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comfortable spring rate for prelude?

Old 07-07-2006, 06:31 AM
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I have a 4g prelude and looking to get some full coilovers, anyways... was wondering what would be a comfortable spring rate? I dont track the car i just want something comfortable for long trips and for daily driving.
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Don't go above about 300 lb/in springs and you should be fine for comfort
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whats that translate to my options are between 6k-13k
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i'm running 350/250 and it feels like OEM.

a lot depends on the shocks in the coilover kits. i'm running ground controls and konis and it's very comfortable, however your planned coilover kit might not yield the same results.

to convert 350 #/in to kg/mm divide by 56.

I'd look at 8kg/6kg for a daily driver.
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should that have serious problems with bottoming out on a really low car?
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