Eibach Pro System Plus *job completed*

[Cottonmouth]

I finally did it.

I bought the Eibach Pro System Plus and just opened the boxes to see what I got. On the outside of the box are pictures of the components inside.

Upon examining the contents of the box I noticed that I may be missing some hardware. Stuff like the yellow bump stops and sway bar ends etc. It came with the proper bushings for the sway bars but I am curious why they would show things on the outside of the box that doesn't come with the kit.

Here is the pic on the outside of the box.



Here is a pic of what came in the kit.
http://www.hamishgt.ca/vixengt/cottonmouth/eibach2.JPG

I was also wondering if I need a camber kit. Has anyone who installed this kit come across this problem? Is it necesssary? Is there any other things that I should get before beginning the install?
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[Edited by Cottonmouth on Aug 9, 2005 5:08 AM]

[berserko]

You just recycle your stock bump stops and sway bar end links. I would trim your bump stops a bit to make sure you don't bottom out on them...

[i8acobra]

You can either reuse your endlinks or measure them and get some in the proper length from Energy Suspension (or do like I plan on doing and make your own with heim joints ). For bump stops, you just cut you stock ones. There's a line all the way around them. cut them at that line and reuse just the top part.

[tibby01]

those endlinks from energy suspension wont work. our endlinks are a ball joint type that points directly across to the other side of the vehicle. these endlinks would need the sway bar bolt up part at the end to be parallel with the control arm. ours are perpendicular.

those frame mount bushings are NICE though. they have zirk fittings and channels all throughout the inside of the bushing. i will def. get those if i hear any noise with my sway bar.

[SpeedRacer]

That's a generic picture on the box. If they didn't include bump stops/endlinks then they don't make them for your application. You probably paid a little less as well. Just reuse the stockers (or even better now is a good chance to replace them with new OEM parts).

On a side note...NICE.

[Cottonmouth]

I did the install tonight and boy was it a b1tch. I am really glad I had a hoist and some air tools. Here is what happened.

First we removed the Strut Braces and dropped the suspension before raising the car. Then removed the wheels for better access. The stock rear sway bar was the first to go. This proved to be one of the most challenging things we had to overcome.
For a car that is about six years old the nuts and bolts were quite seized. So after copious amounts of penetrating lube and some time for it to work, we fought with impact gun and vise grips to free the sway bar ends. I would say half of them had to be heated with a torch to be removed.
After that I began removing the suspension from the car. Some were easier that others because I had in the past had a couple of wheel bearings replaced and the "Saint" (tech) that did the work previously used anti-seize on the bolts.
While I did this my buddy went about putting the Eibach Springs on the Eibach Shocks.
We took a look at removing the front OEM Sway Bar and realized we would have to drop the front sub-frame to get at it. It is in there really tight. We tried removing the front uprights from the axles to give us some more room but to no avail. So we had to leave it in for now due to the fact we had limited time to get the job done.
After installing the Eibach Shocks and Springs we connected the rear and front sway bar ends.
We put the wheels back on the hubs and lowered the car till it was just above the ground. This allowed us to align the tops of the shocks with the holes in the strut towers. My buddy lifted the wheel while I aligned the bolts and holes, and put the nuts in place. Tightened them down and proceeded to the rear of the car.
The rear proved to be more challenging than the front. It was very difficult to get the bolts on the shocks aligned with the holes in the rear strut tower. It was a very tight fit. So while my buddy felt around in the wheel well to get them aligned I lowered and raised the car until we managed to get it in the right place. (Don't try this at home. You could hurt yourself). What we should have done is take the wheels back off so it would have been lighter and easier to get into place.
Once the suspension was finished all that was left was replacing the interior panels.

Boy am I glad I had help. I am feeling worn out due to all the fighting I had to do to get everything in it's proper place.
I am not looking forward to the front Sway Bar install. Anyone have any tips for me? :/