posted in the suspension forum...

I have a 2004 4 cylinder Accord sedan w/ 75K miles. My brother installed Eibach Pro Kit springs, and now the car just bounces all over the place when going over bumps. The suspension feels and sounds like it rattles when hitting pot holes, and there's a sort of popping sound coming from the back suspension when it's under compression. When I say bounces, it really really bounces as if you're in a kid's bounce house!

We called Eibach and they suggested we take out the bump stops off the front suspension, but that hasn't helped.

My brother's competent enough around a car, but are the springs installed incorrectly?
Is there something set up incorrectly?
Do the stock shocks just not cope well w/ the new springs?
Should I get new shocks; and if so which ones?

My goal is to get back to the comfort of the stock ride. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as the car's quickly becoming unbearable.

Re: Suspension Problems after installing Eibach Pro-Kit (FallenCow)
 

If the rates were miss installed they would more than likely be the rear were installed on the front and vice verse, but that's pretty hard to do unless your totally incompetent. what is more than likely the issue is that a good suspension system only works, because it is a complete system, not parted together from pieces. your springs are overwhelming your shocks, you need proper shocks with proper valving to control the springs rates you have chosen
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Can you recommend a good set of shocks to control the bounce?

Re: (FallenCow)
 

Here's how you do it... find out your spring rates from the manufacturer, then look for shocks that are valvable and/or cover that rate

You're talking about the spring rates of the Eibach Pro Kit springs?

Re: (FallenCow)
 

we'll never know

Re: (FallenCow)
 

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Yes, that's what he wants to know.

Perhaps I phrased that wrong...
Mschu... I just wanted to be clear that you were talking about the spring rate of the Eibach kit and not the stock spring rate. Forgive me if I sound dense, but I just want to make sure that whatever modification I end up doing to the car doesn't make it worst.