Eibach coils - which are front and which are back?

[Z-Luke]

I've got a new set of Eibachs, and they are pretty light on the destructions. Two of them are shorter and have tighter coils that change to wider near the ends, and the other two are longer and are more linear in design.

Also, which way up should I install these? Tighter coils on the bottom and wider towards the top, or tighter coils up top and wider on the bottom?

I should be able to get a picture up at lunch.

[Sailor Bob]

Definately a couple of threads on this issue. Might be differing points of view on what is top an what is bottom though.

[Pop's Z]

The Eibach factory says #s ending in 001 front, 002 rear. Letters and #s right side up.

Cheers, Mike

[Sailor Bob]

That`s how I installed mine. Front looks really tall though - I intend to cut mine befor the season starts.

[Z-Luke]

Found the thread

Answers are in hya

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31940&highlight=eibach+front+back

while I'm at it, I have four tokico blues. Does it matter which are front and which are back? I think two of them might have an extra bit welded onto the end.

Edited April 19, 2010 by Z-Luke

[240zdave]

The fronts come from Tokico with a section of pipe pushed onto the bottom so they will fit tight in the stock front strut tube.

[jmortensen]

The fronts come from Tokico with a section of pipe pushed onto the bottom so they will fit tight in the stock front strut tube.

You mean the rears. The rear strut tubes are longer, the struts are the same. So to fit the longer tube they press a section of pipe onto the bottom.

Short springs in front, if you have progressive springs, tight winds at the top reduces unsprung weight marginally which is a good thing, but in practice probably makes no difference.