Alright, My question is how cheap are they? This is not for my J (unfortunately that is being totaled) but for my beater car a 90 Accord which has a broken front spring, and seeing that I only use this car as a beater I don't want to dump the $300 for new front springs (no you can't find any good OE springs at the junkyard as this is a very common prob on the 90-97 accords, I've looked at over 30 at the yards and every one of them had at least one broken spring) So my question is if you have had any experience with them, will they hold up for regular daily driving use? Please no trash talk of flamin, thanks kids....
Later
Skinny J
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lol i would never consider them. if you want them go head but their not worth it, even on a beater car
I wouldn't use them either.
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^ i dont think theyre that bad on a honda, not as bad as they are on a J. the reason i say this is cause my friend has a 93 accord on ebay springs and stock struts. hes been riding like that for over 1 yr and a half and the ride is not bouncy or anything. of course, not as good as stock, but its notbad either. I also have another friend with a 94 civic on CUT springs. and that one rides just like stock. its lowered like 4 inches, but it doesnt bounce or anything either, that ones been like that for over 2 yrs. but im not sure, im just going by what ive seen so dont trust me 100 percent on that.
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yeah, i've rode in 3 civics and one integra on ebay coilovers ..it rides pretty good.
Hmmm interesting, thanks for some decent info. If I can't find a good set of stock front springs by the weekend I may just go with the ebay specials, lol. Another question Does anyone forsee a problem with just putting the ebays stuff on the front as the rear springs are fine, I will have them all the way up so hopefully little to no drop on them, but anyone have any idea how much the diff in spring rates will make when used with stokc rear, oversteer/understeer??
Thanks,
Skinny J
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you need to read the faq's because you have no idea how a suspension works. if you wanna put on ebay garbage go head, but dont come back and complain when your crashed your car or now this or that is broken.
[quote=ßãggéÐÇåv98 (Ûñqùðtäߣè Øñé)]you need to read the faq's because you have no idea how a suspension works. if you wanna put on ebay garbage go head, but dont come back and complain when your crashed your car or now this or that is broken.
Agreed. People who don't know how suspension works should not give advice on it.
They wont learn untill they roll the car.
hey i've got ebay springs. sell them to you super cheap. email me
Little known fact there Kids, There are less the 11 Manufactures in the Whole World with the capability of producing automotive springs (I say less then 11 because one of them has recently filed chapter 13, so who knows if they will be around). Of those 11 all of them produce springs OE springs as well as after market springs, Eibach being the most commonly known. With that said, the el cheapo Ebay Spring and Coilover spring came out of one of those companys, So it's not really the quality of the spring thats in question, it's the compatibly of the spring with the given car. The Ebay springs really have no more of a chance of failure then the Eibachs. However the problem is that the these companys putting these coilovers together do very little if any R&D for the applications and rarely list and spring rates and for the most part use the same coil spring in there coilovers for pretty much every small car application, and we all know that there are alot of differences in the vast amount of small cars out there.
This is where my original question comes in, which I did mis-phrase, I really should of asked was, Has anyone had any experience with these on a 90-97 Accord, and what was the ride quality? Very stiff? If so probably way to high of a rate for the appl. and will lead to damage of other suspension/unibody componets. Too soft and alot of bottoming? Too low of a spring rate, and will also lead to damage. Or like the the guy above said on a 93 ACCORD (not J body), the ride was very acceptible, with no real issues, which tends to mean that the load rating and spring rate was acceptable for that application and shouldn't cause any abnormal wear or damage. But like I said above that spring in the coilovers for accords is prob then same spring used in the Ebay coilovers for J's which could be a very poor match for the J and subsiquently be destructive.
And Finally This would be by no means a perment fix, I really would prefer to get two new OE springs and call it quits, but at the moment I cannot afford to spend $360 on two springs, so I'm left with the junk yard, which has been unsuccessful or the ebay specials......
Later Kids,
Skinny J
P.S. The comments about not knowing anything about suspensions are uncalled for, And highly incorrect, I happen to be a engineer for one of largest restoration parts companys in the US, and just happen to know a thing or two about suspensions, like designing parts for them.......
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well it obviously doesnt show. well thanks for repeating the 1st paragraph on something i already know. its not the metal itself you have to worry about its the insanly high spring rate which isnt meant for our cars. whats even worse if you only wanna replace the front springs and leave the rear as oem springs. maybe you do know about suspensions but from this thread it sounds like you have no clue. go head and replace the front 2 springs and see what happens. if anything replace the rear 2. your going to replace the front w/ junk, within a month i bet the struts will blow and w/ the extra weight up front from the engine, your going to be bouncing all around and when your on the highway and you hit a serious bump, whos to say that those now blown struts are going to help? in return causing you to bounce all over the road and possibly lose control of the car.
if you wanna do it go head, why not just wait and do it all right the first time instead of trying to spend the money you have on crap which could be put towards better struts and springs. hey but what do i know.
Easy BaggedCav.......
Skinny, I have to agree with BC that if you know about springs, it doesn't show. OE springs can be found all over the place. Car-part.com has 500+ Knee Assy (Strut + Spring) in Michigan (where I live) alone, as cheap as $25 a side.
True there is nothing actually "wrong" with the Cheap eBay Crap springs, as we call them. But the spring rates are way too high (usually 300+ lb/in, most well over 400); and they usually don't have all the parts to put them together (stuff like bearings or plates, or who knows what). They'll blow stock struts nearly instantly.
PS. Respect is earned by being knowledgeable and accurate; not by any job credentials or certifications.
im not tryin' to come off like a dick, i just hate when a few people say well my buddies honda/acura and them on and it rode fine. well maybe but they dont for j-bodies. a j's suspension is different from hondas and acuras so what may be good from them might not be good for us and visa versa. putting this springs/coils on, in return is going to cause alot of broken parts and possibly a totalled car because you just wanna do it now. just save and do it right the first time. things are cheap for a reason. like i said, if you wanna still do it, then go right ahead but dont say we didnt try and warn you if something breaks in your suspension
