someone sold me ITR springs, when i put them on my civic, i noticed that the rear ones had 11 coils on them, but didnt think much of it. Now my car is jacked up really high in the rear. Im thinking that he sold me two sets of front springs. I know the front looks and feels fine though. anyone know how many coils are in the rear or anyone have a pic of a set of ITR springs so i can compare?

 

first off, the front springs are shorter than the rears, so if you have 2 sets of front springs your rear would actually be lower, NOT "jacked" up

secondly, the front spring coils are noticeably thicker than the rear springs

so in summary:

front= thicker, shorter
rear=thinner, longer

 

thanks for the reply

to make the short story long. when i bought the springs, the front came assembled with the shocks, so i just threw them on there. When installing the rears, I had to compress them onto the shocks i already had, and I did notice that they were noticebly longer that the front.

so your response makes sense, and it leads me back to my intial idea that the rear springs were really long because they have not been on a car in while and therefore have not been compressed in a long time. Maybe it will jsut take a long time to settle??

still not sure though.

btw, i was replacing the stock SI springs I had on there and the rear SI springs were much thinner and had 7 coils as opposed to the 11 on the ITRs

 

You have them on a hatch? The backend of a civic is alot lighter than an integra. Hatch is even more.

 

97 dx coupe, ive ITR springs on there before, wasnt like this though, they were normal

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Wazup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks for the reply

to make the short story long. when i bought the springs, the front came assembled with the shocks, so i just threw them on there. When installing the rears, I had to compress them onto the shocks i already had, and I did notice that they were noticebly longer that the front.

so your response makes sense, and it leads me back to my intial idea that the rear springs were really long because they have not been on a car in while and therefore have not been compressed in a long time. Maybe it will jsut take a long time to settle??

still not sure though.

btw, i was replacing the stock SI springs I had on there and the rear SI springs were much thinner and had 7 coils as opposed to the 11 on the ITRs </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats not gonna happen, and if it did it wouldnt be noticeable.

 

hmmm. if i could just find a pic of ITR springs...

im just wondering what kind of rear springs i have then...

 

Not the greatest pic, but they dont look like they have 11 coils. When I get home I will look to see how many coils I have.

 

Rear on the left side, front on the right side.

 

So they both have the same amount of coils. I still dont see 11.

 

i may have miscounted though, but i know it was more than the SI ones.. so they could be the correct rear springs

 

also, the rear springs i put on there didnt have the rubber stuff at the top

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Wazup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">also, the rear springs i put on there didnt have the rubber stuff at the top</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats no biggie, just quiets them.

 

other than that, they looks just like those ones in the pic, do you think that the fact that i put them on SI rear shocks would make a difference? maybe perch height is different?