Questions About What Suspension Setup I Should Use
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Questions About What Suspension Setup I Should Use
I own a 2k2 Civic Ex Coupe and currently have goldline springs installed with stock shocks and a camber kit. Well after bout 6mos. my rear sagged to where i'm tucking tire and rubbing and just recently my front seems to be hoppin around and feels like my wheels are gonna fall off when I hit bumps. So a few ?'s need to be answered. Are my shocks blown? If so, what should I replace them with? And if you started from scratch what setup would you go with for suspension all around? I'm also rolllin on 18" Rated R's 35 series tires.
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Most likely your shocks are blown. When the rear starts sagging that much, that is usually the problem. If you want to replace them, the only thing out right now are konis. You can get them anywhere. They will run you between $530-$700 depending on where you get them. If I were to start all over again, I would have gone with the same setup. I have eibach sportlines and koni yellows.
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Most likely your shocks are blown. When the rear starts sagging that much, that is usually the problem. If you want to replace them, the only thing out right now are konis. You can get them anywhere. They will run you between $530-$700 depending on where you get them. If I were to start all over again, I would have gone with the same setup. I have eibach sportlines and koni yellows.
Most likely your shocks are blown. When the rear starts sagging that much, that is usually the problem. If you want to replace them, the only thing out right now are konis. You can get them anywhere. They will run you between $530-$700 depending on where you get them. If I were to start all over again, I would have gone with the same setup. I have eibach sportlines and koni yellows.
UNLESS...you have the money for full coilovers...then I'd go with a NICE set (i.e. JIC's, TEIN SS, etc.)
BTW....those 18's don't help the ride much either.
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Rep Power: 380 ^^ you forgot Custom Spring rate Ground Controls and Konis for track days too. Very common and Very popular set up for racing. More common then full replacements.
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Rep Power: 0 if you drive your car in winter in a place where they put salt on the roads, threaded-body coilovers are not really an option. Either full coilovers ot threaded sleeves like GC or skunk, the salt will corrode the threads and seize the spring perches and generally f@ck up your suspension.
That's why I got koni's with sportlines instead of going with tein's. The tein SS aren't that much more than the eibach / koni combo but they wouldn't survive winter driving.
That's why I got koni's with sportlines instead of going with tein's. The tein SS aren't that much more than the eibach / koni combo but they wouldn't survive winter driving.
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