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I have a question about shocks for my 2004 ex coupe

What I want is for the back of the car to stop being so bouncy and behave like the front of the car. None of the honda shocks are bad the back is just tuned differently.
For example going slowly over speed bumps the front axel goes over with perfect damping, sucks up the bump and minimizes body motion after to almost nothing. But when the back axel goes over, the suspension rebounds too fast kind of tossing the body up at the top of the bump, and then rolling off the bump the body has to go down then up then down in quick motions before it settles. On the road at speed this translates into a busy back end connected to a stable front.

I have read up on shocks and it seems a real safe bet is the tokico blues as a stock repacement that works better.

My question is this, if I only replace the rear shocks with the blues and leave the fronts, will it end up balancing out or will the back end be too stiff?
And if the back end would be stiffer than the front would that only effect ride quality or am I going to make the car more likely to oversteer?

I am open to any additional suggestions if you have them.

I'm looking for a stock ride thats, well, not "stock"
And cheap is good too!

I should also mention I have an RSX rear swaybar on.

Thanks!

Oh, also is Dezod a good place to get the shocks?

 
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That's fine. Blues are good. It isn't going to make the rear end a little stiffer, but it still may be bouncier. No you won't make the car more likely to oversteer...I mean you will, but the car still is tuned to understeer even with that set up.

Rob

 
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Blues are great.. I have them, and describing them as making the ride stiffer isn't the best description.. they seem to make the ride more STABLE.. as though I'll drive over a frost heave on stock shocks, and the car will bounce say 4 times before it's stable.. with blues, the car is stable after like 2 bounces, and it helped with cornering too.. I would do the front and rears though to get the full effect, and get some lowering springs too

 
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Ok great! thanks guys.

What happend to truehonda.com? I feel like I remember them carrying the blues but the site seems to be gone.

 
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I have blues with stock springs too. At speeds, the car is super stable, but ride quality at very low speed is pretty stiff. The rear won't bounce as much over speed bumps but it feels too stiff. This set up is good during normal driving, but it's still gonna be a pain over speed bumps, especially the big ones.

 
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your still going to have that prob over speed bumps to some degree because you dont have the weight of the motor to compress the rear shocks the weightalso keeps the springs from recoiling so fast causeing that bounce

 
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yeah the rear is more variable because there is no engine. That is why rear shocks/springs sag over time.

 
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truehonda's new site is http://www.thmotorsports.com/

 
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you guys say the rear bounces because there is not much weight, but i think it is a 7thgen suspension design flaw. I know Corolla doesnt bounce like that, nor does the 6thgen civic, nor do other economy cars.

 
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Just recieved the shocks from Dezod, was happy to see that they came with new locknuts (thought I was going to have to go to honda).

One of the shocks had a bit of oil on the outside, enough to make it feel oily and to wet a warning sticker so that it was half coming off. I sort of figure there is bound to be some oil on the thing from manufactureing. Should I worry? it compresses and extends the same as the other one.

Also a note of interest. I am not lowering, but there is a paper with each shock stating among other things that the warrenty will be void if the car is lowered more than 1" to 1.75" I assume around 1" for little cars like a civic, and around 1.75" for bigger cars with longer suspensions.

 
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Just get an Eibach pro-kit.. it does 1" lowering I have the setup and it's perfect

 
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There should be a little oil.

You aren't lowering so warranty shouldn't be void.

 
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Got them in and have driven for about a thousand miles so far. Very happy with them, although I honnestly had the impression that they would be nearly too stiff, from what I've read on this site. But I've found that while they are a massive improvement, I feel they should still be a bit stiffer to match the feel from the front end.
As long as they last forever I'll be happy.