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Eibach Sportline installed #378446 Jan 19, 12:42pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Hi guys,I have a question 4 days ago I installed on my car the eibach sportline springs...here is the result... The question is that for me it is not so low as I expected it...expecially in the rear... What do you think? Do I need to wait the springs to set,or is it something strange? Thanx Last edited by Danny7; Jan 19, 2005 12:45pm.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378447 Jan 19, 12:44pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California Originally Posted by Danny7 Hi guys,I have a question 4 days ago I installed on my car the eibach sportline springs...here is the result i dont see a question in that post?

Re: Eibach Sportline installed shoulin #378448 Jan 19, 12:45pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Yes,my mistake... (you are so quick... ) Now the question is there... Last edited by Danny7; Jan 19, 2005 12:58pm.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378449 Jan 19, 1:23pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,337 Pittsburgh, PA celicadragon Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica celicadragon Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,337 Pittsburgh, PA well, do you notice a change in handling or no? if not then i really dont know, also did you measure the height of the car before yo dropped it? that way you could measure the change respect the gt-s

Re: Eibach Sportline installed celicadragon #378450 Jan 19, 1:27pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA i think you should wait till it settles a bit

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378451 Jan 19, 1:29pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy No,not a big difference in the handling...but consider that I had Hotchkis springs before... And I already have Koni yellows and hotchkis street sway bars...

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378452 Jan 19, 1:43pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 895 California celicajonz Senior Member 2004 Toyota Celica celicajonz Senior Member 2004 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 895 California ...yups let em settle(bout 500 miles)...ur prob. gona c some camber in the rear( a lot)...just go to a good place and align all 4 wheels...u should b good ...looks good Originally posted by A_Bathing_Ape: I hit, what else, oh plus dome.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed celicajonz #378453 Jan 19, 1:58pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Yes I'll wait for a while..I already had a track day in Monza on saturday,the car was fantastic...but it doesn't look lower...maybe I have to wait again... Does anybody have some picture of sportline springs just installed (i mean immediately after installation)? Bye

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378454 Jan 19, 2:08pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA mine was high when i first installed it also..

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378455 Jan 19, 2:12pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA now look at the rear lol Last edited by rem; Jan 19, 2005 2:15pm.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378456 Jan 19, 2:31pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,612 St.George, UT eric_h 2low2slow 2002 Toyota Celica GT eric_h 2low2slow 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,612 St.George, UT yeah they gotta settle then youll notice A boats a boat, but the mystery box could be anything....Even a boat!

Re: Eibach Sportline installed eric_h #378457 Jan 19, 2:53pm Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 372 darksidecelica Member 2001 Toyota Celica darksidecelica Member 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 372 yup give them sum time to settle...i have these springs myself too

Re: Eibach Sportline installed darksidecelica #378458 Jan 19, 3:38pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy @Rem You know I love your car bro... To be honest I think that your car was lower than mine after installed the sportlines,but,anyway,I'llwait them to settle... Bye

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378459 Jan 19, 7:38pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Zero Furi Kuri 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,977 San Diego, CA hey Danny7, where are you're sexy rims? I've mastered the art of the After Image Technique.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Zero #378460 Jan 19, 8:05pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,417 Florida SmutasticGT Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT SmutasticGT Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,417 Florida they will settle in a few weeks

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Zero #378461 Jan 19, 8:05pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 311 Ft. Wayne, Indiana GTSbyTRD Member 2000 Toyota Celica GTSbyTRD Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 311 Ft. Wayne, Indiana Mine used to look lower then they are now. After jacking my car up to switch tires and take off rims. It looks higher then it used to. Kinda weird, i have the same springs too. I'll wait till spring and take some pics. I can tell a huge difference though. "I didnt realize girls had that much plumbing down there. I saw a diagram of it and it looked like a map for six flags."

Re: Eibach Sportline installed GTSbyTRD #378462 Jan 19, 11:22pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT shoulin Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2004 Posts: 283 Elk Grove, California my sportlines are low low in the rear, if i try to put a finger in between the fender and the tire my finger goes up, so thats low, hehe but then i have 17s on my car.. look at my sig to see how it sits now

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Zero #378463 Jan 20, 2:35am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Originally Posted by Zero hey Danny7, where are you're sexy rims? They are in my garage... In the picture shown I was in the Monza circuit...I was there for a track day anf I use Yokohama Advan tires on the 16" alloys for that purpose... So You are all saying that the car will settle in the next weeks,right? I really hope so,I want it very low... Anyway when my shocks will be worn,I'll install Tein SS,that's my choice! Bye Last edited by Danny7; Jan 20, 2005 2:37am.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378464 Jan 21, 4:31pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA just gotta wait for them to settle in. give it about a week or 2.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Virgilson #378465 Jan 21, 4:42pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,216 Likes: 1 San Leandro/Davis, CA ToiletPaper Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT ToiletPaper Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,216 Likes: 1 San Leandro/Davis, CA it will settle.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed ToiletPaper #378466 Jan 21, 8:29pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA GIVE ME YOUR 18" RIMS DJ CURTIZ - taking over the world one record at a time Live life on the edge, otherwise you take up too much space.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed DJ_Curtiz #378467 Jan 21, 8:49pm Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 163 Texas c4justin Member 2000 Toyota Celica c4justin Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 163 Texas What shocks yall use? i put hotchkis springs on and they were to short. Too short to work properly that is??

Re: Eibach Sportline installed c4justin #378468 Jan 24, 12:39pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Originally Posted by c4justin What shocks yall use? i put hotchkis springs on and they were to short. Too short to work properly that is?? You are right! I have Koni yellows and I had the some problem with those springs...Eibach definitely fits better In the end I wanted to say thanx to everybody...as you can see you were right...look how the car is after only 10 days... I love it now... Bye

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378469 Jan 24, 11:12pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA Originally Posted by Danny7 Originally Posted by c4justin What shocks yall use? i put hotchkis springs on and they were to short. Too short to work properly that is?? You are right! I have Koni yellows and I had the some problem with those springs...Eibach definitely fits better In the end I wanted to say thanx to everybody...as you can see you were right...look how the car is after only 10 days... I love it now... Bye damn!!! looks perfect.. boy do i love our sportline springs Last edited by rem; Jan 24, 2005 11:15pm.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378470 Jan 25, 12:06am Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA damnit! i wanna lower my car, how much were those lowering springs?

Re: Eibach Sportline installed RookieGTS #378471 Jan 25, 12:16am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 517 DSM, IA silverOOgts intoxicated 2000 Toyota Celica GTS silverOOgts intoxicated 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 517 DSM, IA why not hotchkis anymore?! I think it looked great at first, i have yet to install mine, but was inspired by yours

Re: Eibach Sportline installed silverOOgts #378472 Jan 25, 12:39am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Eibach Sportline are much better than Hotchkis IMHO... The only thing is that I can feel the shocks working too low...but it's not too bad,the car is always under control...and if the road is in good conditions...well you can't imagine how fast it is now; it's so flat so fast through the corners,so relaiable...so lovely!!! If you will to buy some Eibach springs go for that at suprastore...they made a 50% off to me...those guys are great...I live in Italy and I need someone to trust when I buy something...and I found them... Bye Last edited by Danny7; Jan 25, 2005 12:45am.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378473 Jan 25, 10:14am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT DJ_Curtiz Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,274 Orange County, CA what happend to your body kit DJ CURTIZ - taking over the world one record at a time Live life on the edge, otherwise you take up too much space.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed DJ_Curtiz #378474 Jan 25, 11:46am Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA Originally Posted by DJ_Curtiz what happend to your body kit he SOLD it

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378475 Jan 25, 12:06pm Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica RookieGTS Boobie Vision 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,971 Turlock, CA Hey rem how much are those Eibachs.. cause iw ant some for my GTS

Re: Eibach Sportline installed RookieGTS #378476 Jan 25, 12:55pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA Originally Posted by RookieGTS Hey rem how much are those Eibachs.. cause iw ant some for my GTS um i got mine for 210 i think... but retail is 290.. you can find good deals all over though

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378477 Jan 25, 2:43pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Originally Posted by rem Originally Posted by DJ_Curtiz what happend to your body kit he SOLD it Eh eh you are right Rem...it seems like you know my car very well... I had to sell it because on the track a body kit is not the best thing...and with the sportlines I could not even come out of my garage... Anyway I bought the springs for $110...try to contact suprastore... Bye

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378478 Jan 25, 2:46pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL wow ur car was lookin so sweet with that kam kit!

Re: Eibach Sportline installed bmw52786 #378479 Jan 25, 7:39pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT rem Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,259 Reston, VA Originally Posted by bmw52786 wow ur car was lookin so sweet with that kam kit! i think it looks just as good without the kit

Re: Eibach Sportline installed rem #378480 Jan 25, 10:29pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT bmw52786 Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,296 Orlando/Gainesville, FL personally i like the kam kit looked a hell of a lot better on the car... but for racing i can understand the reasoning for takin the kit off! im stock as well just cause i dont feel like forkin out all the money for a kit...

Re: Eibach Sportline installed bmw52786 #378481 Jan 26, 2:15am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Just for the look I agree it was more beautiful with the Kam... But you know,it's full of speed bumps here and it's not good to have a very low car and a bodykit...I had to make this choice,and after all I'm very happy now. Bye

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378482 Jan 26, 3:27am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada Ok... so whats the deal with the Hotchkis Springs?? As I have some waiting to be installed??? Are they too low? Stiff??

Re: Eibach Sportline installed HJC_Celica #378483 Jan 26, 7:52am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy That the hotchkis springs were too short on the koni shocks I've known it from my dealer...Driving the car with those springs was not so bad...I was very happy with them,the ride was stiff,but not too stiff... In fact I've heard a lot of people happy with hotchkis springs. I installed the sportline only because I wanted the car to be lower...and now I think the car is better,but I expected it because of the lowerin rate...

Re: Eibach Sportline installed Danny7 #378484 Jan 27, 3:51am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica HJC_Celica Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 157 BC, Canada I don't understand how the Hotchkis Springs could be to short with the Koni shocks, and how getting Sportlines with a larger drop would fix the problem?? As I also have Koni shocks... this is of some interest to me.

Re: Eibach Sportline installed HJC_Celica #378485 Jan 27, 6:28am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy I agree, it's hard to see the point...It's not clear even to me...what I think is that Hotchkis rear springs are shorter than the sportlines,and they are not going to settle... In my opinion eibach sportline springs are longer (in fact when I installed them the car was higher than with the hotchkis) anf than they settle down... I don't know how to explain (my english is not so good) but I think that eibach fullfil the space of the shocks in a better way,even if the car is lower...do U see what I mean? Bye

Re: Danny7 #378486 Jan 29, 8:21pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 109 VA ahnjae Member 04 Toyota Celica GTS ahnjae Member 04 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 109 VA yeah i had eibach sportlines with koni yellows...with kam kit and 18s...and was too low ..i was exactly 3 inches off the ground in the front..so i decided to go with eibach prokit in the front and sportlines in the rear. the front is a bit higher now but not too much..probably not even an inch ...TheY DonT KnoW WhO wE bE...

Re: ahnjae #378487 Jan 31, 6:33pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 290 Union City, CA GTSdrifter Member 2000 Toyota Celica SS2 ZZT231 GTSdrifter Member 2000 Toyota Celica SS2 ZZT231 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 290 Union City, CA I had eibach sportlines installed around November 2004. I like the height of the front but I wish it were lower in the rear. It's about a finger-and-a-half gap in the front and a 2-finger gap in the rear. Is there any way to lower the rear further. Does the rubber bump stop need trimming. If so how can I tell if it needs trimming? Here are some pics

Re: GTSdrifter #378488 Jan 31, 6:34pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 290 Union City, CA GTSdrifter Member 2000 Toyota Celica SS2 ZZT231 GTSdrifter Member 2000 Toyota Celica SS2 ZZT231 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 290 Union City, CA Heres the rear

Re: GTSdrifter #378489 Feb 1, 9:39am Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 647 san bernardino, california hector Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT hector Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 647 san bernardino, california i love the drop on the sportlines, but the fact that there are no shocks that are made to go with them kinda pisses me off. im probably going to go with a coilovers or some kind of 1 1/2" drop to go with some kyb agx shocks. that way i dont have to worry about them wearing out so quick. but heres a pic of my drop for now

Re: hector #378490 Feb 2, 1:05am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy I think that eibach claim a lowering rate of 2,4" in the rear,but that's absolutely not true... They are only a little bit lower than hotchkis springs,and that makes me confident about the shocks...I think they will not last forever,but they will not wear so quickly...also because Koni is an excellent product! Bye

Re: Danny7 #378491 Mar 8, 5:47am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Hi guys finally I have the answer...here's the reason why my car was not so low in the rear as I expected it to be... Look at the springs!!! Than I've modified the srings last week...here is the result I've not made any picture yet,but I'm sure tha car is really lower now...and now I can really see why I've bought my eibach sportlines... bye P.S. does anybody know why did this happen to me? It looks like in USA the shock plate is smaller than in Europe...

Re: Danny7 #378492 Mar 8, 10:48am Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 466 Vancouver, BC, Canada GTS_Rosh Senior Member 2004 Toyota Celica GTS_Rosh Senior Member 2004 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 466 Vancouver, BC, Canada Oh man, so the entire time the spring wasn't sitting down on the perch properly?! I think that's a result of a bad install job or the perch is bent.

Re: GTS_Rosh #378493 Mar 9, 12:53am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Danny7 Member 2001 Toyota Celica GTS T-Sport Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 87 Likes: 1 Italy Originally Posted by GTS_Rosh Oh man, so the entire time the spring wasn't sitting down on the perch properly?! I think that's a result of a bad install job or the perch is bent. Yes you are right...anyway the ride was not so bad...the fact is that I don't think it was the result of a bad installation,because I had hotchkis springs before these and they had the same problem...I think that in America shocks and struts are different in the rear...

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