Hello all. First post: The OEM rear springs bottom out with a few hundred pounds in the rear.. no news to most of you, I'm sure.

My setup: Enkei RPF1s 15x7, wrapped by 195-50 tires, OEM shocks.

If I change over to the Swift progressive springs & stay with the OEM shocks, will I bottom-out with a similar load in the rear if I don't roll the fender lip?

I'm interested in a comfy ride for my daily driver. It's a 60/40 weight distributioned 1.5 liter, so "sporty" anything is a bit of a silly trajectory, so with that in mind, my interests are:

• comfy ride
• slightly more aggressive stance
• minimal to no bottoming-out

Cheers all. And thank you for all the useful info!

 

What offset are your Enkeis?

 

IF your 15x7 RPF1s are the +41mm offset, you'll more than likely be ok in terms of clearance without cargo. I'd love to give an honest answer regarding how much they sag when loaded but I haven't seen or heard anyone report running Swift springs with 200 to 300 lbs worth of cargo in the car.

On the other hand, if your RPF1s are the +35mm (or lower) offset then you'll have an increased chance of tire rub but should likely clear with little to no modifications when empty. Again, not sure what would happen with cargo.

Just as a thought... Since you are wanting to maintain a comfortable ride with the stiffer but progressive Swift springs you may want to invest in Koni's adjustable damping yellow shocks for the rear of the car. I believe Red Shift Chris is selling them on here if you're interested on getting more information regarding this.

 

I appreciate the responses.. thank you.

I installed the 41mm offset wheels, but added 10mm Project Kics spacers in the rear.

 

Ditch the spacers, you'll very likely rub with the Swifts on then with a heavy load on. The reason being is the 10mm spacer will be lowering your wheel's offset from +41mm to +31.

 

Yea.. makes sense, but was hoping for a spring &/or shock solution w/o losing the spacers. I'd rather roll the fender lips before losing the flush look w/ the spacers.

 

Then lower the car and hope that it solves your issue.

Removing the spacers will fix the rub. Worrying about how 'flush' your wheels are at stock height is just a bit silly IMO.

 

I'll reach out to Red Shift Chris. I appreciate the feedback Hootie.. thanks.

 

Definitely ditch the spacers. I was running 38+ Konigs and it rubbed like crazy. Rolled the fenders and trimmed some plastic bits, but still got some rubbing (I have 205/50 tires, though). I went to 45+ and is all good now, except slight rubbing up front when going over a dip with the wheel turned. Not bad, though.

 

Thanks p nut. Ditching the spacers, unfortunately, isn't an option at this juncture, as the mechanic that installed them hacked off a good amount of the wheel studs to flush the spacers. I'll have the fender lips rolled & see how it goes from there.