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Old Jan 19, 2002
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my car looks strange from the back

today i drove in my friend's car while he drives in mine, i noticed that my civic(lx sedan) looks very weird from the back... i can see all the suspensions and sh*t and the it's way too high, is there anyway i can fix that without spending too much $$$ ?
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Old Jan 19, 2002
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well, you can either buy springs: which really aren't that much money, maybe like 220 dollars. or you can buy a back bumper from wings west
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Old Jan 19, 2002
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all the 7thgen does that, i swear people cna steal my rear low tie bar because they cna see it
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Old Jan 21, 2002
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you could do several things..... first would be that whenever someone gets behind you just drop it one and floor it, or if you don't want to pay for tickets every time someone gets behind you, you could try a lowering spring, I have seen them advertised for as little as 120 $$$, but am not sure of the quality, rear bumper cover, or just let it sit in the garage with its ugly heiny towards the back until you can afford coilovers..........orrrrr you could cover your rear bumper with some retarded bumper stickers to detract any unwanted attention from your underside[IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG]
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Old Jan 23, 2002
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The rear does settle a bit. I had the same "high rear" observation when I first got my car 13 months ago. Now it looks lower, but still high. When comparing it to other cars, I realize that it isn't really higher, it's just that the bumper doesn't go low enough to hide suspension. I wanted to get a rear lip for this reason.
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Old Jan 23, 2002
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Yeah I hate the way it looked so I got my lowered 2" drop on Tanabe springs but it will still look cool to see the lower tie bar shine a lil [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Old Jan 25, 2002
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U never noticed that? It goes up like the Echo does; that was one of my cons I had when I was debating whether or not to get the civic. Just lower your car, man.
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Lowering is going to cost more than $220 for springs. You'll also need struts and camber kits which will cost close to $1000 for everything.
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Old Jan 25, 2002
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Yeah i hate the way it looks from the back . just buy some springs and it will fix it.
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Old Jan 26, 2002
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what do i need exactly to lower my car safely? do i really need camber kit and other stuff?
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i hope my back end settles some, i dont really want to lower the car, the snow and bad roads around here arent good for that
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