Buying new suspension!
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Buying new suspension!
Ok, i think my shocks are blown, i feel every bump in the road and a minor bump will throw my head into the ceiling. my question is, what is the best shock for a daily driver that wants a smooth ride, at a good price , and what is the average labor cost to put em in? thanks for all your input guys.
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tokico HPs(blues) are really good for a daily driver and they are easy to put in. I know shocks and springs go for max $200 installed so i dont know about just shocks. DIY is so much easier and saves a lot of money. They cost $389 from truehonda and that is a very reputable site. http://www.truehonda.com/inventory.p...tdetail&id=449. What year is you car? if it is 01-02 you can get these to fit no problem but if its 03-05 get the ones for the si(ep3) since the bolts are 16mm on those years instead of 14mm
Some people will say get the konis but i think it might be more labor since its more work to put them in, im not sure tho
Some people will say get the konis but i think it might be more labor since its more work to put them in, im not sure tho
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Rep Power: 475 no problem man, so you can get those and no modification will be needed. You can stick with your stock springs if you dont want your ride to be lower but yea you can get some new ones if you want...its up to you. I spent $150 on neuspeed sport springs that lower my car like 1.75" but they have H&R springs that only drop the car 1.3. Than of course there are coilovers but those are $1000 and more
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Rep Power: 241 ok so if i have an 04 i could use the shocks off of an ep? i didn't know they could fit?! so both back and front shocks would fit right?
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Rep Power: 475 yea back and front will fit if you buy the ones for an ep3. I didnt know this at the time when i bought mine so i just drilled them out which was really easy, than i saw JDMinspired posted a thread where he bought the ones for an ep3 and they fit right in
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ok so if i have an 04 i could use the shocks off of an ep? i didn't know they could fit?! so both back and front shocks would fit right?
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Originally Posted by pyroz
are there any fake tokico blues out there? i saw some on ebay for 270 and 310. they are sets of 4. too good to be true? andon truehonda, the picture shows only 2, but they do come in sets of 4 right?
Last edited by RHCP0801; Sep 6, 2006 at 08:43 PM.
Originally Posted by ronaldo9
Ok so ep3's fit but is it stiffer than EM2's since the weights of our cars are different. My main question is will it handle the same?
the front just has an "a" at the end of it... probabaly just for the 16mm kunckle bolt size
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