Funky Buddha

Ya they seem higher up. Way higher up. When I lowered mine w/ the H&R, I could barely stick 2 fingers between the wheel gap. That's when it came out of the shop. When it settled, like right now, I can only put one finger between the gap. It's pretty low.

iON Performance

SedanMan & Funky Buddha - the sport spec is designed to lower the car ~ 1.18" (ie: 30mm). If they settle, at most it'll drop to is 1.2" that's how tight we have the tolerences.

Also, depending on the age of the suspension components (as well as conditions) the drop will be more. The car picture is relatively new. For those w/ H&R's, you'll notice that over time, you may have rub as your bushings etc get old. In addition, different diameter tires will also change the "height" of the vehicle.

From the pictures it's a little hard to see as the car is blue and the tires are black, if there were more contrast, you could tell easier.

SedanMan

The only reason I mentioned that the H&R were lower is because you stated that your springs were comparable to Eibachs which are supposed to lower more than H&Rs.

As for rubbing issues with H&Rs I highly doubt that. Many people have these srpings without problems. Heck, even people with ground control coilovers slammed all the way down don't rub with proper offset wheels.

iON Performance

SedanMan - the springs are comparable in ride quality to the Eibachs. No where was it mentioned that it was comparable in ride height. (not the sport springs at least).

The rubbing won't become an issue until your bearings as well as bushings get older. That's when it'll happen. It's not necessarily just correct wheel offset that'll help prevent it, you also have to choose a tire w/ the right sectional width, as each tire has a variance.

SedanMan

I totally agree on the tire size being an issue. But what bearings are you talking about and how could they possibly cause rubbing? When you said bushings, I assumed it was the ones that the spring sits on. But bearings causing rubbing... Im lost.

Oh and on an unrelated not, how much are your front brake pads? I just went to the dealer today and apparently I have only 30% pad left after 38000 km.

iON Performance

SedanMan - the bearings have both horizontal and verticle axial loads on them, when a bearing wears it'll start tilting to the side which has less force. This will cause the wheels to perch and run a certain way.

What year and model is your Protege? Depending on your choice of pad compound, it'll range anywhere between $60-up CAD. + shipping.

SedanMan

I sent you a PM.

mikhailbarcellos

a i have a older model protege a bj5w would those spring work on my car

JoshP5

Dude, you bumped a four-year-old thread!

Those springs work on all 3rd gen Proteges (99-03), but I'm pretty sure the last set sold a couple of months ago. There are tons of springs available for your car from Tein, Tanabe, Eibach, Racing Beat, etc.

MyLowPro5

yeah...blast from the past....lol.

Roddimus Prime

besdies, iON has very suspect quality and service. They are not recommended by anyone I know. Last I heard they were out of business due to poor service/shipping. This thread may have proven otherwise though.