caleb2483

Ok so I installed my Espelir ASD springs about a month ago with about 300 miles on it so far. I preloaded twice already, and made sure I did it correctly.

The issue I'm running into is the front is about 1 inch gap while the rear is about 2 inch gap (I'm just assuming 1 inch is about 1 finger gap).

I've heard Espelir springs sits a lot more than manufacture states but I know they are suppose to have the rear lower than the front, but not by much.. making it a pretty even drop front to rear. And from the pictures I've searched and asking few people with these springs installed have confirmed this as well. front and rear sits about even 1.5 front gap and 1 rear gap.

I'm pretty sure I've put the front springs to the front and rears to the rear, but looking underneath my car again and looking at the Espelir springs, I don't actually see any marking on the spring itself indicating "front" and "rear".

What is wrong with my springs?!

Please help!

caleb2483

i know we have plenty of espelir spring owners here~! please chime in!

does this sound like i switched my front and rear springs?

or is this how they sit?

Back S2k

ok so heres whats up. when i had my first set on my 00berlina the rear sat about a finger gap lower than the front after they settled. I bought this set used and pretty sure i installed them correctly.

now im on my second set and on a 01 silverstone and the front sits about an inch lower than the rear just as u stated. these came already installed on the shell when i bought it. I am also confident that they were installed correctly.

I think you just need to wait for them to settle more, 300miles is nothing.

I logged over 40k on the first set

i dont know how much my current ones have on them but im pretty sure under 10k.

what i get out of this is the rear springs start to sag maybe after a decent amount of time. but i could be wrong.

i prefer the way the car sits now with a slight rake rather than the other way.

if i am correct the rear springs are progressive. if u have them installed correctly theres nothing u can do just wait for them to settle and see what happens.

either way im super happy with the ride while i save for coils.

berlina front


berlina rear


crappy pic but the only one i can find of how it sat


when i get home ill try to snap some pics of the silverstone

caleb2483

thanks for your input.. i would like to see your silverstone pics if you have them.

the reason why im worried/confused is because many others have and shown the springs installed with 1-1.5 gap all around right after install.
i have a 07 ap2 btw.

and how can the same set of springs have such varying results? some have front higher than rear... others state rear higher than front... i envy those sitting even all around right after install... and like you, settling needed many months and thousands of miles? something doesn't seem right you know? is it because these springs are not well made/engineered?

Back S2k

this is a bad pick but since this thread i noticed that the rear has come down a bit. this pic the car is on a hill so its not too accurate of how it sits. but its pretty much even when i was looking at it on leveled ground.

my best suggestion is give it time and see what happens. i love how these springs fee i dont think i would go with anything else besides coilovers.

did notice however after i put 5mm spacers all around i rub in the front now when the wheel is turned and i hit a bump

omgitsoop

What shocks are you guys running with these?

Back S2k

oem

omgitsoop

man, Im running oem shocks with these and have been for a while, and I HATE it, the rebound is straight up dangerous, any sort of whoop feels like Im going to fly off the road. Ive been running them for over a year now and havent had the time or the money to change them out for coilovers or koni's.

caleb2483

my rear is still higher than the fronts