Hoosier Daddy

Well, I installed ONE of my springs today...started late and got dark out. Anyway, I installed the drivers side rear after running into problems. I finally got it in and this is the result. I must say I'm very disappointed so far. I don't know why the car is hardly dropped.

The "drop:"


God-Awful wheel gap:


Passenger Side Rear (without H&R spring): I guess the car was abnormally high to begin with...that could be the problem.


Undropped passenger side wheel gap:


Could it be my shocks?

AgentJam

get all 4 on and i'm sure that it will drop more...think about it you have 3 other points resisting your car from lowering. Shocks shouldn't matter since sport shocks would be more stiff. just what i think may not be right

Hoosier Daddy

That makes sense. I'm thinking about getting some generic coilovers for now instead. I haven't upgraded my shocks because I'm saving for a full coilover setup.

crxgator

um, what H&R set did you get? also it takes time to get settled...

dingusjt

yeah drive around for a while and it will settle...and if you are fortunate they will settle evenly unlike my damn eibach sportlines.

yeah which ones did you get...from my look i would 1.2" Race?? if so judging by your hand comparisons looks like it did the job.

Hoosier Daddy

Honestly I bought them from someone on H-T so I'm not sure which model they are. I'm pretty sure they're the race springs. It does look like they did the job, but I don't understand why my car sits so high.

EG8R

Red springs are H&R race....

B2FiNiTY

iTrader: (2)

Install them and all drive for awhile. They should setlle big time.

Hoosier Daddy

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Maybe I'll do that and see what happens...

RacerBoy

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Ditto. I Have the sports and it drops like 2 fingers if that.

Hoosier Daddy

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Ditto. I Have the sports and it drops like 2 fingers if that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Any pics?

Hoosier Daddy

And the TOOL award goes to....me, as usual

I forgot to lower the e-brake. As soon as I did the car dropped instantly. A lot better than it was. I'm happy now, hopefully it settles more

Better than before:



Almost a

Rywire

are ou sure they are the crx ones? my friend had teg ones on his rex, and it looked like that. Ryan

JackAcc

I know H&R makes 3 diff types of springs (I know someone said the red are race before) But they have race, sport, and another one that only drops the car .75 in. You may have those. I just had sports put on with gr2's and the drop was much more than that. probably 1.5-2.0...without settling yet. I will post pix when i can. You may want to confirm which H&Rs they are for sure.

Hoosier Daddy

Scroll down guys

TurboRedSi

I had the H&R sport and they didn't lower the car all too much. But, the race shoulda dropped yours a little more.

ElementMotor

that still seems pretty high for the race springs.....mine had no wheel gap at all when i had H&R race in my car.....

Mr.Saturn

Drive it a little, I installed some Eibach springs on a 240SX a few weeks ago and it didn't look so great at first (especially with only the rears on), after the fronts and a drive it was like the perfect height.

philly-O

i put the 2.25 front and 2.5 rear dropzone springs on my car and have a 1 finger gap up front and a 2 finger gap in the rear. my other hatch has the tenzo 2.25 springs front and rear and tucks the tires. i am happy with the ride comfort of the dropzones but i thing the reason for the minor gap in the rear on my car is due to the kyb gr-2 struts.

Vinceg99

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JackAcc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I know H&R makes 3 diff types of springs (I know someone said the red are race before) But they have race, sport, and another one that only drops the car .75 in. You may have those. I just had sports put on with gr2's and the drop was much more than that. probably 1.5-2.0...without settling yet. I will post pix when i can. You may want to confirm which H&Rs they are for sure.</TD></TR></TABLE>
The 3 are the OE sports (.80/.75") the sports (1.9"/1.8") and the race (2.25"/2")

Well obviously you got it to drop down some more with dropping the e-brake and all but you will notice even a more imporovement once they are all on and you give them a little time to settle.

BAZ

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dingusjt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah drive around for a while and it will settle...and if you are fortunate they will settle evenly unlike my damn eibach sportlines.

yeah which ones did you get...from my look i would 1.2" Race?? if so judging by your hand comparisons looks like it did the job.</TD></TR></TABLE>
My sportlines settled unevenly in the rear too


Modified by BAZ at 8:45 AM 9/22/2003

Todd00

They still look like DC2 or EG springs.

slowpokesi

i have gsr h&r race springs i have about 2 fingers of gap maybe one

marcin

same here on the sportlines.... I used to think it was just my car that had something out of wack. Now it all makes sense. the left side rear is noticably higher than the right. the springs are in place on the shock and in the top as well. maybe i got to look for some different springs... Ive had them for about two years now..

d.

BAZ

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dvious hatchie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">same here on the sportlines.... I used to think it was just my car that had something out of wack. Now it all makes sense. the left side rear is noticably higher than the right. the springs are in place on the shock and in the top as well. maybe i got to look for some different springs... Ive had them for about two years now..

d.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, mine sit higher on the pass. side.