matt1990

will i destroy my stock shocks and struts if i put some lowering springs (h&r super sports or ebachi pro kit) and ride it like that for a couple months before upgrading my shocks and struts.

and has anybody had many problems getting there car inspected with springs that arent the factor black color?

H0SS302

slowly but surely, yes.

Harryman2002

No they will be fine. I ran stock shocks and struts with h&r supersports for around 4-5 months with no problems

ctgreddy

i doubt it. my car came with sportlines and stock shocks/struts. the previous owner bought it with those springs installed and he put 15k on the car, i put about 5k on the car and swapped the rear shocks for kyb's, still have the stock struts tho and now they've got another 10k on them. so there's atleast 25k miles on my stock struts and yet no issues.

matt1990

alright dope, then im gonna pick one of those springs and order them this week. anybody got some experience with the tokico HP shocks/struts or the KYB AGX adjustable shocks/struts

btw its just a street car, im not hitting up the track anytime soon, im basically just trying to lower it and make the corners a little fun

teej281

Tokico blues are a good shock/strut for the money for what you'll be using them for. Or the new Koni STR.T shocks and struts are also great! I'd go with them personally.

Martinarcher64

I will soon find this out. I put on H&R springs 3 weeks ago with stock struts/shocks and it doesn't ride too bad. We will see if it gets worse. I'll probably go with Tokico's or Bilstein's when I need them.

H0SS302

No matter what springs you put on non gas shocks it's going to stress them beyond what they are intended for. Most of the time yu can get away with it, but eventually they will leak and blow out. It's s slow process, most people never have issues...but leave them on long enough and they will blow eventually.

scottybaccus

Isn't that true of entirely stock shocks on entirely stock suspension? They all die someday. We all do.

H0SS302

To a certain degree yes, but the seals are designed to handle the stock spring pressure. Liquid cant be compressed, so when you lower it you increase the pressure on the shocks which in tern limits their life even more.

Iv seen cars with 150+K on em with no leaks out of the shocks though.