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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MancCell" data-source="post: 799159" data-attributes="member: 15738">OK… Decided to fit the Eibach springs supplied by Hup Shun in Sunway. Called earlier in the week to make sure that they had the parts in stock. Arrived there at around 12.00 noon and there were a few cars in the workshop. Took about 2 ½ hours to fit the 4 springs as they were a bit busy, it was a Saturday afternoon. If it was a quiet day, I guess they could have finished everything in less than 1 ½ hours.Once I got behind the wheel, I drove over my usual routes to compare the ride. I must say that it feels the same in terms of comfort over the rough roads and those yellow lines that you get before the tolls. No loss of comfort at all.At highway speeds, the car feels very stable. It does not float over the undulations as had previously happened. This gives me more confidence to drive at highway speeds and also negotiating the bends and on/off ramps. A good result here too.When taking those speed bumps that you find in housing areas, I notice that the springs get firmer as they get compressed. As I come off the bumps, the rear goes down and then it kinda firms out but doesn’t bottom out – (my description is not so clear. Hope you understand what I mean)Cosmetically, the car looks really lowered. I like how it’s turned out. Think I’m gonna have to update at cardomain to put some pictures up. Haven’t taken any photos yet and don't know how to post them here. Not sure exactly how much they are lowered as I didn’t measure before I changed the springs. It “looks” like a 1 ½ inch drop all round.Cost including fitting was RM1250. Fitting was quite involved as they had to remove/loosen some metal pieces in the back for access to the shock towers. Not sure if anyone else had to do this to replace the rear shocks?Sofar, I am happy with the result but saving for some Koni shocks in the future, once my stock ones need replacement. It’s been said that this is a good combination. The workmanship was good too, they even used a torque wrench to correctly tighten the wheel nuts. That’s a first for me.Also met another guy there fitting rims on his A33 2.0. Black car with the MY2005 grille, headlights and bumper. Apparently a straight bolt-on to the earlier A33’s. He went for a VIP look for his 18” rims by “Fabulous” and it indeed looked absolutely fabulous. Sorry, no photos and I even forgot to invite him to zth.com. My bad, but I will contact him and cordially invite him here.</blockquote>