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Feb 21, 2005

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Mugen Suspension Kit

Hey whats up guys...

I don't have a civic but I enjoy modifying cars... Just finished up with my 350z Roadster... Anyways my nephew just bought a new 2005 Civic Coupe LX and would like to surprise him with a new suspension kit. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Mugen Suspension kit? Was hoping to get some feedback on it before I purchase it... Also are there any other full kits that you guys would recommend?

For those of you that might be interested, here's a few pics my ride...

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Feb 21, 2005

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nice ride man .. sorry i dont know much about that kit...

Feb 21, 2005

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i wish my uncle would buy me something for the car

Feb 21, 2005

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i don't think they have a mugen suspension kit for your newphew's car... they probably have one for a Si or RSX, but not the "regular" civics.

Feb 21, 2005

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You can't use the Mugen kit on the 2door or 4 door. the springs aren't the right length.

Feb 21, 2005

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Yup, there's no Mugens for our cars.. the most popular full coilovers seem to be Tein Basics, Tein SS, and B&G.

Feb 21, 2005

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What kind of kit do you think your nephew would like? Racing, looks, autox??

Also, need a greddy TT for that bad boy! My friend just installed his with a new fuel ssytem and putting 380 to the ground. 350's are nice and good choice in rims. Not too flashy.

Feb 21, 2005

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What kind of kit do you think your nephew would like? Racing, looks, autox??

Something that drops the car around 1.4" and will let him tear it up a mountain road.. One reason I was thinking of going Mugen was because I went Mugen on my 2000 prelude and loved the performance on it but it also kept the ride real nice, not to hard, not to soft. Was looking for something similar for my nephew. Not sure I want to go with coilovers for him, because knowing him he would have all the corners of the car set to different settings, then complain about how it handles

Not to put my nephew down, because the kid is really smart when it comes to book smarts (straight A student), but when it comes to cars he has a tendency to make bad decisions. For example last year he bought a new Mazda6 and wanted to get a louder exhaust sound from it. So instead of buying a new exhaust system he drilled holes in the pipe to make it sound louder

.. The freakin car sounded like it was farting when he stepped on it (he got this suggestion off a Mazda forum, which makes me wonder about Mazda owners)... thats just one of the things he did to his Mazda, so this time around Im making sure everything gets done right.

Sounds like my only choices then would be just lowring springs with the stock shocks or coilovers... hmmm I might just go with lowering springs and maybe a new exhaust system...

Feb 21, 2005

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So instead of buying a new exhaust system he drilled holes in the pipe to make it sound louder .. The freakin car sounded like it was farting when he stepped on it (he got this suggestion off a Mazda forum, which makes me wonder about Mazda owners)... thats just one of the things he did to his Mazda, so this time around Im making sure everything gets done right.

probaby messing with the kid. I would go for neuspeed sports

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or use eibach's they ride pretty decent on stock sturts

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get him some TeinSS coilovers..... best mod i ever spent my $ on. they ride great and handle awesome plus you can control the damper on them so you cant really go wrong.

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Sounds like my only choices then would be just lowring springs with the stock shocks or coilovers... hmmm I might just go with lowering springs and maybe a new exhaust system...

Stock shocks and lowering springs is a mess waiting to happen. Lowering springs and upgraded shocks is a better solution.

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I would also suggest the Tein SS. Adjustable damper and smooth ride. Tein basics are cheaper but no adjustable damper. B&G is self adjusting damper.

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can you put the EDFC on the tein SS? if so get that set up then he can adjust it from inside the car

Go with anything from Tein they're the best imo

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can you put the EDFC on the tein SS? if so get that set up then he can adjust it from inside the car

Go with anything from Tein they're the best imo

No, edfc does not fit on the SS and it is a gimmick anyway. It isn't that hard to get your *** out of the car to adjust the *****.

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No, edfc does not fit on the SS and it is a gimmick anyway. It isn't that hard to get your *** out of the car to adjust the *****.

some cars dont have access to the rear dampers, you must take out the backseat to adjust it so EDFC could be sort of useful for cars such as those. Acura TL is one of those cars.... you need to take out th eback seat to access the rear shock assembly.

however its not needed on the civic because you can just reach into the turnk and adjust them from there.

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Thanks for you help everyone..

I ended up ordering Tein Basics and some 18x7 OZ Crono's Rims... I think he will be happy with these... I'll tell him to get an account on this forum and post his pics when we get the stuff on...