Originally Posted by DougR

The weather cooperated and I installed a new coil over setup as described in an earlier post. My stock 2011 Trail with KDSS and 119,000 miles had the original coil overs. The before measurements were 19.25 front left and right, 21.5 rear left and right (center of wheel to fender). Before the install, I also measured vehicle clearance using the factory manual suspension measurement method. Front suspension was 0.75 inches below spec, therefore, wheel to fender measurement should be 20 ins.

After the install, I rocked the vehicle back and forth and went a 3 mile test drive on city streets at sunset. A dozen hard stops, and a dozen figure-8s clockwise and counter clockwise in a church parking lot. It handles fine and also takes speed bumps well. I'll go for a test drive on a freeway tomorrow.

The after measurements are 21.25 +/-0.125 ins all four corners (center of wheel to fender). The new rear measurement (-0.25 ins) includes the effect of ~50 lbs of floor jack and jack stands stored in the cargo area which I will return to the owner tomorrow. I gained 2 inches lift in the front. The new Dobinson springs restored front suspension height to factory specification (20 ins) plus 1.25 inches. The front springs may settle 0.25 inches, which will be OK with me. 5% of the time this vehicle is driven with light cargo.

I followed the Eibach installation instructions. I had to make a slight change, otherwise no issues. I may create a new post with pictures to describe the changes. I spent 5.5 hours to install this setup working alone. That's slower than what others can do, however I'm three months short of age 70, and very pleased with the result.