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Update: I canceled my GT-F order today. Going to do Whiteline sways + links, hopefully myself and see if that + ECS10 is enough. Don't need the car any lower..
Did you need to adjust your headlights? Heard a lot of eibach spring owners needing to adjust them due to the aggressive drop. Also did you get your alignment?
excellent look you have there. I’m convinced and sold.Ok, so I had them installed today. I am currently 26.75" front and rear. (With a couple of gallons), so that's a 1" drop on front and 0.75" drop on the rear from my original measurements. 20" Rims / AWD.
On my drive home from work, which is pretty much stuck in traffic then highway driving, I noticed very little difference from stock with regards to comfort. I'll get a chance to test them more in the coming days and follow up. Overall the drop was exactly what I was going for, not too extreme but enough to close those gaps.
Considering your measurements, i'm wondering if mine will drop anymore in the coming days with more driving? I'm going to wait a week or so before I get my alignment.
Now what everyone's waiting for, the before and afterApologies, quality could have been better as well as outside with more light. View attachment 26932 View attachment 26933 View attachment 26934 View attachment 26935 View attachment 26936 View attachment 26937
do you have the dynamic lights? mine are really low now. they weren't before the install.I had my springs installed by my dealer and he said the headlights were still within spec. With how little the ark springs drop I couldn't notice a difference in headlight aim
Yes I just made myself very easy just not to get the proper screwdriver there's a thread on this already I think it's a number to philips 12" long head lights were already low before SpringsThose of you that have had these installed- did you re-aim your headlights manually or did you go to the dealer and reset the values in the computer to aim them back up?
my dynamic lights were dangerously low, I pulled my airboxes and raised mine with a socket.so after the drive home, front sits at 26.875" and rears at 26.625". we will see if they settle any in the next few days. I plan on having the car aligned thursday or friday. Ride is phenomenal. I haven't blasted through any turns yet, but there was no harshness and if anything, the small amounts of slop this car had stock (nose dive, etc.) are gone. And I deliberately went over some construction joints on the way home to test.
I went for Eibach springs and they made a big difference the floaty sensation disappeared and the car felt under more control. My first thoughts were boy this has a real luxury feel to it. The addition of sway bars tightened things up but the springs pleased me most.I currently have the ARK swaybars on my GTS and while the car feels much better now in cornering, I'm still not happy with the ride under all conditions. The car feels good to me on flat road going over sharp bumps. Less comforting is driving at highway speeds and hitting dips. The suspension feels "one and done" but it takes a while to be done such that it gives a bit of a floaty feel. Have you guys with the ARK GT-F springs notice that previously and the new springs took care of it? Are the stock springs linear or progressive? I am weighing the ARK GT-F springs against taking a BIG chance on KW V3 coilovers and using thrust sheets to avoid potential noise.