Re:Re:Re:Eibach 25mm pro lift springs

For the sake of due diligence I have been on the eibach site on the off chance of having missed something. Regardless of their reputation I wouldn't touch them with someone else's. I put in the model of Dreadnaught and looked at the listing and it says lift kit but doesn't mention how much, the spec section is generic for some kind of 40mm lowering kit, they make no mention of wire diameter, inside coil diameter or free height of the springs or even a compression rate. So unless I have missed something you'll spend 300 plus pounds on a set of springs that may lower your Jimny by 40mm or lift it by an unspecified amount by who knows what method that may or may not reduce articulation. Sorry but no. If a manufacturer wants my money they will have to be upfront about what I will get in return, I don't want to have to contact customer support just because marketing think vague is cool. I have Suplex and Monroe springs because I knew what I was buying before I bought it.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Eibach doesn't need marketing. They've cemented themself as a top manufacturer. These have TÜV approval and I see no reason to doubt the quality being higher than OEM or many other aftermarket offerings.

They were clearly identified as "Eibach Prolift +30mm" when I was looking at them and I think that says what they are. I didn't check wire diameter or number of coils. They were simply the best springs I could find, TUV plus "Eibach's" reputation was enough....

I got mine for £208 on eBay.pl with free postage but that was a couple of years ago.....

300bhpton springs do play a massive part in handling and suspension performance, 100% agree that as a package with quality dampers, you get the best from them but changing springs alone will bring improvement over standard, especially if they are high miles..... I think Eibach supplied them in a kit with Bilstein B6 dampers.

sniper

Jamin wrote: I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Eibach doesn't need marketing. They've cemented themself as a top manufacturer. These have TÜV approval and I see no reason to doubt the quality being higher than OEM or many other aftermarket offerings.

Quality, maybe. Although would depend on the OEM in question.

Displaying the full specs is something very different though. If you don't really know what you are buying, how can you really know what to expect? Hiding info and not supplying it is unhelpful to many.

As for TUV, this means very little tbh and says nothing about the quality or performance. Only that they ticked a box for a process and paid a load of money to someone.

German type approval or TUV is much more than just a badge, it generally exceeds EU/BS norms and is very difficult to obtain. Full materials traceability and each part of the process is examined for consistency of performance. Heat treatment is a crucial part of spring steel performance and getting TUV consistency is very difficult to achieve.

I was a foundry engineer in the auto supply chain (Ford/JLR & BMW) and needed to meet those standards, constant QA and finite adjustments....

sniper

I stand by my comments. Simply stating, which they don't, what amount of lift a spring will give is not particularly helpful. I could achieve a 30mm lift with a suitable section of wagon spring that was made to the absolute best possible standard but it would not be good for articulation. Being afraid to publish the actual spec for the actual application is not what I expected from such a manufacturer.