lowering springs in my 99 eclipse.

Please PM so we can meet, and also include your labor.

I already have the parts / springs, they are Tein S-Tech Coil springs

Iam keeping my shocks so all i need is just the springs to be put in.

Thanks

Zak

2/7/2006 12:08:58 AM

are you still messing with that shitbox???

ah shit i just noticed you have texas tags....please tell me thats from when you bought the car

2/7/2006 12:10:20 AM

not a shitbox...and please i want serious posts...thanks


zak

2/7/2006 12:23:11 AM

does that car have struts in front and shocks out back?


i might do it

2/7/2006 12:25:39 AM

Here's an idea: Learn to do it yourself. I did that and found the experience far more rewarding.

2/7/2006 12:26:35 AM

I did mine, but then again, I have access to a full garage w/ lift and a wall-mount spring compressor. I wouldnt wanna try it without the wall-mount spring compressor. Those dinky little clip compressors you buy at AutoZone are suicide.

2/7/2006 12:29:00 AM

ive done like 4 sets on the ground with hand tool and a jack.

fuck that crap. i hate cars

2/7/2006 1:09:57 AM

those tools from autozone will eat a whole in your hand. gloves + racheting wrenches are what got me through it. still took fucking FOREVER

2/7/2006 2:54:24 AM

That's what an impact gun is for.

But still, those hand compressor sets are indeed suicide. But I'm stupid enough to use them all the time.

2/7/2006 8:36:05 AM

i use the two big bolts w/ hooks type of compressor a lot. an impact def makes life easy, but a 1/2" ratchet normally isnt any harder.. just slower.

ill do it for $100

2/7/2006 8:49:08 AM

lowering springs + factory shocks?

2/7/2006 10:11:01 AM

lowering your car and leaving the stock shocks.......... good luck with that, see you in the shop in 1000 miles.

2/7/2006 10:17:30 AM

tein s-techs are usually not that extreme of a drop, his stock shocks should be fine

I ran h&r race springs on my 03 si with stock shocks and they lasted ~20k miles before they started to show signs of wear

2/7/2006 11:33:27 AM

yea about 1.3-1.5 inch drop... thats more than enough considering how low the car already is

2/7/2006 1:21:22 PM

the lowering issue is more about proper shaft length. the wearing issue is due to spring rate

2/7/2006 1:30:56 PM

What are the new spring rates gonna be?

2/7/2006 1:31:31 PM

PM sent

2/7/2006 10:45:20 PM

hand compressor + impact gun works, but you gotta be careful

there's no way in hell i'd do that with hand tools

2/8/2006 4:19:30 PM

yeah spend the money now on new shocks/struts or you will be blowing it on tires pretty soon....and don't forget your allignment when you are done

2/8/2006 4:26:30 PM

Thanks guys... as for the alighnment i have the unlimited alighnment deal with merchants so thats taken car of...as for putting new shocks...i really cannot afford putting anything in right now, since iam in a lets say "Fuck Cops - 3 tickets in 1 week" situation that i have to get resolved. but i am looking forward to meet with one of you guys for installing my springs...

Thanks

2/8/2006 10:20:38 PM

sounds like you're not in a

Quote :

"Fuck Cops - 3 tickets in 1 week situation"

you're in a

Quote :

"Fuck Copsmy dumbass - 3 tickets in 1 week and I drive a shitbox faster than it should be allowed by the laws of physics situation"

2/8/2006 10:28:05 PM

if you can't afford shocks, you should just wait because you will have to pay someone to remove and reinstall them again not too far down the road.

2/8/2006 10:40:38 PM

VERY good point. The labor is the same whether or not you replace springs when doing struts. However, you still have to pay that very same labor to replace just the springs.

Why pay it twice, especially if you can live with it like it is for a little while.

2/8/2006 11:11:41 PM

yea, agreed. But i might get out of the country after i graduate....so its not too big of an issue for me.

zak

2/9/2006 12:13:57 AM

if you are leaving the country, having a car with lowering springs and stock shocks is NOT going to raise the value for selling it. more than likely, you'll lower the value if you disclose the information.

all signs point to don't do it.
sell the springs and drive the car, sell it in a few months and be done with it.
use the money from the springs to take care of your ticket problems.

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 11:48 AM. Reason : .]

2/9/2006 11:48:40 AM

you guys are wasting too much energy w/ this. who gives a shit, let em do what he wants

2/9/2006 12:58:06 PM

^^Thats the paln...got another one earlier today 55 on 35...this is fucken ridiculouse

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 1:08 PM. Reason : FUCK ALL COPS]

2/9/2006 1:03:33 PM

lol

2/9/2006 1:08:03 PM

must be the car.. isnt it some riced out shit?

that really is rediculous.. and you my friend are an idiot.

2/9/2006 1:25:59 PM

hahahaha maybe you should stop driving over the speed limit dumbass

2/9/2006 1:47:45 PM

No douche bag this is my car:



maybe i should but wtf i mean i just cannot controll myself....I sometimes wounder what would happen if i had a Turbo!!

2/9/2006 2:16:23 PM

^ double parking that POS, no wonder you get tickets.

2/9/2006 2:29:19 PM

hey nigger

kill yourself already ok

we hate you

2/9/2006 2:32:54 PM

zak

2/9/2006 2:36:34 PM

haha i wonder what would happen if you were put behind the wheel of something with rwd and 300+ whp

oh wait i already know....you would kill youself

my advice to you

get something that has 300+rwhp

2/9/2006 2:39:42 PM

^ I already asked that question...

2/9/2006 2:44:28 PM

2/9/2006 3:18:28 PM

Goin overseas?.The next garage meet will be to get this fucker packed up and out of here.

2/9/2006 3:23:53 PM

looking forward to that...douche

2/9/2006 4:33:42 PM

Quote :

"^ double parking that POS, no wonder you get tickets"

I really hope you don't double park all the time... that shit is just asking to get keyed if you do

2/9/2006 4:40:51 PM

that was back in Texas...there were ass holes dinging my car in those apartments, so i had to do that....they understood!

2/9/2006 4:42:36 PM

we dont

2/9/2006 5:44:12 PM

and thats why i dont do it here

2/9/2006 5:57:51 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=388039

so how'd that install work out? very well, i'm guessing?

2/16/2006 1:19:38 PM

hahahaha what a dumb fuck

2/16/2006 1:21:23 PM

5 bucks for that air intake.

2/16/2006 1:22:07 PM

no body is willing to step up....need someone to put it in...

i admitt i have no idea how t0 install that shit...wither someone...who i called and talked with help me put em in or i just sellem in ebay...i personally want to put em in..but there doesnt seem like anyone has the right time.

^10 and its yours

[Edited on February 16, 2006 at 1:28 PM. Reason : .so?]

2/16/2006 1:26:13 PM

i like how u said u sold ur car rofl's.

pm'd btw.

2/16/2006 1:54:44 PM

2/16/2006 2:07:02 PM

goddamn nigger is too stupid to do the work himself and too cheap to pay someone else to do it.

you better use the proceeds from the auction towards the first payment on the 100 dollars you owe me, fag

2/16/2006 7:00:35 PM