Lowering / springs advice please !!

[mark_647]

Hi all,

Right, so my fronts have snapped. No suprise lol and it drives like a bag of spanners so it needs sorting out.

One option, original springs or should I buy the Eibach lowering 15mm spring set ?

1) I want to retain comfort, will it effect this too much ?
2) Will it effect my warranty, as ive got a lot left lol ?
3) Does 15mm really make a difference ? I know it looks good
but, sometimes the places I go, I have no choice but to
scrape the lower rubber on the bumper lol !! (Its an SRi)

Thanks !!!!

[John LE]

The eibachs aren't noticably harder than standard but you will feel the difference in the corners.

The 15mm seems to make the SRI sit just right. I have an irmy splitter and although its close sometimes I haven't found a speed bump it won't go over

As for warrenty your shocks won't likely be covered as the eibachs could be named responsible to save warrenty company paying out. Anything else should be ok though

[Maverick]

The eibachs aren't noticably harder than standard but you will feel the difference in the corners.

The 15mm seems to make the SRI sit just right. I have an irmy splitter and although its close sometimes I haven't found a speed bump it won't go over

As for warrenty your shocks won't likely be covered as the eibachs could be named responsible to save warrenty company paying out. Anything else should be ok though

Dampers are only covered for 3 months from new anyway.

[John LE]

Eibachs lower 30mm from standard buddy, meaning an sri will see a drop of about 15mm

[Maverick]

Eibachs lower 30mm from standard buddy, meaning an sri will see a drop of about 15mm

Ah OK, that makes sense then!

[Maverick]

Don't forget, the Eibachs lower 15mm from standard, SRi is already 10mm lower than standard so you will only see a drop of about 5mm.

[chrisvectra]

i have eibachs fitted to my sri vec along with bilsteins and it feels like normal sri suspension fella

[happypostie]

ive eibachs on my elite with standard shocks and it has frimmed up the ride but not to hard and it handles better now as it was a bit soft .khalid

[mark_647]

Wkd, thanks all. Guess the eibachs will be the best option them.

Just to make sure, will the car drop 15 or 5mm?

Also, it wont sort of void the whole cars warranty will it ?

Just out of curiosity, anyone know the price of a VX spring ?

[Maverick]

Wkd, thanks all. Guess the eibachs will be the best option them.

Just to make sure, will the car drop 15 or 5mm?

Also, it wont sort of void the whole cars warranty will it ?

Just out of curiosity, anyone know the price of a VX spring ?

The whole warranty can't be void, only parts directly linked to the lowered springs will be effected.

So thats your dampers, suspension bushes could be argued against but it is very unlikely they would fail.

You will be fine. It actually states in the vehicle handbook that only parts effected by the actual modification 'may' void the warranty but all non related parts will still carry the standard warranty.