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Suspension Issues
At the beggining of summer, I put in H&R sports, I have a 02 Veloz by the way. Ive recently been considering going back to stock setup just for the winter, and Ive been glancing through the Suspension forum, and have been noticing about civics suspension having problems. My question is, what are the options in regards to suspension, raise it back up for the winter (even though its just a sports drop) Get Koni's (How much?) Im trying to decide if its worth the headache to have a lowered look. Do we have the same issues with our suspension as the people in the states are experiencing? My cars gotta go for service preety soon, so Im wondeirng if I should take out my springs b4 I take it in for service?
What have u guys done in regards to ur suspension?
What have u guys done in regards to ur suspension?
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got away with getting the struts swapped out once thru the dealer, but the second time i went in (for another problem) they said the warranty was void due to the drop..
so, that might give you alittle incentive to swap back over to oem before the service..
but, i've never had any problems with my suspension, they were originally swapped out to prove a bulletin wrong, and we did that....
oh, **** Koni..go with a good quality coil over like Tein, K&W etc etc...something that doesn't make you destroy your originals
got away with getting the struts swapped out once thru the dealer, but the second time i went in (for another problem) they said the warranty was void due to the drop..
so, that might give you alittle incentive to swap back over to oem before the service..
but, i've never had any problems with my suspension, they were originally swapped out to prove a bulletin wrong, and we did that....
oh, **** Koni..go with a good quality coil over like Tein, K&W etc etc...something that doesn't make you destroy your originals
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Rep Power: 0 Coilovers actually have less performance than good shocks, i.e., Koni's. The fact is with springs you get an optimal spring rate over the set size, whereas with coilovers to allow for adjustment the springs are not necessarily set to their best settings. That and the yellows are adjustable, and is why they're so expensive.
Coilovers are good because they can be adjusted to preferred height, but don't get the impression that you can swap it up and down, because everytime you adjust it more than .1" you should do an alignment, so it's not really meant to adjust it up and down for winter and summer (well, you could, but it'll cost you $160 a year).
IMO if you can't handle the car being low, and can't afford shocks, go back to stock. Otherwise, wait for other companies like Tokico to come out with replacement shocks or smthg. Maybe in a year or two non-adjustable shocks will be available in different brands and will be cheaper than Koni.
Coilovers are good because they can be adjusted to preferred height, but don't get the impression that you can swap it up and down, because everytime you adjust it more than .1" you should do an alignment, so it's not really meant to adjust it up and down for winter and summer (well, you could, but it'll cost you $160 a year).
IMO if you can't handle the car being low, and can't afford shocks, go back to stock. Otherwise, wait for other companies like Tokico to come out with replacement shocks or smthg. Maybe in a year or two non-adjustable shocks will be available in different brands and will be cheaper than Koni.
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Rep Power: 302 i have neuspeed race springs with koni yellow shocks.
last year i had H&R sport springs with the stock shocks...it was not a fun drive...very bouncy....there is enough clearance with the H&R sport springs for winter...even with the neupseed race springs...
don't bother raising it back up for the winter...its a waste of money...especially since its just a sports drop...since you've gotten springs already...just save up and buy koni yellows...
or just get a solid coilover setup if you want.
remember...you pay for what you get...and you get what you pay for...
last year i had H&R sport springs with the stock shocks...it was not a fun drive...very bouncy....there is enough clearance with the H&R sport springs for winter...even with the neupseed race springs...
don't bother raising it back up for the winter...its a waste of money...especially since its just a sports drop...since you've gotten springs already...just save up and buy koni yellows...
or just get a solid coilover setup if you want.
remember...you pay for what you get...and you get what you pay for...
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Rep Power: 0 Let's say you got neuspeed springs and you swap them back in for stock ones then go back to the dealer and say your shocks are blown, is there any way they can tell your car has been dropped i.e. needing alignment? Or do they need actual proof with the product on?
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Coilovers actually have less performance than good shocks, i.e., Koni's. The fact is with springs you get an optimal spring rate over the set size, whereas with coilovers to allow for adjustment the springs are not necessarily set to their best settings. That and the yellows are adjustable, and is why they're so expensive.
Coilovers are good because they can be adjusted to preferred height, but don't get the impression that you can swap it up and down, because everytime you adjust it more than .1" you should do an alignment, so it's not really meant to adjust it up and down for winter and summer (well, you could, but it'll cost you $160 a year).
IMO if you can't handle the car being low, and can't afford shocks, go back to stock. Otherwise, wait for other companies like Tokico to come out with replacement shocks or smthg. Maybe in a year or two non-adjustable shocks will be available in different brands and will be cheaper than Koni.
Coilovers actually have less performance than good shocks, i.e., Koni's. The fact is with springs you get an optimal spring rate over the set size, whereas with coilovers to allow for adjustment the springs are not necessarily set to their best settings. That and the yellows are adjustable, and is why they're so expensive.
Coilovers are good because they can be adjusted to preferred height, but don't get the impression that you can swap it up and down, because everytime you adjust it more than .1" you should do an alignment, so it's not really meant to adjust it up and down for winter and summer (well, you could, but it'll cost you $160 a year).
IMO if you can't handle the car being low, and can't afford shocks, go back to stock. Otherwise, wait for other companies like Tokico to come out with replacement shocks or smthg. Maybe in a year or two non-adjustable shocks will be available in different brands and will be cheaper than Koni.
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