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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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I've recently fitted some Eibach spirings to my classic and there only seems to be about 5mm of lowering. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with them as they definatly feel a lot stiffer than the originals, it's just that I wouldn't have minded a 30mm ish drop for a bit of stlying too

Has anyone else noticed this?
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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Usually 25-28 mm..............
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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Well that's sort of what I expected but after 3 days settling in still only 5mm
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by paul_davies
I've recently fitted some Eibach spirings to my classic and there only seems to be about 5mm of lowering. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with them as they definatly feel a lot stiffer than the originals, it's just that I wouldn't have minded a 30mm ish drop for a bit of stlying too

Has anyone else noticed this?
Paul my mate has eibach springs on his classic and it certainly isn't low he also expected more of a drop, looks rather standard but handling is better my brother has chassis dynamics on his with these you notice the drop
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Put some on my RB5 and didn't get the drop either!
Are good springs though for a gentle ride at slow speeds and firmer when you start chucking it about.
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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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Greetings Paul!

I am having mine fitted tommow - so I'll let you know, but I agree with other comments on this thread - on other cars (most have had eibach springs) it took about 2 weeks / 1000 miles before they settled fully!
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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Wohooooo!!! Nearly 1 week in and I'm up to 7mm!!! I'm gonna do the rears this weekend (inertior already stripped out and it's VERY noisey!!) so I'll see how much the back drops.

Mark,
From what I've read it seems that you'll have more drop on your Blobeye
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 10:42 AM
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I have the Prodrive Handling pack on my classic, which uses Eibach springs on Bilstien shocks, and parked next to a Scoob on standard suspension mine looks about 35mm lower.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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My Classic Wagon droped at least 20mm and handles great also got the powerstation bumpsteer mod.
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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Paul - yup I reckon about 20mm front and rear!
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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Well, I did the rear this weekend and that went down by about.........












nothing!!

But it does drive soooo much better
I'm starting to think that maybe it had some lowered springs on to start with? I'm gonna have to park next to another classic
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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I had mine fitted about six weeks ago, did not get 25mm-30mm as expected, more like 10! But handling soooo much better.
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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 08:46 AM
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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 05:09 PM
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Slightly off-topic, but where did you guys buy your Eibachs? Looking for a good price
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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
Slightly off-topic, but where did you guys buy your Eibachs? Looking for a good price
Go to the Ripspeed department in Halfords and they will do a pricematch, i got a printout from scooby shop about a month ago with a set on offer from demon tweeks in warrington for about 170.
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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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1" (25mm) front
1.5" (37mm) rear

or so they say
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by petesmith
Go to the Ripspeed department in Halfords and they will do a pricematch, i got a printout from scooby shop about a month ago with a set on offer from demon tweeks in warrington for about 170.
Everyone seems to do them for £170 inc vat - but I have seen them as low as £145 (Inc VAT) ....
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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Where Mark?
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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I got mine from Power engineering. I ordered them at JAE and got them VAT free!!
You might be better of waiting unitl one of the shows (trax is in 2 weeks) to see if you can get a deal

LOWERING UPDATE

Front 10mm
Rear 7mm
Think that's gonna be about it!!
I dont think that the classics drop that much?
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