Mar 20, 2004 - 9:08 PM
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Hi, all
I gonna buy the lowing spring for my car, coz I don't want down so much, so I wanna buy the pro-kit . Pls give me any pics of ur car with prokit |
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Mar 21, 2004 - 6:54 AM
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Yeah, MacPhearson struts are gas and fluid in a piston that sits inside the spring and takes all the heavy impacts. That is, if it's too much force for your spring, the strut absorbs it.
I have a '94 and I don't believe the struts have ever been changed out. When I pulled them out (they screw into a housing) there was about a cup of fluid sitting in the housing. That's bad. One of them came apart in my hands as I pulled it out of the housing. That's also bad. Having bad struts won't kill the car instantaneously, but the worse the strut performs, the worse the ride which affects you and the car. Springs last... well a lot longer than struts. Springs just lose their bounce. Struts are mechanical parts with gaskets and fluids, they don't last nearly as long. And they have to handle the worst of the bumps (rocks, squirrels, baby carriages...). So my advice: do both. Struts aren't very expensive. KYBs are good. Koni Yellows if you wanna do fully adjustable. Getting new springs for the OE struts would be missing out on a big handling gain. And finally, all that work is a pain in the ass, so might as well do the struts at the same time as the springs since they come, like girls, in pairs. But don't order the springs til you know how to do it or are willing to pay someone to do it. Check the link in my sig for more info... the pictures of all the fun toys involved will be forthcoming. -------------------- ![]() |
ST-204 Who has Eibach Pro-kit spring in ur car?? Mar 20, 2004 - 9:08 PM
mr_dude The photos are coming eventually... but the 1 inch... Mar 20, 2004 - 10:30 PM
sonar "They wear more than the springs. "
I d... Mar 21, 2004 - 3:01 AM
sonar ok, thanks dude Mar 21, 2004 - 1:20 PM
Rjb23 KYB GR2's are the same as OEM struts. Mar 21, 2004 - 4:45 PM
tysO i have eibach's but sportlines..the drop is a ... Mar 21, 2004 - 5:05 PM
mr_dude Some people like bounciness. Others like good han... Mar 21, 2004 - 7:08 PM![]() ![]() |
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