eibach have raised my front

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r1andy

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 northern ireland
Hi

Just got my car back from the mechanics
he has 3 eibach springs in and still 2 do the front pass side
the only thing is the eibach side is 10mm higher that the standard side, even took the wheel of 2 check it
the rear has lowered nicley but the front looks daft
i measured the ride height size before i ordered the springs and they where bang on standard size

eibach do not make the springs for the 20i any more but they recommended the 2.2i springs and told demon tweeks they would do the same job

any one any ideas why it has done this over standard springs

hhheeellllppppp

thanks.
 
ps when the standard spring is held against an eibach spring(before installing), the eibach is aprox 35mm smaller.
 
The engine in your car is probably a good bit lighter than the 6 cylinder in the 2.2 - wonder if the lack of weight is not compressing the front springs as much as it should.

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kinda what i am thinking
bit pissed of at demon tweeks ,

now costing me a fortune cause of there stupid mistakes

i will phone them tomorrow and see what they can do
 
If the spring is physically shorter I can't see how the lighter engine would cause that side to be higher, whatever weight there is there the car would still drop until resistance is felt surely?
I would be looking at if the the strut has been correctly located in the bottom clamp, or if the longer spring in the drivers side is simply just throwing the whole balance of the car out, in the same way that parking on a slope or unlevel surface can create that 4 wheel drive look.
I would wait until you get all 4 springs fitted before jumping to conclusions, and personally not go back to that mechanic, the fact he let you drive off with only 3 springs fitted or for that matter even starting the job knowing he could not finish would set off alarm bells with me.
 
You drove off with mismatched springs!? Speechless as to why a mechanic would ever even think this is reasonable behaviour. Shocking.


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thanks richard

the other spring is going in on monday, so i will just wait and see .

i cannot see it making any difference, but here i hoping

Cheers
 
i dont know much about mechanic's but he assured me it would be fine but judging by your comments its not.

is it unsafe??
 
RichardG said:
If the spring is physically shorter I can't see how the lighter engine would cause that side to be higher, whatever weight there is there the car would still drop until resistance is felt surely?
I would be looking at if the the strut has been correctly located in the bottom clamp, or if the longer spring in the drivers side is simply just throwing the whole balance of the car out, in the same way that parking on a slope or unlevel surface can create that 4 wheel drive look.
I would wait until you get all 4 springs fitted before jumping to conclusions, and personally not go back to that mechanic, the fact he let you drive off with only 3 springs fitted or for that matter even starting the job knowing he could not finish would set off alarm bells with me.
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I hadn't read the OP properly to take in that only one lowering spring had been fitted before arriving at the ride height conclusion. I agree that the second Eibach should be fitted but the mechanic wouldn't have filled me with any confidence either!
 
There are not many ways you can mis mount a spring to a shock.. so it must be fitted correctly.. however as above its pretty dangerous to be driving about with mismatching springs on the same axle!

Not to mention should anything happen and the insurace company find out you may find yourself uninsured.
 
Since you say that Eibach do not make springs for the 2.0 any more then I would contact them and ask if the 2.2 are suitable for the 2.0??

RichardG - just as a point of reference the unloaded length of a spring is not conclusive as the the length when loaded with any given weight. Springs are in fact pretty complex animals with all sorts of dynamics under load and movement taking place.

Mike - I'm not sure that the weight difference between a 2.2 engine and 2.0 would make a clearly visible difference in height. More likely the suspension set up on the 2.2 and 2.0 are very different, or the mechanic has screwed up the fitting.
 
cj10jeeper said:
RichardG - just as a point of reference the unloaded length of a spring is not conclusive as the the length when loaded with any given weight. Springs are in fact pretty complex animals with all sorts of dynamics under load and movement taking place.
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Cheers for a bit more info cj10, that's exactly why I asked the question within my answer, I just figured you can't jump to any conclusions before all the springs are fitted because I for one certainly don't know what the effect of the longer spring with different a dynamic rate to all the other springs would do to the balance and stance of the car.

aquazi said:
There are not many ways you can mis mount a spring to a shock.. so it must be fitted correctly.. .
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I agree with you here it would be quite difficult to fit the spring incorrectly, but very easy to clamp the strut in the wrong place at the hub as the clamp just slides up and down the strut until it's tightened, this could also possibly have an effect.
 
r1andy said:
thanks richard

the other spring is going in on monday, so i will just wait and see .

i cannot see it making any difference, but here i hoping

Cheers
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Hi Andy,has the problem been solved yesterday?
 
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