Lowering springs

Timmo478 · Post by **Timmo478** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:36 pm

Hiya peeps, looking at lowering the car 30mm next month when I do a few other jobs.
Obviously searching the forum the only 2 words I see are Eibach and H&R.
Anyone fitted the Direnzas? I'm running staggered setup 255 18s rears and 225 18s fronts.
Cheers....

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:48 pm

Never seen them mentioned before on here. They are the same brand as the "ebay exhaust" that's had a long running thread on here. All I would say is try to check how much they are uprated by and if they are a progressive spring. For what it's worth the ebay exhaust is a well made piece of kit but like most aftermarket backboxes for the zed it's was also too small and consequentially too loud for my tastes. But like I said I couldn't fault its build quality

Timmo478 · Post by **Timmo478** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:47 pm

Thanks Mack I'll look into it mate.

Timmo478 · Post by **Timmo478** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 5:01 pm

Says progressive Mack and u can see the progressive wind in the rear coils.

mjennings23 · Post by **mjennings23** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:17 am

All I'd say is you can get a set of Eibachs for around £130 from ebay and they're tried and tested. Why not stick with a known product? Are these ones really that much cheaper?

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:52 am

mjennings23 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:17 am All I'd say is you can get a set of Eibachs for around £130 from ebay and they're tried and tested. Why not stick with a known product? Are these ones really that much cheaper?

Having had a quick look on ebay the Direnza seem to be circa £110-115. So I have to agree with mjennings23 above, is it really worth risking it for another £15-20. One thing I did notice is that Direnza also do a kit for the 2.0 which IIRC neither H&R and Eibach do. So possibly a good option for those owners

Bmmeupscotty · Post by **Bmmeupscotty** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:16 pm

mjennings23 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:17 am All I'd say is you can get a set of Eibachs for around £130 from ebay and they're tried and tested. Why not stick with a known product? Are these ones really that much cheaper?

Get eibach for £120 from onlinecarparts.co.uk in Germany, always get all my bits from there now as much cheaper. I've bought eibach for my e46 and X3 from there, no probs.

KevinC · Post by **KevinC** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:28 am

Never heard of Direnza, and the savings are minimal.. as others are saying, go with Eibach or H&R.

Also - you are going to replace the dampers with proper ones designed for lowering springs, yes? If you don't, you'll quickly beat the existing ones to death - especially if they're already older and worn.

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