Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (00 Civic EX) *long with lots of pics*
10-27-2005, 09:42 AM
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Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (00 Civic EX) *long with lots of pics*
Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install
These are the newly released coilovers from Eibach, built by KW to Eibach specs and come with Eibach progressive rate springs. Installation is not very difficult at all, but you will nee all the factory hardware (top hats and bolts) from your factory suspension. The install I’m going to show is with removing suspension from a car with coilovers already. Your vehicle will probably be different and if you have stock suspension, or using your factory hardware already, you’ll have to remove them from your shocks.
I purchased all new bushings for this install also. I’m going to upgrade the whole car to Energy Suspension bushings eventually, but just took the shock bushings out of the kit for this install. Well, lets get to it!
Tools needed:
Vehicle lift (or a jack and jack stands)
Lug nut removal tool
14mm socket
17mm socket
17mm wrench
9/16 socket (for rear camber kit bolts)
½ inch ratchet
1.5mm allen wrench
Various extensions
Spring Compressor (for removing the factory top hat, if needed)
pliers
Time:
Took me about 3 hours to install, so expect to at least spend this amount of time for the install, if not at least a full day on the weekend.
Opening the box…
I have access to a vehicle lift, so I loaded up the car.
Remove the wheels
Front Shocks
Remove the bolts securing the brake line to the suspension. I didn’t have to, since mine has been relocated with my suspension setup.
Remove the bolt and nut holding the shock fork to the lower control arm. Then remove the bolt at the base of the shock and pry the shock fork loose and remove from the vehicle.
Remove the two top bolts holding the shock in place.
Repeat on the opposite side.
If you need to remove the factory top hat from your current setup, now is the time to use the spring compressor. You will compress the spring and remove the upper shock nut so you can transfer the top hat from the shock to the Eibach coilovers.
Here are the parts laid out for assembly. Use the allen wrench and loosed the spring perch and lower it all the way to the bottom thread (for assembly)
You can see all the Energy Suspension bushings and spring bushing in place. Push the bushing collar into the bushing (if you are using new bushing, recommended if yours are old).
Assemble them and tighten the top nut. If the shock rod spins, you can pliers on the top part of the shock rod and a wrench on the nut to tighten up the bushings.
You will notice, there is a right and left shock. The right one goes on the passenger side of the car, and the left on the drivers.
Insert the coilover into the shock tower and loosely secure it with the top mounting nuts.
Slide the shock fork inplace over the bottom of the shock. Make sure the
Install the bolt at the base of the shock and then install the bolt and nut from the bottom of the shock fork to the lower control arm.
Then tighten everything down and repeat on the other side.
Rear Shocks
Remove the bolt holding the bottom of the shock to the lower control arm.
To easily be able to remove the suspension, I disconnected the upper control arm by removing the two bolts securing it to the chassis.
Pull down the carpet in the trunk for access to the top mount.
Remove the two top nuts. Then you can pull down on the suspension and remove the rear shock assembly out of the vehicle.
If you have to remove the factory top hat, this is where you will use the spring compressor again, just like the front shocks. Since I don’t, I laid out the parts for installation.
You can see the Energy Suspension bushings here along with the other part to assemble the shocks. You will have to loosed the set screw on the coilovers and lower the spring perch before you can assemble them.
Assemble the coilovers and tighten the top nut, just like you did on the front ones, tighten the top nut down. I screwed the spring perch up for assembly onto the car.
Place the coilover inplace in the vehicle and loosely install the bottom bolt.
Pull down on the suspension and guide the top hat into place. At this time I also installed the upper control arm bolts back into place.
Install the two nuts on the top hat from the trunk.
Tighten down all the bolts and nuts.
DONE!
Now its time to put the wheels back on and adjust the ride height. I just installed the wheels with two lug nuts and just made the lug nuts finger tight.
Lower the vehicle and check the height. Note which ones need to be lowered or raised. Using the supplied spanner wrench, you can adjust the ride height until you get the car at the height you desire. I tried to get it as close to my original height as possible. If you are going much lower than before, it’s a good idea to buy a camber adjustment kit and install it at the same time as the coilovers, so you can get an alignment once you are done.
Once you get the car at the proper ride height, tighten down the set screw on the spring perch just enough so the collar will not spin.
Finally DONE!
I will drive the car for about two weeks and then check the ride height and make any adjustments, and then get the car aligned. Its always a good idea to get an alignment after putting on new suspension, and if you just changed the ride height a lot, better plan on just driving it to an alignment shop once you are done. Most will recheck and make a second adjustment within 30-60 days so in case the suspension settles, they will readjust it for free.
Driving First Impressions
Well, these coilovers are deffinately meant for street driving, yet they are more firm than the Edelbrock coilovers I had on the car. Since those ones where on the car for about 2 ½ years, they could have been in need of a rebuild. The Eibach coilovers do feel sporty and I was able to corner harder, and smoother, than I was able to with the Edelbrock suspension. I have only driven the car for about 10 miles, and haven’t taken it at speed yet. I will update my review once I get more driving in.
I must say, these coilovers are so nice looking, easy to install, and ride good!! Can’t wait to get more miles on these. As with any Eibach product, you just can’t make a mistake, they always make a quality product.
I did have a 96 integra LS with Koni Yellow’s and Ground Control coilovers, and the Eibach setup feels similar to that when I would have the Koni’s set to the full soft setting.
Thanks to Ryan (vtecvoodoo) for the hookup!
These are the newly released coilovers from Eibach, built by KW to Eibach specs and come with Eibach progressive rate springs. Installation is not very difficult at all, but you will nee all the factory hardware (top hats and bolts) from your factory suspension. The install I’m going to show is with removing suspension from a car with coilovers already. Your vehicle will probably be different and if you have stock suspension, or using your factory hardware already, you’ll have to remove them from your shocks.
I purchased all new bushings for this install also. I’m going to upgrade the whole car to Energy Suspension bushings eventually, but just took the shock bushings out of the kit for this install. Well, lets get to it!
Tools needed:
Vehicle lift (or a jack and jack stands)
Lug nut removal tool
14mm socket
17mm socket
17mm wrench
9/16 socket (for rear camber kit bolts)
½ inch ratchet
1.5mm allen wrench
Various extensions
Spring Compressor (for removing the factory top hat, if needed)
pliers
Time:
Took me about 3 hours to install, so expect to at least spend this amount of time for the install, if not at least a full day on the weekend.
Opening the box…
I have access to a vehicle lift, so I loaded up the car.
Remove the wheels
Front Shocks
Remove the bolts securing the brake line to the suspension. I didn’t have to, since mine has been relocated with my suspension setup.
Remove the bolt and nut holding the shock fork to the lower control arm. Then remove the bolt at the base of the shock and pry the shock fork loose and remove from the vehicle.
Remove the two top bolts holding the shock in place.
Repeat on the opposite side.
If you need to remove the factory top hat from your current setup, now is the time to use the spring compressor. You will compress the spring and remove the upper shock nut so you can transfer the top hat from the shock to the Eibach coilovers.
Here are the parts laid out for assembly. Use the allen wrench and loosed the spring perch and lower it all the way to the bottom thread (for assembly)
You can see all the Energy Suspension bushings and spring bushing in place. Push the bushing collar into the bushing (if you are using new bushing, recommended if yours are old).
Assemble them and tighten the top nut. If the shock rod spins, you can pliers on the top part of the shock rod and a wrench on the nut to tighten up the bushings.
You will notice, there is a right and left shock. The right one goes on the passenger side of the car, and the left on the drivers.
Insert the coilover into the shock tower and loosely secure it with the top mounting nuts.
Slide the shock fork inplace over the bottom of the shock. Make sure the
Install the bolt at the base of the shock and then install the bolt and nut from the bottom of the shock fork to the lower control arm.
Then tighten everything down and repeat on the other side.
Rear Shocks
Remove the bolt holding the bottom of the shock to the lower control arm.
To easily be able to remove the suspension, I disconnected the upper control arm by removing the two bolts securing it to the chassis.
Pull down the carpet in the trunk for access to the top mount.
Remove the two top nuts. Then you can pull down on the suspension and remove the rear shock assembly out of the vehicle.
If you have to remove the factory top hat, this is where you will use the spring compressor again, just like the front shocks. Since I don’t, I laid out the parts for installation.
You can see the Energy Suspension bushings here along with the other part to assemble the shocks. You will have to loosed the set screw on the coilovers and lower the spring perch before you can assemble them.
Assemble the coilovers and tighten the top nut, just like you did on the front ones, tighten the top nut down. I screwed the spring perch up for assembly onto the car.
Place the coilover inplace in the vehicle and loosely install the bottom bolt.
Pull down on the suspension and guide the top hat into place. At this time I also installed the upper control arm bolts back into place.
Install the two nuts on the top hat from the trunk.
Tighten down all the bolts and nuts.
DONE!
Now its time to put the wheels back on and adjust the ride height. I just installed the wheels with two lug nuts and just made the lug nuts finger tight.
Lower the vehicle and check the height. Note which ones need to be lowered or raised. Using the supplied spanner wrench, you can adjust the ride height until you get the car at the height you desire. I tried to get it as close to my original height as possible. If you are going much lower than before, it’s a good idea to buy a camber adjustment kit and install it at the same time as the coilovers, so you can get an alignment once you are done.
Once you get the car at the proper ride height, tighten down the set screw on the spring perch just enough so the collar will not spin.
Finally DONE!
I will drive the car for about two weeks and then check the ride height and make any adjustments, and then get the car aligned. Its always a good idea to get an alignment after putting on new suspension, and if you just changed the ride height a lot, better plan on just driving it to an alignment shop once you are done. Most will recheck and make a second adjustment within 30-60 days so in case the suspension settles, they will readjust it for free.
Driving First Impressions
Well, these coilovers are deffinately meant for street driving, yet they are more firm than the Edelbrock coilovers I had on the car. Since those ones where on the car for about 2 ½ years, they could have been in need of a rebuild. The Eibach coilovers do feel sporty and I was able to corner harder, and smoother, than I was able to with the Edelbrock suspension. I have only driven the car for about 10 miles, and haven’t taken it at speed yet. I will update my review once I get more driving in.
I must say, these coilovers are so nice looking, easy to install, and ride good!! Can’t wait to get more miles on these. As with any Eibach product, you just can’t make a mistake, they always make a quality product.
I did have a 96 integra LS with Koni Yellow’s and Ground Control coilovers, and the Eibach setup feels similar to that when I would have the Koni’s set to the full soft setting.
Thanks to Ryan (vtecvoodoo) for the hookup!
10-27-2005, 11:06 AM
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Re: Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (00 Civic EX) *long with lots of pics* (Marauder)
very nice. i know one thing i like bout them is that they have the brackets for the brake lines but i know on your year civic, you don't have brackets on your shocks. i been looking for some on the 5th gen civic, but i wanted the brake line brackets and hardly any of them have it.
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10-30-2005, 07:01 AM
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Nice write up. How is the ride quality compared to stock? I'm looking for a setup that's soft for daily driving but firm enough for auto-x's and track events. (Kind of BMW-ish like feel).
And how much did it cost you?
And how much did it cost you?
10-31-2005, 07:48 AM
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I'll be putting a thread in the Sponsor section to sell these coilovers. Should be going up in a day or so.
I got a deep discount on these coilovers, since I bought them straight from Eibach to do the install writeup for Honda-Tech.
Retail price is $1150 or so. I'll be selling them for around $925.
I got a deep discount on these coilovers, since I bought them straight from Eibach to do the install writeup for Honda-Tech.
Retail price is $1150 or so. I'll be selling them for around $925.
10-31-2005, 08:13 AM
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Oh yeah, and the ride vs. stock, well, I haven't driven a stock suspension civic is so many years, so I really don't have any idea.
I can compare these to the Edelbrock coilovers and Koni/GC combo. They are stiffer than the Edelbrock setup, and are comparable to the Koni/GC combo when the Koni Yellow shocks are set to the full soft setting. I've had a ton of work to do and still haven't driven the car more than to and from work. Hopefully this week I'll be able to drive it at speed on a freeway, but I need to change my turbo manifold, so it might have to wait.
I can compare these to the Edelbrock coilovers and Koni/GC combo. They are stiffer than the Edelbrock setup, and are comparable to the Koni/GC combo when the Koni Yellow shocks are set to the full soft setting. I've had a ton of work to do and still haven't driven the car more than to and from work. Hopefully this week I'll be able to drive it at speed on a freeway, but I need to change my turbo manifold, so it might have to wait.
11-02-2005, 06:38 AM
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Bout time. Thanks for the call btw. 
So, I take it you're still considering keeping the car?
Let's just get into it and "take it to the frame" seem weld everything, and see where we end up.
So, I take it you're still considering keeping the car?
Let's just get into it and "take it to the frame" seem weld everything, and see where we end up.
11-02-2005, 08:36 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Would they be considered trackable?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm planning on finding that out soon. Still no hard driving on these for me, as I always end up driving in traffic. Hopefully this weekend.
I'm planning on finding that out soon. Still no hard driving on these for me, as I always end up driving in traffic. Hopefully this weekend.
11-02-2005, 09:29 AM
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Re: Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (00 Civic EX) *long with lots of pics* (Marauder)
Great write up and pics!
Are the shocks any shorter than stock?
Modified by EG6_GUY at 6:14 PM 5/8/2006
Are the shocks any shorter than stock?
Modified by EG6_GUY at 6:14 PM 5/8/2006
11-02-2005, 10:42 AM
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Re: Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (EG6_GUY)
Great write-up. Just added this post to my watched topics. 
Maurader, you should consider adding this to the FAQ sticky.
Maurader, you should consider adding this to the FAQ sticky.
11-02-2005, 11:27 AM
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looks like a damn nice product, i am assuming the shocks are non adjustable. that edelbrock setup looks pretty unique. i have not seen a coilover for civic that utilizes inverted shocks
for the writeup
for the writeup
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Re: Eibach Pro-Street-S Coilover Install (00 Civic EX) *long with lots of pics* (Marauder)
This thread is going to help SOOO much when I install my shocks this weekend!!
11-02-2005, 12:23 PM
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925 and no adjustable dampening? Seem a little steep to anybody else. The D2's seem a little more reasonable. Not trying to hate but can somebody inform me on the benifits of this system compared to any others?
