deaddog
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172
I put eibach pro-kit springs on a couple of weeks ago, and I don't think I like 'em. On a good surface they're fine, I was very impressed with how they performed when I took a trip up the A7 last week. However most of my "fun" driving is on poorly maintained B roads, and here's where I have a problem.
One of my favourite local scratching routes is a little used unnamed road with a series of 6 sharp bends snaking up a steep hill, the road surface is awful, the cambers are all over the place, it's great fun. With standard suspension my clio loved this hill, it hunkered down and felt incredably responsive, it kept is lines well, even when skipping over the poor surface and the adverse cambers, while doing it's best to ignore them. With the eibachs the responsiveness has gone, the initial turn in to any corner is soft, too soft, then you can feel the suspension working overtime to keep the tyres firmly glued to the road, which it does very well. However it feels like my spings have been replaced with bags of cats, all fighting to keep their own corner on the ground, and sod the other three.
I'm no expert with car suspension, but my impression is that with the eibach's on the suspension is under-damped for this type of road, is this right ? and is there anything I can do about it other than return to standard springs ?
One of my favourite local scratching routes is a little used unnamed road with a series of 6 sharp bends snaking up a steep hill, the road surface is awful, the cambers are all over the place, it's great fun. With standard suspension my clio loved this hill, it hunkered down and felt incredably responsive, it kept is lines well, even when skipping over the poor surface and the adverse cambers, while doing it's best to ignore them. With the eibachs the responsiveness has gone, the initial turn in to any corner is soft, too soft, then you can feel the suspension working overtime to keep the tyres firmly glued to the road, which it does very well. However it feels like my spings have been replaced with bags of cats, all fighting to keep their own corner on the ground, and sod the other three.
I'm no expert with car suspension, but my impression is that with the eibach's on the suspension is under-damped for this type of road, is this right ? and is there anything I can do about it other than return to standard springs ?