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The car: '97 Civic EX sedan - all stock except the exhaust
The wheels: 16x7 Konig Supermesh with 40mm offset - purchased not installed

The tires: 205/45R16 - not purchased

The desire: I want to drop the car about 1.5 inches front and rear mostly for appearance. It is my daily driver and the wife and daughter also drive it so I do not want a harsh ride. From what I read on here I should not have to worry about the tires rubbing.

For what I want it seems like a set of struts and lowering springs are what I should go for. Anyone want to give their recommended combinations?

 
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In your case a nice set of progressive rated lowering springs + a good set of dampers would probably give you 99% of what you are looking for

So, Pick out a set of lowering springs that gives you the drop you are looking for and then pic up a set of Tokico HP's or something simmalar.

 
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I think I'm going for a set of Eibach ProKits with Tokico Illuminas.

 
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Or, maybe Eibach Sportlines w/Illuminas - because the price is the same.

 
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Got everything complete yesterday! Got the Eibach Pro-Kits and Tokico Illuminas installed, had it aligned and then got the Konig Supermesh (in blue with a machined lip) and Humho SPT's put on. I'll post pics soon (in the appropriate sub forum). The set up looks great. I could not be more pleased with the way the car sits - the small gap just looks great to me.

The bright blue wheels on the white car do stand out and I am warming up to them. I think if the car was the same bright blue it would really look awesome or if the wheels were a darker metallic blue would be better on the white car.

The ride is also great. Right now the Illuminas are set at 3 front and rear. It is riding right now very close to stock - just a bit stiffer.

I have not pushed it yet because I am getting a bit of rubbing - mostly in front, on harder turns. If I am making a right turn at an intersection and there is any kind of inside dip or slope like for a storm drain, the front also rubs. It was worse last night when I was hauling back my old rims and tires. I took them out and it is much better but now I am concerned about loading the car up with a family of five. On big speed bumps (where you are supposed to slow to 25 mph) if I don't slow down to 20 mph or lower I get rubbing from the back more than the front.

I thought I read that the camber was not adjustable (except with a camber kit) but then when it was aligned they gave me numbers showing it was -1.0 at three corners and -1.12 at the back right.

Is camber adjustable on the EJ8? If so maybe I should take it back and have them dial in some more negative camber. I really do not want to take out the liners or roll the fenders. Would a anti-sway bar help? How much will it help to set the Illuminas to 4 front and 3 rear or 5 front and 4 rear? I'd think shock settings would only help on sharp bumps, but if I'm in a long sweeper it will eventually settle down as far as it will want to go.

 
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I've been told by an authority that an anti-sway bar won't help one bit. So, I am rolling the fenders today.

 
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Yeah, Anti-roll bars anrt going to help. And Nither is adjusting your dampers to be stiffer... given that you are adjusting the dampers Low to mid speed valving and not its High speed valving (the valving that would determin how the damper reacts when you hit bumps).

 
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illuminas are great! very good choice.