I got a 94 eg coupe i want to lower it....what should i go with. Coils or lowering springs....i dont it slammed to the ground or anything i just want a clean look... trying to spend around 150....let me know....


thanks

 

Start looking in the market place for used lowering springs.

 

check local craiglist with that budget I guess u can only afford used eibach ,koni,tein or some other good springs. u can install them on your oem struts which i dont recommend so save your money for blue tokicos..

 

As long as the spring rates are low a stock shock should be ok for a while. Many people have had good experience with tein lowering springs on stock shocks for years.

Besides, Blues are noithing more than a oem replacement. He might as well save his money and run his oem shocks.

 

i got these coils from a friend...how low should i go with them though.... what i want is pretty low but no fender rub

 

as low as you want.
we cant tell you how low to go.

 

Unless you spend more than 150, you're going to have nothing but problems. Hell the alignment costs half that, and don't even think of not having that done unless you want your tires torn to shreds in less than a year.

 

Once you get them (lowering springs) your gonna wanna go lower. Go with some cheap coilovers NON EBAY unless it drains your wallet.

 

How cheap is cheap coilovers?

Don't cheap out when it comes to suspension, you'll regret it later on.

 

Same with using lowering springs. you'll regret it later on once you realise your car isnt low at all.

When doing suspension work, AT LEAST go with a set of FULL coilovers and front & rear LCA's.

Just my .02

 

A full body coilover is cool but a slip on a nice aftermarket shock will be just as good. Hence, why Koni/ground control is so popular.

I know its your opinon but front and rear lca's do absolutly noithing besides add bling. They do noithing for performance.
Also, front lower control arms tend to be very expensive, and hard to find.

 

GC is the ONLY slip-on coilover I would ever recommend to anyone.

Aftermarket LCA's really don't do anything for you, unless you need rear LCA's with swaybar provisions because your stock ones have none, and you can get them cheaper than OEM. And front aftermarket LCA's, that's just a complete waste of money period.

 

thats what i did on my EG before i got rid of it, regretted those egay coils since the day i put them on, got a new car actually gunna spend money on proper suspension this time

 

+1 on the GC setup. I only recommend them because while your down there why not just swap out the old for new. If your not buying "cheap coilovers" then you should be able to afford a $100 LCA's.

 

$100 lca's would fall under the regret it later category.

Function7, $250, throw them in and you will never regret it.

 

I personally think that front or rear LCA's are simply a waste of money, save it for something better

 

I've had my Megan LCA's now for 3 years. No regrets here. I don't think you would see alot of vendors on here that would consider them in the "regret it later category"

 

Of corse they wouldn't, they want you to buy them.

However look at blox. My friend didn't have them for a month and the bushings were shot, skunk2 is alot not out of the woods here either. Their older style bushings, sucked.
However they still cost much more then the ebay LCA's that everyone and there brother swares agasint.

Im not trying to argue, but the facts are cheep lower control arms have cheep bushings that fail.......

 

i can think of 2 options for you.
1. Ground Controls on Koni shocks
2. Full Coilovers nothing cheap lol.

 

Trust me man i'm not trying to argue here either, just SEEMS like everyone (not saying you in general) like to hop on the bandwagon that parts fail the first week of getting any certin brand name. Some luck out, some don't. Ya pay for what you get. I've have the Megan LCA's on my car for over 3 years now and havent had problems with them.

I think alot of good products do get over looked as bad parts when really it's just the "best bang for the buck" kinda deal.