Not sure if this has been covered or not, but looking through japanparts.com I came to this:



Are these anything special? Is it for the RS?

 

It's for all the models here. It's Honda Access Sport sussy, it lowers about 25mm(1"). It is what is on my RS till I decide to upgrade to something more if I do at all.

They have versions for 15" wheels and 16" wheels, not exactly sure what is different between the 2 versions, but they exist. Spring rates are not known, well not advertised, but I would imagine they are equal or slightly stiffer than the stock setup.

 

[quote=B-Blue;909541]Not sure if this has been covered or not, but looking through japanparts.com I came to this:



Are these good ???

 

haha dude phenoyz he just said he has them on his car

 

johnkimble, does the word ephatch sound familiar to you?

 

please excuse the thread revival...

my friend is planning on going for some "performance" struts for his Corolla... and I found out, they're pretty hard to find... and same for the Fit.

in anycase, I landed here during my search.

is it me, or do those springs look an awfully a lot like Swift Springs?

 

It would be easy to distinguish if the Swift springs are "counter wound" meaning the springs are assymetric and rotate in opposite directions. <-- this the preferred orientation for spirited driving. The springs above are symmetrically wound (likely for mass production and cost savings).

 

huh?

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...tml#post953683

i dunno.

: okay, the swifts looks like it has one more winding overall in the rear. fronts look about the same.

 

Look at the springs above. Look at the direction that they are wound. I was referring to the orientation of winding. In the pic above, the L and R springs wind in the same direction as opposed to rotating in opposite directions (clockwise and counterclockwise).

Doesn't matter anyways...apparently these are not swift springs. Swift springs use a "less coil" design. The rear springs posted above have close coiling. Clearly, the rear springs are different.

 

the pic you posted is generic.

the Swift springs for the GE Fit have the same "close" coiling at the bottom, hence the link i posted.

(i installed a set earlier this week).

btw... i think you're mixing the term... asymmetric would be the way they are now... both side wound the same direction. because to be symmetric, it has to "mirror" about a point or line. obviously, it can't be symmetric around any line within the body of the coil otherwise, you'd have a criss-cross pair of windings. so, to have symmetry, you choose a line about the middle of the car and then one side has to wind opposite of the other. all the pictures listed make asymmetric setups.

 

They still look different to me. I see 2 coils above the small coil in the first pic, and 3 coils above the small coil in the second pic. Subtle, but different nonetheless.




Thanks for the link BTW.

 

Thanks for the clarification. I've read that "symmetrically" wound springs make a significant difference on the RSX front McPherson strut style suspension.

I wonder why Swift chose not to make symmetric springs for the Fit?

 

Probably because you'd then have to modify the way they mount. More trouble than its worth for a product they tout to work with stock struts.

As it is now, its a direct swap with the stock parts.

 

Now we know the GD3 suspension fits the GE8 how bout vice versa?