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Originally Posted by Ahtasham
I need to lower my car to make it more stable under boost. I dont know much about suspension tuning. To be honest I dont even know whats the difference between shocks and coilovers. But I want to buy the right product the first time instead of going for something cheap that turns out to be useless after some time.
I need stability and height adjustment that I can do myself without going to the workshop. Would these B&G's do this? What other benefits would I get from them? What else would I have to do (or buy) to further tune the suspension after this?
Also, how much do these weigh (for international shipping). Thanks!
I need stability and height adjustment that I can do myself without going to the workshop. Would these B&G's do this? What other benefits would I get from them? What else would I have to do (or buy) to further tune the suspension after this?
Also, how much do these weigh (for international shipping). Thanks!
If you are looking to tune a full-coilover suspension setup I highly recommend TEIN or JIC Magic. We sell TEIN SS Coilovers that offer dampener adjustability. The only downside is that they do not allow you to lower your vehicle as low as the B&G's do.
If you are concerned with ride height over performance then get the B&G coilovers. On the other hand, if you are more concerned with dampener adjustability, you should get the TEIN SS coilovers.
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Dampener adjustable allows you to set the stiffness of your ride. With the TEIN SS you have 16 settings. You can set it to ride soft for daily driving or you can set it firmer for the track days or whatever way you want it. TEIN cost over $1000. The cheapest I've seen it for was 1100something I think. I have B&G. I love the way it rides. They are pretty stiff around the corners, but not as stiff as the Koni that I had. My drive to work back and forth is so much better now. I'm dropped about 2" all the way around. Maybe more than that.
Forgot to mention, the front setup is so much lighter than the stock ones also.
Forgot to mention, the front setup is so much lighter than the stock ones also.
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Originally Posted by Ahtasham
Thanks for the info dvsdara. If you take out the money factor (if its only $200), which ones would you prefer? Tein or BG?
BTW-any new suspension better than stock. I've heard mixed reviews about the TEIN SS. I haven't heard anything bad about the B&G at all. Not trying to get you to lean one way or another. It's just that I've been following reviews on both products the last few months til I finally ordered the B&G.
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Originally Posted by Ahtasham
Ok, one more thing, how does the KYB AGX compares to these? Thaks for your time.
However, I did have them on my old Accord with H&R Springs and it was a perfect match, in my opinion anyways. KYB AGX is a great product. Just sucks that they haven't released anything for our cars. They have the GR-2, but that's practically a stock replacement. 
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Rep Power: 0 But they do have an application for the 2001-02 civic on there website ???
http://www.kyb.com/catalog/index.php...=256&x=40&y=13
http://www.kyb.com/catalog/index.php...=256&x=40&y=13
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Rep Power: 0 Correct, they do have a part number. However, there is no production for it whatsoever. Height of the car cannot be adjusted. The AGX's adjust dampening. To adjust height, you need coilover sleeves like Ground Control or any thing else like that.
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Rep Power: 0 So if I buy coilover sleeves for now and then the KYB's later when they come out, would that work. I'll be able to adjust height of the car for now and then the dampening later on, right? But would the Ground Control stuff work on the stock shocks? and if they would, is their any negative side to it? Thanks again.
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Rep Power: 0 You could do that. You can also ask any other member out there how long they've been waiting for the KYB's and they'll tell ya. They would work with stock shocks but the shocks aren't made to work with them. The only negative side is that you'll have blown shocks in now time. You can try them with Tokicos. I'm not sure, but I've seen in other posts that they have the D-Spec which also has 16 setting dampening. You can do Ground Control with those and see how they work. Other than that, just Konis or true coilovers.
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Originally Posted by Ahtasham
I guess I am going to stick either B&G's or TEINs.
B&G offers height adjustment but no dampening adjust
TEIN has both (right?)
B&G offers height adjustment but no dampening adjust
TEIN has both (right?)
