Finally, proper lowering springs specific to Si Coupe & Sedan - by Eibach

[drewnik]

Is your camber off in the back? Did you get an alignment afterwards? Car looks good.

Yes, the camber is off now. I haven't gotten an alignment yet to see by how much. It doesn't look too bad to me but I will be getting a camber kit for sure.

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[l15b7allturbo]

I ended up installing the camber kit and getting the alignment. It'll look a lot better after that

 

[JNOR]

This may be a stupid question but how come only the rear is cambering after lowering? Along with that all I am seeing are rear camber kits mostly.

 

[BooSi86]

I ended up installing the camber kit and getting the alignment. It'll look a lot better after that

any pictures with the kit installed?

 

[l15b7allturbo]

This may be a stupid question but how come only the rear is cambering after lowering? Along with that all I am seeing are rear camber kits mostly.

The front toes out after the alignment

 

[bbrtuning]

This may be a stupid question but how come only the rear is cambering after lowering? Along with that all I am seeing are rear camber kits mostly.

All stock car suspensions are designed to gain rear camber faster than front camber. This makes the car more likely to understeer when cornering, which is safer and easier for novice drivers to "control". On top of that, most modern cars (including the Civic X) use an inferior/cheaper front suspension design called McPherson strut, which has essentially no camber gain during cornering. For performance, you typically want more front camber than rear camber, especially on a FWD or AWD car. So, often, someone looking to drive their car more aggressively will welcome the slight front camber increase that you get when lowering, but will want to eliminate the excessive rear camber that you also get when lowering the car by installing a rear camber kit.

 

[l15b7allturbo]

I'll post pictures when I can but it looks better.

 

[elusiveaura]

Looks great. This the pro kit or the sportlines ? Did you do a camber kit?

Finally lowered it. It's about a one finger gap all around. The ride feels somewhere between normal and sport mode.

 

[fastSI]

It's the PRO-KIT.....Sportline isn't available yet.

 

[elusiveaura]

Scarlett is running the sportlines. They’ve been out a while now I believe.

It's the PRO-KIT.....Sportline isn't available yet.

 

[totopo]

All stock car suspensions are designed to gain rear camber faster than front camber. This makes the car more likely to understeer when cornering, which is safer and easier for novice drivers to "control". On top of that, most modern cars (including the Civic X) use an inferior/cheaper front suspension design called McPherson strut, which has essentially no camber gain during cornering. For performance, you typically want more front camber than rear camber, especially on a FWD or AWD car. So, often, someone looking to drive their car more aggressively will welcome the slight front camber increase that you get when lowering, but will want to eliminate the excessive rear camber that you also get when lowering the car by installing a rear camber kit.

which is silly because usually when you lower macpherson enough to see negative camber, your lower control arm is too horizontal and when you actually corner you can start seeing positive camber on the loaded tire which is very bad.

 

[sometimestwice]

Instead of paying over 200 for camber kit.. purchase the brand called spc. Looks like eibach outsources and charges a higher price to have it shipped with an eibach box...
here you go everyone:
https://www.procivic.com/p/ym/2017/civic/spc-rear-camber-kit.html?ctid=3406

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but SPC makes the camber kits for Eibach. I've had several in the past

 

[AsianGuy98]

Scarlett is running the sportlines. They’ve been out a while now I believe.

I think he is running non Si ones though

 

[jaydubz79]

Does Eibach specifically state that the springs are designed to work with adjustable dampening system?

 

[3925blue]

Does Eibach specifically state that the springs are designed to work with adjustable dampening system?

The spring doesn't have anything to do with the ADS. All that system does is turn a valve that makes the struts/shocks a bit stiffer. Slightly shorter/stiffer springs will not affect it. Extreme changes in ride height or spring rate will affect long-term life of the dampers just like any other car, but Eibach Pro-Kits have never been extreme.

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