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Originally Posted by thejroisgo
In all its glory
I'll give a review in about a week once everything settles... After the few hours I've driven it, I can already tell these were WELL worth the money! |
Nice pics! BTW.
Sup Fit members,
This is my report about the suspension.
Opening the box, and match up the front and rear suspension. The mounting points up front are were they need to be, the sway bar mounting, the braking line mounting and even a mount for a OEM plastic clip, to clip on to (WOW!! Really impressive!) Everything is there is what you need. Also there is a little add on part that you don’t really see, there is a upper bolt that is oblong shaped, for extra camber. As you see in the pictures below.
As for the rear, everything is there you need as well. The benefit obviously, is the shorter shock, and also the adjustable damper. The shocks and springs install with ease, and fits tight to its OEM mounting points. As you see in the pictures below.
Okay now moving on! How much it lowers!
Here’s a picture of it with OEM springs.
I measured 6 points on the car, 3 up front, and 3 in rear. Remember this is Sport model Fit. But the meaurements will be the same as Non Sport Fits.
Front OEM height points:
-Front lip, to the ground (11.5-inch)
-Front bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (22.7-inch)
-Front portion of side skirt, to the ground (11-inch)
Rear OEM height points:
-Rear lip to the ground (14-inch)
-Rear bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (25-inch)
-Rear portion of side skirt, to the ground (10.7-inch)
Now, I installed the Kbee’s on the car, to see the highest points on the Kbee’s. (Don’t know why I did this, but some of you want to know?!¿!?!¿) Fronts can up as high as stock, and be on it, but any higher you run into issues with the sustention operating the right way. Rears can go up “max” ¼-inch higher then stock.
Front Kbee’s highest points: (any higher then OEM, not recommended)
-Front lip, to the ground (OEM height and +up)
-Front bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (OEM height and +up)
-Front portion of side skirt, to the ground (OEM height and +up)
Rear Kbee’s highest points: (any higher then OEM, not recommended)
-Rear lip to the ground (1/4-inch Higher then OEM “MAX”)
-Rear bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (1/4-inch Higher then OEM “MAX”)
-Rear portion of side skirt, to the ground (1/4-inch Higher then OEM “MAX”)
After that, I SLAMMED IT! Haha of course.
Front Kbee’s lowest points:
-Front lip, to the ground (9.7-inch)
-Front bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (20.9-inch)
-Front portion of side skirt, to the ground (9.2-inch)
Rear Kbee’s lowest points:
-Rear lip to the ground (12-inch)
-Rear bumper meets to the fender, to the ground (23-inch)
-Rear portion of side skirt, to the ground (8.7-inch)
Total lowering of the front and rear lower is.
Fronts from OEM to 1.8-inch drop
Rear from OEM to 2.0-inch drop.
Hum?? Some of you don’t really think its that’s low, or maybe that too low for your blood!
If it’s too low their coilovers, raise them back up (duh haha jk).
For you that are worried about not being low at all, there are other solutions to make it lower! From the front and rear, as you can see in the pictures, they have 2~3 collars on it to adjust the height and preload settings. You can technically remove 2 collars up front and 1 collar in the rear. This will “not” affect the performance of the coilovers in anyway. The collars are simply there to lock the springs in place, so the shock does not move up and down the bracket from vibrations.
Fronts you can remove 2 bottom collars, and bring the whole stock down into the bracket, and the collar will lock into place. That right there will give you another .5 inch to your slamtastic Fit!
Rears you can remove the bottom collar, lock it on the lowest position, and that will give you another .25-inch. This is for those that want it just a little lower then was it is now.
That will bring it down to
Fronts from OEM to 2.3-inch drop
Rear from OEM to 2.25-inch drop.
For those who want to go even lower then this! Like tucking tires, or tucking rims for VIP status!
Lower is possible!! In order to go lower then these we can simple replace the front springs with a shorter spring from Swift Springs (MSPR for each spring, front springs 99.00ea oh course Fit Freak member discount). The over length of the springs from Kbee is 8”; you can order a set of 6” spring (good options if you guys planning on getting stiffer/softer spring rates). This will give you another 2” more to play with! Rear is pretty much max you can go with, can’t really do much because the springs are has unique coils then standard coilover springs.
Picture of the car at its lowest setting, without removing collars!
Well that’s the end of my report. If anymore question about these coilovers, please ask!
Thanks again to "thejroisgo" for taking his time to come here and fit on some coilovers.
Have a great day guys,
Tuan @ A Spec.
My "fun" money is dry till Christmas time. What will be the price after the 5 sell ? If by some miracle they are still available at that price in late December I may jump all over them. There isn't anything with adjustability out there in this price range.
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