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Old 09-17-2007, 07:39 PM
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Old 09-17-2007, 08:05 PM
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just combine these nice springs with Tokico blues, and u got urself a great suspension setup!
Are Tokico Blues available for the FIT?
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Old 09-17-2007, 08:36 PM
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no, no aftermarket struts out right now for USDM fit.
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Old 09-17-2007, 08:51 PM
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no, no aftermarket struts out right now for USDM fit.
Yeah, that's what I thought, but KNockerS made it sound as if he had done ths, so I was just checking.
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with the gf's How does the the rear sit with people on the back? sag alot?
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Old 11-11-2007, 02:36 PM
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no, no aftermarket struts out right now for USDM fit.
so , where are they? who makes them?

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Old 11-12-2007, 09:02 PM
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so , where are they? who makes them?

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showa, kyb, spoon (showa), honda access/modulo, at the very least offer aftermarket struts for foreign market fits.

AJ racing can get the spoon ones, not sure about the rest.

The holes on the struts for bolting them to the spindle are smaller on the foreign market fits, so they will have to be enlarged to work on the usdm fits. I think you also have to make sure that the struts are for the 1.5s, otherwise you may need different swaybar endlinks.
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Old 11-13-2007, 01:13 AM
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and if they come out with blues dont be dumb and buy them they are only like 5 percent stronger than stock

and ive loved these springs so far but i think they are the reason my car is rattling hella bad and im super pissed about it
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Old 11-13-2007, 05:06 PM
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and if they come out with blues dont be dumb and buy them they are only like 5 percent stronger than stock

and ive loved these springs so far but i think they are the reason my car is rattling hella bad and im super pissed about it
so....you have the gf's and your car is rattling like crazy??


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Old 11-13-2007, 06:31 PM
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rattling?

these springs are great. They've been on my Fit for about a month, and I've had no problems at all. Installed them at the same time I put on my 15" heliums, and everything is fine. I haven't noticed any increase in rattling though.
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Anybody got piks of the fit, slammed to it's fullest on "Megan coilovers" or at least piks of the coilovers itself(how they suppose to look when lowered to it's
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would these springs make my car less bouncy when i drive it?
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would these springs make my car less bouncy when i drive it?
Ya they are a bit stiffer so you get less bounce.
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Old 12-17-2007, 08:45 PM
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and if they come out with blues dont be dumb and buy them they are only like 5 percent stronger than stock

and ive loved these springs so far but i think they are the reason my car is rattling hella bad and im super pissed about it
u might try hubcentric rings before u do anything crazy or expensive
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Guys,

I've ordered a set of these springs. After reading through this thread i have one question:

what's the final conclusion about the installation and the closer coils?

Do the closer coils get positioned for the top or the bottom ?
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Old 01-06-2008, 01:54 PM
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they go on the bottom.make sure you can read the logo right side up
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Old 01-06-2008, 02:38 PM
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they go on the bottom.make sure you can read the logo right side up
x2 .........ive seen at least 2 cars on this thread with them wrong.
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Interesting for the Eibachs the instructions ended up looking with the packed coils up top.

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x2 .........ive seen at least 2 cars on this thread with them wrong.
so hmm what's the right way? =/
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Old 01-06-2008, 06:30 PM
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every car i have ever seen with lowering springs has had the compressed coils on the BOTTOM.
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