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I decided to bite the bullet and install the Eibach/Koni spring/strut
combo.
I got it from www.shox.com as so many of you have recommended.

I have one remaining questions for the group though. The Eibach will
drop the car 1.5" on all four corners. The Koni struts come with two
perch choices - a 25 mm perch drop which is 2.5 cm or a little over 1'
as a drop replacemnt as well in addtion to the Eibach. It can also be
installed stock which would leave the drop at 1.5".

Has anyone installed it this way with a 2.5" drop all around and did
they install a camber kit for the front as well as the rear end?

Ingall mnufactures all of the camber kits for everyone other than
K-mac, so I am considering ordering Ingall's kit for all four corners.

Any advice, thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

I drive 25k miles a year and 95% of is is on the highway with fairly
smooth roads in NJ. The tires/rim will stay stock as well.

Thanks gang - John

Run the higher perch settings. Unless you get super stiff Eibach's your
gonna over compress the Koni's, maybe even bottoming them out. I suspect by
the 1.5" drop your getting the Pro-Kit springs.

Might wanna call Koni USA in Hebron KY and talk with Lee Grimes.
1-859-586-4100
--
Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/
"John" <ssjlo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:28b99f60.0310160441.8f50b7a@posting.google.co m...
> I decided to bite the bullet and install the Eibach/Koni spring/strut
> combo.
> I got it from www.shox.com as so many of you have recommended.
>
> I have one remaining questions for the group though. The Eibach will
> drop the car 1.5" on all four corners. The Koni struts come with two
> perch choices - a 25 mm perch drop which is 2.5 cm or a little over 1'
> as a drop replacemnt as well in addtion to the Eibach. It can also be
> installed stock which would leave the drop at 1.5".
>
> Has anyone installed it this way with a 2.5" drop all around and did
> they install a camber kit for the front as well as the rear end?
>
> Ingall mnufactures all of the camber kits for everyone other than
> K-mac, so I am considering ordering Ingall's kit for all four corners.
>
> Any advice, thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I drive 25k miles a year and 95% of is is on the highway with fairly
> smooth roads in NJ. The tires/rim will stay stock as well.
>
> Thanks gang - John

"Mista Bone" <MistaB0ne"nospam"@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message news:<yiyjb.71196$uJ2.24718@fe3.columbus.rr.com>.. .
> Run the higher perch settings. Unless you get super stiff Eibach's your
> gonna over compress the Koni's, maybe even bottoming them out. I suspect by
> the 1.5" drop your getting the Pro-Kit springs.
>
> Might wanna call Koni USA in Hebron KY and talk with Lee Grimes.
> 1-859-586-4100
> --
> Charles Tague
> 93 Honda Civic DX HB
> 1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
> With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
> 86 Pontiac Trans Am
> 225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
> 305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
> http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/

Hi Charles - thanks for the contact at Koni!! I'll call Lee there!!

Yes, I am installing the Pro-kit and I did consider the Sportline, but
this wasn't recomended by too many people, so I went with their
advice.

My reasoning with using the lower perch setting was to get a 2.5" drop
while the spring would still be in it's normal state and it would have
greater compression length compared to the Sportline since it's a
shorter spring to begin with.

Of course, my reasoning could be a bone headed one, so don't laught
too hard.
The price of being a newbie is a big one...

Thanks!!! - John

John wrote:
>
> I decided to bite the bullet and install the Eibach/Koni spring/strut
> combo.
> I got it from www.shox.com as so many of you have recommended.
>
> I have one remaining questions for the group though. The Eibach will
> drop the car 1.5" on all four corners. The Koni struts come with two
> perch choices - a 25 mm perch drop which is 2.5 cm or a little over 1'
> as a drop replacemnt as well in addtion to the Eibach. It can also be
> installed stock which would leave the drop at 1.5".

I don't think the drop is accumilative between the springs and the
shocks. In my case, my Tokico was suppose to give the car an 1 inch drop
and the Pro-Kit 1.5 drop. However, after the installation, the total
drop was around 1.5.

>
> Has anyone installed it this way with a 2.5" drop all around and did
> they install a camber kit for the front as well as the rear end?

If your drop is only going to be 1.5inch, a chamber kit might not be
required. But, a very good alignment shop would be needed to get it back
as close to speck as possible.

>
> Ingall mnufactures all of the camber kits for everyone other than
> K-mac, so I am considering ordering Ingall's kit for all four corners.
>
> Any advice, thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I drive 25k miles a year and 95% of is is on the highway with fairly
> smooth roads in NJ. The tires/rim will stay stock as well.

I love the pro-kit. They will ride as confertability as stock and
vastially increase the handling potential of the car. They're a great
mate for the double whishbone suspention. After installing the
performance springs/shock, you'll find that your car is drastically
under tired with the stock profile tires. I'd save for a set of 50
series tires.

Pars

>
> Thanks gang - John