i was serching on jegs.com for lowering springs. this brings me to this question, waht is the difference between Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs and Eibach Sportline Camaro/Firebird Lowering Springs? any one had any expierence with these?

 

One of the main differences are the Sportlines springs will lower the car more than the Pro Kit. The Pro kit will drop the car about 1" and the Sportlines will drop it about 1.5"- 2".

 

I personally think that both kits lower the car too much without stiffening the spring rate up enough to keep the car off of the bump stops. They do this to make the car ride the same as stock over the small bumps and expansion joints, but when you hit pot holes or other semi large road irregularities it gets real ruff when you hit the bump stops. Eibach tries to keep the same spring rate as stock but lower the car, you would be ahead to just trim your stock springs that way your spring rate would increase a little bit.

A friend of mine had some horrible problems trying to auto cross his mustang with a set of eibach springs. The car would constantly bounce off the bump stops in the corners, even with his AGX shocks set on full stiff you could see the car bobbing up and down throughout the corner. It was like some one was dribling his suspension like a basket ball. He had a lot of body roll too, they are just not stiff enough for real performance usage.

 

yea, and these cars are heavy to i can understand that happening to me...my car hits the fricken bump stops now as is..thats probably because they are old and saggy. what about hese brands...all from jegs...

-Suspension Techniques 1982-02 Camaro/Firebird Lowering Springs

-Hotchkis Performance Camaro/Firebird Sport Spring Kit

 

Stay away from the Hotchkis. It's what I got and it sucked. Shorter and softer, on the bump stops from day one. If you like hearing your car thump and shudder over every pebble on the road, I highly recommend them. Oh, and because the springs are softer the car wallowed like a Buick. I checked the replacement at Autozone and a simple hand squeeze showed me that their springs were just as crappy. I went back to the stock springs and my car rides like it always did.

Whatever you do, don't make my mistake!

 

I have heard good things about the ST springs, but I have never used them personally. What are you looking to get out of the springs? Just a better stance? Better handling? Plan on road racing/auto-x/drag racing much?

- Justin

 

well, im really only looking for about .5 - 1 inch of a drop, so better stance, and better handling. like im making my car to be a drag car. i want to go fast off the line, but i also dont want this thing to be like AaronWoell's buick... haha sorry dude... like i want something stiffer. waht im looking for is a really good allround spring. i know its hard because not many people make things for our cars, and well no one really has first hand expirence with everything.

 

what do you people think of B&G Sport Springs?

 

So have you actually had any personal experience with the Eibach springs on a Camaro? I ran them on my last car and never had any problems with them...and that was with 3 years of Detroit streets/e-ways. The instructions require that the bumpstops are trimmed down a certain amount, dependant on the amount of drop. Does this also apply to Camaros as well? I am looking to drop mine a little as well. I'm not planning on autocrossing it and will probably go with Eibach.

 

If you're setting it up to be a drag car, lowering springs are not your friend. You have to decide what you are willing to give up if you want the car to launch well and still be able to handle well in the twistys. You can't get optimal performance in both situations with the same setup.

- Justin