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I have a 2012 Honda Fit Base. I'm replacing the steelies with a set of Konig Helium Blacks at 15X6.5 (offset +40mm) with tires either at 175/65R15 or 185/65R15 or 180/60R15.
The car feels loosy goosy, wallows and feels quite vague.
I have a 2007 Corolla that's lowered an inch on Bilstein B12's (Eibach pro-kit plus Bilstein B8 dampers.) It's a good suspension and definitely improved handling and the motions are well-controlled which is the oppposite of the Honda Fit. If there's one complaint I have about the B12 kit is that I wish it were a little more compliant.
So, I'm thinking about B14 kit to solve that wallowy Honda Fit feel, but the Tein Street Basis also gets good reviews, it's also 400 dollars cheaper than the Bilsteins. But that's not the important thing. My worry about the Bilsteins is that they're harder than I would like, my worry about the Tein is that it's softer than I would like.
The Tein springs are 168 lb./in. on the front, and 112 lb./in. in the rear. According to search here, the stock springs are 98 in the front, 112 in the rear. So, with the 1.7 inch or so lowering I intend to do, the Teins looks like a good buy----it will also go lower than the Bilsteins (which are indicated for 30mm max lowering.)
These are all the products that Tein makes for the GE: observe that rear spring rates for every single product is 112 lb./in.
The Tein engineers might know something we don't------ This single rear spring seems to used on all their products even if 112 does "feel" like it's too soft (it is after all the stock rate.)
These are great guides for Bilstein products (1st link-basic product guide, 2nd link-detailed catalogue). They are European guides so you will need to verify fit on USDM cars.
