andybob
09-23-2010, 11:41 PM
I searched around, found an old thread, but I am still 50/50 on the idea. Here is what the stance looks like now, extreme 4x4:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f391/andybob1001/Kia/IMG_1408-1.jpg
Right now I am on stock struts with Eibach lowering springs. The springs dropped the car 1.3 inches, but I need a lower solution until I have the money for a proper set-up. Being the car is a Kia, and there really aren't many dumb people like me to lower the car, there is only 1 set of specific coilovers for the car. I can fit 03+ Tiburon coilovers with minimal modifications, but due to school and other fun financial stuff, 1k+ in suspension is just not in the cards right now.
I know the Eibach spring rates are stiffer than stock, I could feel that in the first mile I drove the car. There is also about 2-3 dead coils on each strut, so it would be easy to take 2 dead coils off and still be in good shape. This is where my uncertainty comes into play.
I read in another thread about 50% of people were saying "do it and it will look cool, but your struts will probably blow out pretty soon."
If I cut the coils, I planned on cutting the bump stop in half so bottoming out will become less likely. Shit, as it is I have yet to bottom out, and I have taken some nasty hits since I put the springs on.
So basically, in a long way, what I am asking is: If I cut already stiffer than stock coils, cut the bumpstops, and do whatever else right, you think I would be a'ight for another 12k miles before I have the cash for some coilovers?
Thanks.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f391/andybob1001/Kia/IMG_1408-1.jpg
Right now I am on stock struts with Eibach lowering springs. The springs dropped the car 1.3 inches, but I need a lower solution until I have the money for a proper set-up. Being the car is a Kia, and there really aren't many dumb people like me to lower the car, there is only 1 set of specific coilovers for the car. I can fit 03+ Tiburon coilovers with minimal modifications, but due to school and other fun financial stuff, 1k+ in suspension is just not in the cards right now.
I know the Eibach spring rates are stiffer than stock, I could feel that in the first mile I drove the car. There is also about 2-3 dead coils on each strut, so it would be easy to take 2 dead coils off and still be in good shape. This is where my uncertainty comes into play.
I read in another thread about 50% of people were saying "do it and it will look cool, but your struts will probably blow out pretty soon."
If I cut the coils, I planned on cutting the bump stop in half so bottoming out will become less likely. Shit, as it is I have yet to bottom out, and I have taken some nasty hits since I put the springs on.
So basically, in a long way, what I am asking is: If I cut already stiffer than stock coils, cut the bumpstops, and do whatever else right, you think I would be a'ight for another 12k miles before I have the cash for some coilovers?
Thanks.