ive had htechs on my car for over a year now on stock struts. i just installed koni yellow front struts and i noticed the tech that installed my springs didnt cut the bump stop, so i cut about 2" off. now, i swear my car is lower. its dayum near tucking my 18x8 225/40s


WTF!? are my springs shot or is this normal height for htech guys? im also rubbing the inner liner more on bumps on the stiffest settings, figure that was bc i cut the stop. seems they are sagging or something. my buddys s-techs seem about this low. im about to install my rears struts and hotchkis sway bars but if ,my springs are effed im going to get new springs and kill it all at once.

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wowsers, that is pretty low for htechs. GL

 

gimme them lol they look good though

 

that they do, but im afraid something is wrong

 

LOL. That's about how my S-techs sit. Maybe a tad bit lower, but not much.

 

^ thats why im worried lol

 

You left the stock rubber cups in place up top?

 

yea....

 

that looks about right! maybe a tad lower then mine, the bumpstops wont cause them to go lower since they only prevent the shock from bottoming out, it is possible that the konis have a shorter strut body causing them to look lower, did you compare stock strut next to koni strut?

heres mine on 18x7.5 with 225/40

 

Chico, your's doesn't look anywhere near as low as his. I saw a tC with H-techs today for the first time in person, and it looked just like Chico's stance. But your's Flint...is low.

 

someone help him bc i was wondering how low htehs and stechs sit. i saw the drop on the tein site and other sites but i wanted to visually see them bc im also running 18x7.5 with 225/40

 

Well, if you did cut 2" off the bump stop, the car will sit lower...

 

is your hood open on the 4th pic? sorry out of the topic.

 

bump stops have nothing to do with ride height, its all in the springs, theyre called bump stops for a reason, they prevent the shocks from completely bottoming out from extreme suspension travel

only way i could see them sitting lower is if the koni shock was shorter then the oem shocks

 

thats how my stechs sit with the same size wheels/tires

 

either your new shocks are shorter than your oems or your htechs are really stechs

 

what color are the springs? I know the S-Techs are green and the H-Techs are bronze I think.

 

these are my h-techs on my 18' enkei rs7

 

thanks for all the replies. yea mine are bronze. my guess is the konis are a lil shorter. but u have to cut the oem to put the koni in the housing, so i dunno.

 

hmm idk but all i know is my back tires rub against the inner fender when i have people in the back seat or on big bumps