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I have a 2005 Honda Civic dx coupe, I would like to put skunk2 lowering springs on my stock struts is order to have a better fit between the wheel and fender. Will I need to buy a front and rear chamber kit?
Skunk2 519-05-1570 Lowering Spring for 01-05 Honda Civic (Non Si) Set of 4 off amazon
I would highly advise to not put those on stock struts. Ride quality will be crap and you'll blow those OEM struts real quick and have to do the process again, along with another alignment. I'm not even sure Tokico blues will handle that much of a drop for very long.
Also, yes, you'll need a camber kit (regardless of strut choice) with that much of a drop, unless you wanna buy tires every 10k miles or less.
edit: Koni Yellows were the choice strut for 2"+ drops back in the day. Word of warning, they're not drop-in replacements, but inserts that you have to basically chop up and install in your OE strut to use.
Last edited by xRiCeBoYx; Dec 20, 2020 at 08:12 PM.
It's not so much the springs, but the drop. OEM struts really can't handle much of a drop, if at all. I'd say like.. half inch or so.
Tokico Blues, they can handle up to 1.75" drop.
koni yellow inserts, I'm not sure the drop they can handle, but back in the day when ppl wanted to slam their cars on springs only or Ground Control coilover sleeves, that's the route they took.
I will say, Skunk2 has a reputation for being junk springs. I have no personal experience with them, so take that with a grain of salt.
If you're looking for an all-in-one solution to drop your car, look at full adjustable coilover assemblies, not just sleeves. That way, you'll get an assembly that has a spring rate and strut that are designed for each other. You'll spend more up front, but a lot less in the long run.
Thank you my friend fr fr. Do u have any idea of what could be a pretty good prized coil over ? I want to buy coil overs around 500$-600$ what do you think would be a good set up?
I’ll look into the tokicos blues.
Tein Street Basis Z is right around your price range. $579.33 shipped from TH motorsports. I pulled that part number straight from tein's website for the 03-05 civic coupe.
0.7-3.1" drop in the front, 1.1-4.3" drop in the back.
For $100 more, you can get the model with adjustable dampening, the Street Advance Z. I rocked the predecessor to the Street Advance Z (Tein Super Street) on my 2002 coupe for 13 years and only experienced a problem with the last few months of me owning the car. I started getting a clunking sound going over speed bumps, and noticed some misalignment in the pillowball upper mount I had, so the problem wasn't even the strut itself, but the top mount I was using (albeit from Tein, but still, better a problem with a $200 set of parts -- the pillowball upper mounts -- than a $1300 set of coilovers since that was the low end of the price tag that they carried at the time I bought 'em)
Also, the moment you change the suspension, things that have been bolted for very long time starts to cause issues.
In my case, it was the top mounts.
For some, it was the antiroll bar endlinks.
for others, they found out that the lower control arms bushing were about to go or goners.
you could also find that tierod ends are about to go.
or CV axles
or wheel bearings.
it's a can of worms.
Always do the job with spare money - don't go with a tight budget.
Yes, no stock shocks will last long.
front suspension is macPherson, no need for camber adjustment unless it's to balance the car
more details in my signature below.
ah, the front macpherson will really change camber very little through its stroke. That's how it is designed to be.
what changes a lot is the rear multi-link.
by design, it makes the car understeery so it's safer to the average driver.
i use the bolts to actually get more negative camber on the front than the rears.
what really changes camber in the front is the older gen cars with the double wishbone suspension.
