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Current Setup:
Koni Sports
Eibach Springs (Pro Kit. 1.3 inch drop all around. Progressive rates, eibach wont tell me what they are)
Ride Height: Front L22 3/4 R22 1/2 Back L23 1/2 R23
15 inch Enkei wheels
205/50/R16 Toyo T-rs
The Symptoms
The car gets unstable when it hits bumps. When you hit a mediocre bump it feels like it bypasses the suspension and goes straight to the chassis. Smaller bumps aid the unpredictable feeling of traction. The car bottoms out quite easily, there are some speed bumps that I can't drive over with out scraping. Strangely enough if you bounce the corners of the car they don't feel all that stiff, my friends 2001 accord on stock suspension feels stiffer.
Some solutions ive tried
I decreased the tire pressure down to 30 psi in a stupid attempt to try and get a better wheel rate. I turned the shocks to full soft, again in an attempt to get as much compliance with the road as possible. I decided to try full stiff all around for the hell of it, the car pogo sticked front to back in a bad way.
Side info
I talked with Brandon Kraus of Roger Kraus Racing about my suspension. I was a bit early in the morning for me so I didn't catch everything, more specifically what he thought my ride heights out to be, and the range of spring rates I ought to consider. But he thought that my ride height could be about an inch too low. He suspects that im hitting the bump stops. His suggest was that I get FM springs and cut down the bump stops. Brandon also mentioned that if I track my car I should feel the Koni sports overheat in about 10 laps. I had brought a friends car by for an alignment so he was unable to see my car. I'm planning on bringing my car by and getting his opinion before I buy anything.
My Opinion
This all sounds good, before I walked in I thought that there was a lack of suspension travel. Wheel gap doesn't concern me, I don't care how much of it there is if the car handles better. The only thing I really care about is predictable traction, this is my only goal for the suspension.
So what do you guys think? What should my next action be?
Koni Sports
Eibach Springs (Pro Kit. 1.3 inch drop all around. Progressive rates, eibach wont tell me what they are)
Ride Height: Front L22 3/4 R22 1/2 Back L23 1/2 R23
15 inch Enkei wheels
205/50/R16 Toyo T-rs
The Symptoms
The car gets unstable when it hits bumps. When you hit a mediocre bump it feels like it bypasses the suspension and goes straight to the chassis. Smaller bumps aid the unpredictable feeling of traction. The car bottoms out quite easily, there are some speed bumps that I can't drive over with out scraping. Strangely enough if you bounce the corners of the car they don't feel all that stiff, my friends 2001 accord on stock suspension feels stiffer.
Some solutions ive tried
I decreased the tire pressure down to 30 psi in a stupid attempt to try and get a better wheel rate. I turned the shocks to full soft, again in an attempt to get as much compliance with the road as possible. I decided to try full stiff all around for the hell of it, the car pogo sticked front to back in a bad way.
Side info
I talked with Brandon Kraus of Roger Kraus Racing about my suspension. I was a bit early in the morning for me so I didn't catch everything, more specifically what he thought my ride heights out to be, and the range of spring rates I ought to consider. But he thought that my ride height could be about an inch too low. He suspects that im hitting the bump stops. His suggest was that I get FM springs and cut down the bump stops. Brandon also mentioned that if I track my car I should feel the Koni sports overheat in about 10 laps. I had brought a friends car by for an alignment so he was unable to see my car. I'm planning on bringing my car by and getting his opinion before I buy anything.
My Opinion
This all sounds good, before I walked in I thought that there was a lack of suspension travel. Wheel gap doesn't concern me, I don't care how much of it there is if the car handles better. The only thing I really care about is predictable traction, this is my only goal for the suspension.
So what do you guys think? What should my next action be?