Eibach MultiPro R2 Coilover Track Review

[mines13]

Originally Posted by ayau

I did notice that the rear is a little noisier when going over bumps. It might have to do with the added NVH and the fact that I removed the trunk lining.

There is more noise in the rear, but I have noticed this on the V3's as well on this car. It has been brought up with other coil over options as well. Can not say it bothers me too much.

[swift996]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

I did email Mark earlier this week but i'm still waiting on a response. If you need to check out my car i'm only 30-45 mins away from Eibach.

I'm assuming the R2's are packaged ready to go, but if not, I haven't disassembled them yet.

Did you ever isolate the issue? I'm having a similar problem:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=110

[GTM_Challenge]

Originally Posted by swift996

Did you ever isolate the issue? I'm having a similar problem:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=110

Sounds like a loose tophat bolt up front. My KW Clubsports did this too. That or a loose sway bar end link on that side, or the sway bar could be contacting the control arm. I'm willing to be it's one of those three.

[GTM_Challenge]

Originally Posted by mines13

There is more noise in the rear, but I have noticed this on the V3's as well on this car. It has been brought up with other coil over options as well. Can not say it bothers me too much.

The KWs have a different bump stop design - one with a plastic "curtain" attached. We have found that these do tend to make a little noise under compression.

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by swift996

Did you ever isolate the issue? I'm having a similar problem:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=110

I'm going to Eibach this coming Tuesday morning and they want to keep my car till the end of Wednesday. I will keep you updated!

Originally Posted by GTM_Challenge

Sounds like a loose tophat bolt up front. My KW Clubsports did this too. That or a loose sway bar end link on that side, or the sway bar could be contacting the control arm. I'm willing to be it's one of those three.

You might be correct, I didn't play around with the tophats but I assume they came torque'd from Eibach.

Another thing I thought was the 3 bolts holding the actual camber plate to the car might be loose. On the R2's they have a lot of play for what I assume caster. I torque'd them but they might be loose.

[swift996]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

I'm going to Eibach this coming Tuesday morning and they want to keep my car till the end of Wednesday. I will keep you updated!


You might be correct, I didn't play around with the tophats but I assume they came torque'd from Eibach.

Another thing I thought was the 3 bolts holding the actual camber plate to the car might be loose. On the R2's they have a lot of play for what I assume caster. I torque'd them but they might be loose.

AH ok, yeah Mark from Eibach mentioned they are looking at a customers car next week and would update me..I take it that's you.

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by swift996

AH ok, yeah Mark from Eibach mentioned they are looking at a customers car next week and would update me..I take it that's you.

Yeah i'm guessing that's me. Up to this point Mark and Eibach has been helpful. They offered a rental car, but i'm not sure if that will work for our schedule. Hopefully they can pinpoint the issues or install error!

[swift996]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

Yeah i'm guessing that's me. Up to this point Mark and Eibach has been helpful. They offered a rental car, but i'm not sure if that will work for our schedule. Hopefully they can pinpoint the issues or install error!

I plan to pull it off and check that top nut and tighten it if necessary. If that doesn't fix it, I'll play with the preload. Hopefully I'll get it fixed this evening. My new tires come in today!

[kvnchu]

Originally Posted by RAWR BRZ

Can I feel it too :P

Richard, you went out SoW last week right? Do you have any updates on the coils?

[swift996]

Just an update on my end. I did tighten down the top bolts and the noise for the most part went away. I also had to add some pre-load. I realized that my camber plates came from Eibach mounted wrong. So when I get a chance I'm going to pull them back off and rotate them so the camber plates line up correctly.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by swift996

Just an update on my end. I did tighten down the top bolts and the noise for the most part went away. I also had to add some pre-load. I realized that my camber plates came from Eibach mounted wrong. So when I get a chance I'm going to pull them back off and rotate them so the camber plates line up correctly.

they actually freely rotate.. or should anyways. so I don't think I'd call the rotation of them wrong.. The installation guide shows the correct orientation.

[RAWR BRZ]

Originally Posted by kvnchu

Richard, you went out SoW last week right? Do you have any updates on the coils?

I'll update once I get good seat time... Right now lots of issues with the car...

[swift996]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

they actually freely rotate.. or should anyways. so I don't think I'd call the rotation of them wrong.. The installation guide shows the correct orientation.

I'm pulling them off tomorrow. When I received them they wouldn't rotate freely and I didn't want to break anything. Should I keep the tops bolted and rotate the strut assembly? Or pull them off and rotate by hand?

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by swift996

I'm pulling them off tomorrow. When I received them they wouldn't rotate freely and I didn't want to break anything. Should I keep the tops bolted and rotate the strut assembly? Or pull them off and rotate by hand?

you might be able to leave the bottom bolted, just unbolt the top and rotate them. They should spin pretty easily, although they may not if there's a bunch of preload on them, I didn't preload them until after they were bolted up.