[Shotimes] Eibach springs with stock struts?

[Carl Prochilo]

Dave, I recently replaced the worn Tokico strut inserts in my 92.  What
was happening is that when going over speed bumps or hitting a dip in the
road, the front of the car would undulate 2 or 3 times before it would
settle down.  Very disturbing.  After I replaced the strut inserts, that
same dip in the road has the front of the oscillate once and stops.

So based on your description, if the car bounces excessively, and you feel
the struts themselves are in good working order, then they most likely
don't have enough dampening force to compensate for the progressive rate
Eibach springs.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Wed, February 23, 2005 9:30 am, Dave Garber said:
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a question concerning struts. My car is currently running
> Eibach springs with GR-2 struts. The car rides like a school bus (the
> front end bounces like crazy!) and I was thinking about going to a stock
> Motorcraft strut. Now, I've heard that the car rides like this because
> of the Eibach springs, as the GR-2's are essentially a stock replacement
> strut. Is this true? Would new Motorcraft struts with the Eibach's ride
> like this? I mean, this thing bounces so much that I've had a guy ask me
> if I have hydraulics on the car! It's the worst riding car I've ever
> owned!
>
> I should note that the rear of the car rides great. It's just the front
> end. It literally bounces almost non-stop on anything other than
> perfectly flat roads. You start to get used to it after a while, but
> then I'll hop in my 99 and realize just how BAD the 94 really is. I find
> it hard to believe that this is simply the result of running slightly
> stiffer springs on a stock style strut. I think it's more likely that
> these GR-2's just suck (at least the fronts. they are made in China, and
> the rears are made in Italy). Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Dave Garber
> Pittsburgh, PA
> 99 White, 79k
> 94 Blue MTX, 191k
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