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Originally posted by lOOkatme
the "dead coils" do nothing for ride quality. they are there to lower the car.
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They really should. Coils that are more closely spaced will compress easier than coils that are further apart, even though they are made from the same material.
Here is an exageration, but should illustrate the point. Take a spring... It can be compressed... Now straighten it all of the way out so that it is like a staff/rod, and it will be much more difficult to compress.
So by changing the spacing between the coils, you should be able to essentially get a progressive springrate.
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The springs are longer cause H&R knows how to engineer great springs. they want the spring to be compressed 100% of the time...even if you were to jump the car and the wheels come off the ground....the spring will still be compressed. unlike coilover sleeves and probably eibach prokit springs...which can be bad if you were to lift a wheel off the ground and come crashing down.
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The H&Rs are definately quality... I should have gotten them from the beginning, but wasn't familiar with them at the time and Eibach was a name that I recognized.
However even with the eibachs, they were always compressed.
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sway bars will help you with the body roll.
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Yep
I wanted to make sure that I had a good set of springs before screwing with sway bars... I'm of the mindset that the sway should complement the springs