Oh for anyone wanting to know about if these springs will affect camber........


I went and had my car alighned yesterday and found that my camber is 0.5 degree too negative.

So yes, these springs DO affect your camber

 

wierd, i thought it would've been more, what about toe & caster (i'm a noob but i know what it all means, don't know if lowering effects all of them)

 

Yup, my alignment was a bit out as well...

had to actually pay someone to do that...i wish there were an easier do it yourself way to get aligned....

either way it was and will be worth it to save the tires...

get that alignment done after spring installation!

 

Ur toe may be off after installation. My toe was a few degrees off on both wheels. It'll throw it off a little when you remove the struts. As for caster, no. Removing the struts in no way affect the steering knuckles' KingPin axis. So ur return to center is unaffected.

 

I got another question. I just ordered an 06 and i have my Tanabe df210's from my echo (for xB not xA) and my wheels + tires waiting for the xB to come in (2 weeks w00t!)...

Anyway, should i wait till i break the car in before installing these things? Can i at least put the wheels on? I'm going to be REALLY nervous just jacking up the car to change the wheels, let alone suspension. Are there any drawbacks to puting the springs on before i break it in? I think i'll be too low for my community anyhow, speed bumps at school are friggin soldiers, they'll eat my sideskirts i think . I want to save up for bags, but will putting my wheels on be ok?

Would i need to get my alignment checked? Their 15". thx

 

you can change your wheels anytime, the springs i dont see why you couldnt put them in right away either... if im wrong somebody please correct me. i put springs on within a month or two of getting my car. roughly 400 miles or less on it.

 

sweet! I'm gonna get my wheels balanced first cause i think a few of them might be off.

I'm still not sure about the springs. Gonna roll stock heigh first, maybe measure the speedbumps and see if i'll clear them first. The last thing i want to hear is my brand new box bottoming out especially with under 500 miles on it! >_<;

(bags look better every day, until i think about blown bags lol)

OH another question. How is the ride with the df210's on the stock xB shocks? How much of the bump stops did you all cut off? Is there anyplace i can buy the bumpstops from? My tanabe's didn't come with them? Are there bump stops on the rear shocks?

-thx

 

/\/\ You cut the bump stops that are inside the strut assmebly. You cut about 1" of them. They ride pretty well on stock shocks. Definatley worth upgrading to TRD struts and shocks ($290) if you have the $$$

 

Before:



After:




Just put them on yesterday, had them on my echo for like 4 months until i traded it in, so i think they're pretty much settled. Looks a lot more slammed in person though And yea, the spoiler just kinda grew overnight

 

do any of you with 17s and these springs have problems when going over speedbumps? Every day I have to drive over about nine speedbumps so I'm hoping I won't bottem out.

 

no problems. just go slow

 

alrighty thanks

 

anybody running a 215/40/18 tire with these springs?

 

Tanabe DF210s *PINK first generation*
Falken Torque 5 18's
OTG Shims 10mm ReaR
BF Goodrich G-Force Sports 215.35.18






*ordering new 5mm's spacers for front and rear, need to be pushed out more

 

Did you say 5mm spacers? :D I got those here from One Ton Garage! :D

 

updated pics of my df210's after a year of use (13,000+miles) on 17's:



id like them to be lower though

 

can anyone please post pictures of how to cut the bumpstop? i plan on doing these on sunday.

 

its SUPER easy . just take a carpet knife or razor blade and cut the bump stop in half. it'll go through it fairly easy so be careful not to cut your fingers...

 

haha what is the bumpstop. i need to know what im cutting

 

its a little yellow piece of DENSE foam on the shaft of the shocks. you cant miss it.