2006-2008 Honda Fit lowering springs

[Angrybeaver]

Namco, did you say that you bought the Honda Fit springs? I'm curious to know if they will "fit" the Mirage. If so I might order a set of Swift springs. They seem to be among the best.

[namco]

No man. I got the generic springs that are made for the mirage off amazon for 70.88 after tax with free shipping.

[inuvik]

No man. I got the generic springs that are made for the mirage off amazon for 70.88 after tax with free shipping.

If you can do a before and after pic along with a report of how it changed the ride, handling that would be great. Gives other members options to consider.

[namco]

If you can do a before and after pic along with a report of how it changed the ride, handling that would be great. Gives other members options to consider.

Yeah no problem. I was gonna document it anyway because I wanna see where I am after a year of tuning.

[Littlestan]

No man. I got the generic springs that are made for the mirage off amazon for 70.88 after tax with free shipping.

The rears on the set I got from Amazon were sooo much softer than the stock one's.

The rear of the car was also lower than the front of the car. The front springs were alright though!

Can't wait for my Eibachs...

[cyclopathic]

The rears on the set I got from Amazon were sooo much softer than the stock one's.

The rear of the car was also lower than the front of the car. The front springs were alright though!

Can't wait for my Eibachs...

You might wanna read this: http://mirageforum.com/forum/showthr...3744#post43744

They are actually ~ 20% firmer than OEMs, if installed properly.

[Littlestan]

You might wanna read this: http://mirageforum.com/forum/showthr...3744#post43744

They are actually ~ 20% firmer than OEMs, if installed properly.

With TEIN shocks. Different story with the stock shocks, I assure you.

I literally compressed that whole spring with my body weight while struggling to do so with a stock spring. Bottoming out in the rear only started to occur after switching out the OEMs with the Amazon ones.

[cyclopathic]

With TEIN shocks. Different story with the stock shocks, I assure you.

I literally compressed that whole spring with my body weight while struggling to do so with a stock spring. Bottoming out in the rear only started to occur after switching out the OEMs with the Amazon ones.

We had raised it 3/4" because TEIN shocks are shorter and with OEM springs they were topping out and this is the height we wanted. If we had stock shocks we would likely need more either in the middle or at the seat (additional insulators). Many lowering springs have similar issue, This just an illustration on how to solve it.

Springs themselves are only soft until you compress middle section. I guesstimate at upper range rate is ~150lbs, and ~50lbs before that. OEM springs are 120-130lbs. Dual rate design makes sense if setup at balance point: different compression and expansion rates help to fight oscillation. If middle section wasn't locked out, then you would get what you should be on soft springs and not enough damping: seesaw.

[namco]

Im doing stock shocks + amazon springs so.... who knows. I wanted lower as cheap as possible until a good coilover comes out. Springs, my new headunit and new front and rear speakers with all hardware needed to install coming tomorrow. So inshould have it done sometime by end of the week.

[cyclopathic]

Im doing stock shocks + amazon springs so.... who knows. I wanted lower as cheap as possible until a good coilover comes out. Springs, my new headunit and new front and rear speakers with all hardware needed to install coming tomorrow. So inshould have it done sometime by end of the week.

Would be a good time to run to Lowe's and pick 2 rolls of Peel-n-Seal to soundproof doors.