Eibach Springs

Edit - Tein H Tech's installed:

Scratched the initial post. Since Eibach's didn't fit, the ones I ordered were for the regular Prius, I went with the Tein H Techs. Advertised 1.2 in the back and 1.4 in the front.

I had them installed on Friday and overall they are comfortable. A little softer than I expected which reminds me of the good 'ol days riding in my dad's Cadi and Lincoln; smooth and comfortable. Would like some more control over dampening, but for springs on stock shocks, not bad at all. Anything lower than this would be too low to cover normal roadways and parking lots. As is I have no issues clearing speed bumps, entering driveways, etc. Of course some of that is previous driving experience with lowered cars.

The setupfor now:

• Springs - Tein H Tech
• Shocks - Stock (approximately 12k on them now)
• Wheels - 15" Toyota alloys

Rear Under Carriage:


Front (Car is on an incline):



Front Wheel:


Rear Wheel:


Angel Shots:

 

My bad, thanks for the catch. Updated the post.

 

82100140. I went to a couple of different suspension shops and both gave me the same number. Tire Rack also has the same number. do not know, we'll see what happens, lol.

 

I received a call back from the shop. The Eibach Prokit (82100140) will not fit the Prius C. So the good news is that anyone who was thinking about Eibach and reading this thread will know that currently Eibach does not have springs specifically for our cars yet. It was a gamble, and good news is I'm not out any money and my guys at the shop are going to contact Tein to order some springs.

 

The part number he uses is 8293.140 for the Yaris/XD.

I used the one for the Prius (82100.140), which does not work. Doing a search on the internet there's a mix bag of yes/no that the Prius application would work on the C. The answer is no, it will not. LOL.

 

Updates - Photos in first post on Tein H Tech's.

 

I'm a fan of the slammed look too. Been there done that on my last car and while I had an awsome setup on Stance coilovers, I had to avoid a good number of driveways/stores because my car was too low. At some point it becomes not so fun to drive.

I honestly don't know if the bump stops were cut, I forgot to ask. Since I'm not a suspension expert by any means I just have a genereal idea of comfort/height compared to the stock setup; I've had three vehicles lowered overall.

If you're looking for moar lower, you can look at H&R springs. I honestly think that any lower is going to tax the stock shocks/struts too much. Although they're rated to work with stock equipment, it's not always the case...nice selling point though, ha. And if you're looking for a flush look you'd need spacers with the stock wheels.

I have enough wheel gap to definately plus size the wheels. If you go for a slammed look with aftermarket wheels you'll either want to get the wheels first, or go with a setup of coilovers so you can adjust. My setup will allow me to fit 16's with no issues. I'm' driving it around for about a month to see if there's any settling and determine what I want. I'm going to be looking at new shocks/struts to see if there's anything with dampening adjustment...that's the one thing I really miss. Since I'm not planning on having to adjust height I passed on coilovers and didn't want to have to worry about one leaking and having to send it in for warranty work. With the right setup you can actually get shocks/springs that are comparable or better than coilovers. Never done it, so I'm being daring this go around.

 

I'll have to leave that one to the experts. I would imagine that for those that want to be slammed and want the biggest baller wheels possible there'd have to be some height adjustments, fender rolling, camber adjustements, etc. to finagle fitment. For those of us that aren't into HellaFlush or Illest looks it's probably a non factor.