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Springs : Eibach Pro Vs Spoon Progressive Vs OEM for DC5

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Firstly, apologies. I searched for comparisons for what I am looking for and nothing came up so if this has been asked a million times before, Sorry to drag it up again.

The reason I ask is, last month I imported a 2002 Integra R DC5 through Torque GT. I'm really pleased with the car, it's just the springs have been replaced at some point with much harsher ones. I can imagine the roads in Japan are much smoother than what we have hear in Northern Ireland.

Anyway, got the car a major service at my local specialist and got him to drive it. Conclusion, "good car, s**t springs" in his words. So now I'm shopping for springs. He said the shocks look visually fine, but hard to know with the harshness of the springs.

I intend to use the DC5 as a summer car and have no plans for trackdays or anything like that, so it will need to be something that's close to OE if I can.

First option to mind, was to hunt out OE springs. Honda quoted me £396 inc VAT and said they are on back order.

I had a quick look over forums and Eibach and Spoon get mentioned regularly, paired with stock dampers.

Torque GT do a great value kit with camber arms and bolts for £330. They also do Spoon progressive springs for £345, but these look to be on back order as well.

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the three options. I don't particularly care about looks or amount of drop, I know most aftermarket springs do drop a bit, I rather just have a car that drives well on the road, as close to the formula Honda intended.

Many thanks in advance.
 
A lot of people don't like the Eibach springs as the car looks like it has rear rake as the rear is lowered more than the front. However many who fit Spoon springs end up with a clunk from them due to their design.

I never ran Spoon on either DC5, I had Eibach on the first and to be honest, I never noticed how the car sat until someone mentioned it and to be fair it's only a tiny amout.
 
Thanks for the reply Chris. Did you notice any discernible differences compared to stock springs? The negative rake wouldn't bother me if I'm honest.
 
They ride better than OEM springs and give better performance through corners. Short of getting coilovers, together with a proper geometry setup, it's one of the best modifications you can do.
 
I’ve noticed eibachs on the fn2 give a slight clunk in the rear when dropping off sharp speed bumps or similar. My mate runs eibach on fn2 and has the same. Apart from new rear axle bushes everything else is new.
 
Rear suspension on the FN2 is a completely different design to that of the DC5.
 
Spike85, my FN2 did something similar on stock springs. There was a Honda bulletin relating to the damper pistons drying out and needing greased. I always got that noise leaving the driveway in the morning.
 
Oh I no Chris, wasn’t sure if it was just an eibach spring thing.

And crow555 I’ve replaced the rear shocks with brand new standard ones and it still does it. There only 3 weeks old. Normal driving it’s perfect just on sharp jolts.
 
These maybe not in the title but don't be tempted by APEX springs. They clunk like crazy after a while. I'll be upgrading mine to Eibach pros on my EP3 as soon as I can afford to get some
 
I was out washing my DC5 this afternoon and I noticed a logo on one of the rear springs. RS-R. Seems the black springs are referred to as RS-R down springs and mainly used as lowering springs.

So eh, maybe add those to the list of springs to not use on a DC5.
 
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