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Old Sep 27, 2005
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Whats Best for permanently raising car hieight? Air Suspension, Whole new suspension? New chassis?
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go get an 8'' lift kit from central 4wd.
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ummm you don't raise a civic. Get a truck. You probably can't raise it much because of travel constraints on the suspension and drivetrain.
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never heard that one before?
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its not a truck
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May I ask what the reasoning behind raising a civic might be?
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Originally Posted by Shroomster
May I ask what the reasoning behind raising a civic might be?
he wants to win "teh gheyest r1ce" award at local shows.
that or his coffee can muffler which isnt even mounted right keeps hitting the ground.

in all seriousness you will lose all respect anyone has for you if you raise a civic.
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rednecks wont know what to say " dang look at that sweet lift on that pile of rice"
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what ever his reason for wanting to raise the car up, theres no need to attack him for it.


But as Boilermaker brought up, your going to run out of suspension travle much quicker by raising the car vs lowering, simply because the car is allready designed to have more compression travel then rebound travel. Meaning the shocks stroke range is Much higher in the strut... and raising the car would make it much more likely to "top out" the strut when the cars suspension extends.
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you cant get a new chassis for a monocoque.

and id say best way is look into air suspension i guess. (depending on why your raising it)
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Thanx to all those who replied, for those who asked its for two reasons. One is that it floods where I live and I thought an increase in height might save some water damage. Two is that its different, like th one boi said "never heard that before".
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well if its just for occasional floods go for air suspension, but i heard the lines can freeze up in winter.

sometimes, different and "never heard that before" is not a good thing at all. if you permanently jacked up the car that would be one of those times
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easiest solution is to buy a truck
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Originally Posted by Shifty
easiest solution is to buy a truck
Yeah, I think with the Civ you are gonna run into a **** load of problems.
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Originally Posted by Shifty
easiest solution is to buy a truck
Agreed...should have never bought the civic.
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Originally Posted by CVCCPE
Thanx to all those who replied, for those who asked its for two reasons. One is that it floods where I live and I thought an increase in height might save some water damage. Two is that its different, like th one boi said "never heard that before".
not a good type of "different"
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yeah.. go with a truck ... but i think ill go photochop a vic just to see wat it would look like =]
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yo homie, lift it up on some 28" gold plated 100 spokes, give them box chevys some competition
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I see nothing good coming out of this.
Simply put, if you need clearance, buy something that has clearance. You can't jack a Civic.
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