im finally dropped pics added

MajinB · 03-09-2006

yep. started at 9 am today. took 2 hours with 2 others to do the fronts. took like 4 for the backs with one other person. few snags made it take longer. o well. i got through it. my hands are cut up and raw. but its nice. 2 finger gap all around. its not bad. pics later. head out soon

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Morton · 03-09-2006

cool beans man, what springs/coils did you use? i used eibach, and i have not even a 2 finger gap on my vic. but for some reason my front is a tad higher than the back. i repped ya for finally getting it done though.

EDIT: says i repped to many times today ill hit you up tomorrow though. of course after you post pics that is..

Cptn. Slow · 03-09-2006

you've made us wait all this time and no pictures!?!
I DEMAND PICTURES NOW!!!

Tragedy · 03-09-2006

Thus begins the landmine effect on stock shocks. You should be okay for about 2 months.

dk1021 · 03-09-2006

Yes .. show some pictures!

lolitapierce · 03-09-2006

I'm gonna go with the crowd and say "Pics NOW!"

simplicated1979 · 03-09-2006

hmmmmm...where's the fricking pics..???

dp_yz713 · 03-09-2006

damn that took 6hrs?? my drop took a hour or less

MajinB · 03-09-2006

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Originally Posted by dp_yz713

damn that took 6hrs?? my drop took a hour or less

um, wow. ok. i didn't ever do it before. i had 2 extra people for 2 hours. did the fronts with that. the rest it was me and ex gf. then i called my bro to come put his foot on the brake drum so i could pop the bolt back in for the strut. o well. i saved 200 bucks.
how many people did it take for a 1 hour drop? did you do it in your driveway?

gearbox · 03-09-2006

i've been on stock shocks for over a year dropped and 4 years total. still going strong.

Mike04Civic · 03-09-2006

first time in driveway = 2hours for me.....about 30 minutes trying to un-do the bolt on the top of the shock on drivers side.

dp_yz713 · 03-09-2006

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Originally Posted by MajinB

um, wow. ok. i didn't ever do it before. i had 2 extra people for 2 hours. did the fronts with that. the rest it was me and ex gf. then i called my bro to come put his foot on the brake drum so i could pop the bolt back in for the strut. o well. i saved 200 bucks.
how many people did it take for a 1 hour drop? did you do it in your driveway?

yah i did it in my driveway. my drive way is my dads a 30' x 40' shop, and yah it was the first time we dropped a car. did 2 trucks but not mcpherson struts before. it was my dad that did it the whole time. i didnt even have a chance to help him.

j.lu · 03-09-2006

where are the pics?

import2nr · 03-09-2006

awesome, can't wait to see pics.

And when I first did my springs on my civic, me and my friend installed them in his drive way in about 2.5 hrs.

Coilovers took about 30 minutes

mikemal · 03-09-2006

cool that u have a drop.

depending on how low it is u should be fine with stock struts. i have been dropped for over a year and have been through rough terrain (mostly by accident) with my car and still the stock ones are fine.

from my experience the front always takes longer... but the more u change springs the faster it gets obviously. all about the learning curve.

goodtimes · 03-09-2006

WOW no ipcs

05_ CivicJDM · 03-10-2006

with no pics...

Al Gore FTW · 03-10-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by MajinB

um, wow. ok. i didn't ever do it before. i had 2 extra people for 2 hours. did the fronts with that. the rest it was me and ex gf. then i called my bro to come put his foot on the brake drum so i could pop the bolt back in for the strut. o well. i saved 200 bucks.
how many people did it take for a 1 hour drop? did you do it in your driveway?

took me about 1.5 hours at a friends house with 2 people helping in his driveway. it started raining though, so we went in and watched initial D for about 35 mins. although mine were ground controls already on the konis (so basically coilovers).