Honda Civic SuspensionHonda Civic Suspension can do many beneficial things. Some lower the suspension for style while others do it for racing. This is where you can give and take information about the Honda Civic Suspension setup.
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If you want a nice ride that handles well and is still comfortable and not to racy I would definitely suggest you start off with a Progress rear sway bar (probably one of the best after market parts out there for our car IMO) and progress front sway bar these two parts were designed to work together the well pretty much kill a majority of the body roll in the car and make it handle a lot better.
See how that feels and then work from there.
If you still want to build up your suspension I would suggest you go with a set of Tokico Blue's and a good set of lowering springs now mind you when buying a set of lowering springs the ones that have the same height in the front as in the back are designed for show (yes they do have a performance aspect to them too) but the ones that sit a little lower in the back than they do in the front are designed to help you with your braking balance.
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I'm thinking I made up my mind, I had everything in the shopping cart.
Just as I'm thinking about my ride height of course it starts snowing here again. As I'm driving my car down the road realizing that the snow is high enough that I'm actually plowing it with my car's bumper. I start to think about what this would be like if my car were an inch or so lower. It would be worse.
So now I'm leaning toward coilovers again that way when the winter hits I can raise that baby back up.
Hrm.
__________________ - Stay in front, that way you don't have to worry about passing anyone.
Autocross: Because Life is more fun on three wheels......
"I know Solo only comes one minute at a time, but what an intense, non-stop, fast-forward car control exercise minute it is. Sure, the velocity is higher in road racing, but inside the car it is slow-motion in comparison. In Solo, the turns come like machine-gun rounds. "
Randy Pobst
I love buying tires. I just hate paying for them. heh.
So if I lowered it in the spring and lowered it in the winter I would be looking at 2 alignments per year.
That's a helluva lot more than I get now, which sucks.
So I'll talk to a friend whom might be able to get me a good price on alignments and if it ends up not being worth it, I'll just have to forget coilovers.
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I love buying tires. I just hate paying for them. heh.
So if I lowered it in the spring and lowered it in the winter I would be looking at 2 alignments per year.
That's a helluva lot more than I get now, which sucks.
So I'll talk to a friend whom might be able to get me a good price on alignments and if it ends up not being worth it, I'll just have to forget coilovers.
just set the height and leave it. No need to get more than 1 alignment a year (unless you hit something).
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So now what? These babies will let me drop anywhere from 0 to 2.5 inches. I'm thinking that I want to do a 1.5 inch, maybe a 2 inch drop depending on how it looks when I get it all installed with 16" wheels and tires. I know if you do much over 1.5" on Tokico Blues they aren't too happy.
So what do you all think? SHould I chance the Blues? Or do something else? Tokico DSPEC, Koni Yellow (ouch on price), KYB, Bilstein? I don't want the babies to blow in 6 months. I want years of service here.
Again, I don't want it to ride like a big wheel, but I realize that there will be some ride quality loss, but that's ok as long as the handling return is worth it. Oh and when I say handling. I don't mean track handling. I mean spirited driving. Interstate off ramps and things like that. I don't think I need top of the line here.
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Re: *updated* Springs Ordered: Which Shocks/Struts *poll up*.
I used Kyb adjustable struts with tein springs. BRILLIANT!!
soft on street, rack hard on track, and everywhere in between!
highly recommend the adjustable KYB's
Re: *updated* Springs Ordered: Which Shocks/Struts *poll up*.
you can find skunk2 coilovers on ebay for $600. brand new, no fakes or anything. And skunk2 front/rear camber kits so you don't kill your tires for $300 if you can find them bundled.
Re: *updated* Springs Ordered: Which Shocks/Struts *poll up*.
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Originally Posted by Oppjonez
Might I ask where you found the KYB AGX for that price?
ebay my man. That auction has ended though, and I haven't found them at that price since then. There are still some good prices out there.
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Originally Posted by inthezoneac
you can find skunk2 coilovers on ebay for $600. brand new, no fakes or anything. And skunk2 front/rear camber kits so you don't kill your tires for $300 if you can find them bundled.
Yeah, I know. I'm just not a huge fan of skunk2, they've been in the back of my head. Most people say they are ok, but I'm not sure if I've found anyone that has been estatic about them. At least anyone that has some good comparisons.
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Re: *updated* Springs Ordered: Which Shocks/Struts *poll up*.
i have tanabe springs and just ordered my tokico blues (ebay $320 new never opened) today so im eager to get them and see whats what.
totally forgot about going to get them aligned tho
So now what? These babies will let me drop anywhere from 0 to 2.5 inches. I'm thinking that I want to do a 1.5 inch, maybe a 2 inch drop depending on how it looks when I get it all installed with 16" wheels and tires. I know if you do much over 1.5" on Tokico Blues they aren't too happy. 
Re: *update Springs Ordered: Yet another suspension recommendation 
