Midori Green

i installed some used h&r race springs on my ek i got from a buddy... just installed them yesterday but the front of the car is a about half an inch higher than the rear its not my first pair of springs i install so yes the fronts and rears are where they are supposed to go.... do the springs take time to settle or what???

pictures :





SAME SPRINGS ON MY EG COUPE : (this is the drop i thought i was gonna get.. if not similar)





Modified by Midori Green at 6:59 PM 12/3/2007

Midori Green

this is my second pair of these springs i had them on my eg coupe and the drop was about half an inch lower in the front so it was very noticeably lower in the front ... so i dont get why they sit like this in my ek

93egSLEEPER

the front ones should have a tighter coil then the rears... sounds like they might be on backwards.

Midori Green

the front springs are a little bit higher than the rears by the way.... im guessing thats because of the weight of the car is more towards the front

93egSLEEPER

i read that completely wrong... srry. lol. i have noticed hatches tend to sit a bit tail low when they are stock. what struts are you using?

Midori Green

they are stock struts and the car is a 2000 4 door lx

93egSLEEPER

hmmm thats strange. do you have any pics??

Midori Green

na no pics but i will take some tomorrow.. its pretty dark out right now

Midori Green

any other opinions???

EK_B

That's odd, it suppose to be the opposite with H&R springs!

Libertariat

Sounds like you have the rears mixed with the fronts.

Or didn't cut your bumpstops. Or both.

Midori Green

pictures are up.. what do u guys think?? i believe the drop should be the same if not very similar because even tho the cars are different years obviously the suspension is pretty much the same

Neebs

Are they the right springs for the car? The front should be lower than the back b/c of the engine. You either installed them wrong or have wrong springs.

Why I don't like springs.

Midori Green

they are not the exact springs they are off a 92-95 civic... but again they are totally compatible with my car and i shouldnt have any problems with them

95jdmcivic

when i first installed my skunk2 springs, the front was higher then the back and i was like wtf? then after about a day or 2 they were lower then the rear.

remember more coils in the front then the rear.

DCSportEJ1Civic

springs dont need to settle. and even if they did, theyd settle evenly which would put you where you are now. id double check your work. did you install just the springs or the springs and struts together. maybe the strut is not reinstalled properly. dont they have that groove that has to line up? its been a while since ive had my suspention apart so i really dont remember.

Midori Green

no i just installed the springs by themselves... one thing i suspect is that those are the wrong springs because i got them from somebody on a forum who told me they were the right ones so im guessing he was lying just to sell them

Midori Green

the front springs have an f and the rears have an r... so i know for sure that they were installed right

Midori Green

this is bullshit

JaysEk4

just remember the Thicker spring needs to be in the front and the skinnier one goes on the back. If you got it backwords u have no choice but to switch them

Midori Green

but like i said the ones with the F are in the front and the ones with the R are in the rear so they cant be mixed up

Midori Green

whats the number on the spring of the ek h&r race springs??? cuz i wanna see if they match up with the number on mine to see if they are the right ones or if i got played

EK_B

51865

EK_B

This might help:
http://www.clubcivic.com/board...lling

Midori Green

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is this number for h&r race or sport??? because i have the race springs