I have been strongly considering getting Skunk2C coil overs but there have been too many people saying negative things about the ride and now a couple about their handling.... I just wish that my Swift springs weren't quite as low as they are... I don't see how anyone can go any lower than the Swift springs without completely trashing the underside of their car unless they weigh only a buck O five and create a traffic hazard braking and swerving to avoid imperfections in the pavement.

 

I know Swift sells helper springs... can you add one to raise the height? Or, would it raise it too much?

The question after "will it fit?" will be "what does it do to the handling?"

 

I think they are for use on coil overs... I suppose that the Swift springs are about as good as it gets, they have a great ride and are tuned to make the most of the stock shocks and struts... I had bitches about bottoming out and scraping much more on the stock springs than with the way it rides now on the Swift's.... I'm really not compromising anything except a little loss of approach angle hight and thinking back except for the larger resonator on the Megan B pipe I don't scrape the bottom of the car any more than I ever did.... The springs aren't my problem, the stupid low front lip is. Some Showa adjustible shocks would be nice though.

 

Surprisingly, I haven't been scraping much either. Even on my driveway, where the front drops more then the spring on the front wheel (because of the smaller drop in the rear).

Actually, thinking about it... the only thing I've been scraping on, is the snow.

As for you... there's always the option of putting the rear seats back in!

 

My goal: 16x6.5 +50 (or as close as I can get) with 215/45/16s Considering that shouldn't fall out of the outside range that people with 205s and +45s do, and won't be on the inside any more than someone running 205s on the stock wheels. I think it could work with no rubbing, unless the inside gets in the way of something while turning.

 

macbuddy mounted 215/50 15"s on 15"X7" +41 Enkei RPF1s on his stock suspended GD-3 and said it worked real well... What you said in another post about lowering a VW messing up the handling is what I experienced as well... They didn't have Swift Springs back when I did it or the results might not have been near as bad or bad at all.

 

I appreciate the info. I'm going to end up buying the Swifts because of all the reviews plus I'm not looking at going too low due to the Minnesota winters. I'm going to wait on the 17s though

 

text in bold and red is very important!

and again... I know you've heard this from me before... I love my swift

 

 

wow... really tight ride man, well done.

what bulbs are you using for the parking lights - look a lot brighter than stock. (Or is that just the camera doing that?)

 

Your car is so sensible. I'm not crazy about red badges, but otherwise, I love it.

Swifts in hand, and waiting on a guy's schedule to coordinate with mine who has those flat ratcheted wrenches! Too busy, bad weather, etc., since I got them. Spring approaches, and I can't wait.

 

thanks
mtk... I'm using yellow turn signal, fog and parking lights
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I'm planning reverting to stock H

LOL you really need to install them Swifts asap

 

Evil, I'm loving it. And great pics!

Come to the dark side! Stock Black H FTW!!!

 

^^ I'll be running clean

 

So very true.

 

Boooo, gotta represent the H!

But who am I to judge, your Fit has never looked anything short of awesome....

 

This thread is a good read.

 

Well, I ended up installing the swifts today and it took me around 5 hours give or take. the only thing I had trouble with was loosening the top nut on the fronts. I'm pretty sure I almost striped one of them with the allen wrench. Then I ended up clamping the allen wrench into a bench vice while it was in the top of the strut. The strut was resting on the work bench like this so I could hit the combination wrench with a hammer for a little impact action.

Initial impressions are good but the rear shocks are definitely under damped for rebound. I emailed KYB and asked them if there GR2 shocks for the fit have the same valving as oem and without really answering the question they said that most of there replacement shocks are valved around 15 percent stiffer than oem. If I decide to try them I'll report back.

 

Is it possible that you put more air in your front tires than the rear and perhaps you rotated your tires since you had removed them to do the installation without resetting the tire pressure. The springs are a little stiffer than stock and more sensitive to high tire pressure.. I try to keep about 36psi in the front and 30psi in the rear since removing my rear seats using stock size touring tires on 7" rims. Oh yeah I have air shocks and they are a pain due to moisture in the system increasing the pressure and raising the rear up on hot days. I find that I have to bleed them down after a spirited drive or the rear raises so much the the front lip will scrape in places that it wouldn't when there was less pressure in them.