I bought some new G/C coilovers from my "hookup" but but ran into problems...(only paid $30 for the set..)
First the springs say eibach 152615 ....then G/C 180.64.35 (the spring rate # I suppose) the springs have a inner diameter of 2.5" from bottom to top....
when installing, the rubber tophat was flimsy and too small for the 4 3/4" diameter of the upper rubber spring perch, and the rubber tophat/spring pushed up into the upper rubber spring perch past the rubber perch opening getting the spring wedged up in there..
No problem I thought... so Ill make some custom upper tophats out of aluminum with a 4 3/4" outer diameter with a 2.5" tophat diameter to hold the spring... now THE TOPHAT THAT RETAINS THE SPRING hits on the TOP of the threaded shaft of the coilover setup.. NOW IM PISSED I have dropped this coilover setup out and in 6-8 times!!!!! THIS IS WHEN SWAYBARS SUCK!!!! you have to keep unloading it to pull the coilovers.....
so I'm thinking I have the wrong coilover set for this car..must be for something else....
BUT finally I got FED up and went to pick n pull junkyard to get a set of stock teg springs to cut down (threw my old ones out DOH!!) and use with the coilover setup, but instead ran into a set of EIBACH springs (progressive black ones) on an 89 teg, they looked brand new so I pulled them, cut 1.5 coils off, re-installed dropped my car and now PERFECT!!!! great ride no more headaches... but now my problem is I dont want to cut too much of the progressive coils, and also If i cut more coils it reduces the diameter of the upper spring to not fit in the 4 3/4" upper perch causing the spring to wander.
Now I have the adjustment screw for my coilovers ALL THE WAY DOWN and have a 2 inch fenderwell gap (which i dont like) I want a 0" gap...
SO what can I do?? what OTHER springs can I use, OR what are the part #'s for the original...
Edited by etmydst, 16 March 2007 - 11:20 PM.