the ej1

ok so i bought some coild overs for my car, threw em on and slammed them all the way down, i scraped on every single little bump there was, took out my fender wells to see if it would help and nothing. So i raised the car back up now its only lowered around 2 inches or so, all the eg coupes i see are slammed and most the ppl i know who owm them barely ever scrape, just was wondering if ne one may know why my car was scraping so bad when only dropped 3 inches, because i would love to slam the car. it has stock struts and coilovers, buying struts soon, and has tegy fat fives on it. Some one plz help

Cyberwaste

well your struts are prolly blown so when you go over a bump your car rocks really hard then bashes your car off the ground....

and maybe you should do it the right way rather then half-*** it

the ej1

Struts are brand new replaced when i did cause they were only like 30 bucks or so, its not that its my tire hitting my wheel well i can even see the marks on my inner wheel well where it has been rubbing. Buying new struts as is just wasnt sure if there was ne other problem

blackbndt

You need to stiffin up your suspension so that it doesn't sway and bounce so much on bumps, yes you will have a harder ride but it will keep you from rubbing so much. I can't even get my finger between my wheel well and tire, and I don't rub unless I go fast on a dip or something.

ninjaturtleEG

you need new struts, you're stock ones are probably blown. i hate speedbumps!!

ricerollz

maybe its that plastic guard above the wheels take that part out?

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Ebay coilovers? And stock shocks. Never lower on stock shocks. New or not. YOu probably blew them out riding that low. Don't cheap out on the suspension.

SoullessJapaneseMachine

iTrader: (1)

If I understand correctly your struts cost $30 new?

If so, that would be a problem because real struts cost more than twice that per strut (the cheapest ones).

the ej1

i took all the plastic out on the wheel wells, and 30 was kinda guessing i get 25% off where i bought them was just guessing but i have tokico hp struts coming in should i just throw the coil overs i have now on those or who makes a really stiff coilover/ spring? i want this car sitting no more than a few inches off, also i just ordered 15x7 rota gt3's. does ne one know the size on fat fives?

Cyberwaste

its on the inside of the rim it should be stamped

and i would put the plastic back in your wells because it well make everything a mess

97-EK9

It has to be all in the tires.....just my two cents.

forcefedferio

my money is on the cheap *** suspension set-up paired with no suspension knowledge whatsoever.

Tokiko HP's are stock replacements, so any theory that you have about them performing well with any type of coilover set-up you can get that out of your head now.

Here's my advice, if you want to be low throw 195/50R15 tires on your new wheels and buy a set of REAL coilovers, not cheapo ballin on a budget sleeves, i don't even care if they are ground controls with eibach springs, they SUCK. Look into K-sport if you don't want to spend better than a grand on coilovers. PM DRFlickner on here for the best price by far.

98civdx

funcion and form type 1 or 2. they go hella low and ride super good.
is your exhuast hanging down? lower then it shold.

the ej1

No my exhaust is tight on my back lip and i have 195/50 15 on the fat fivea alrdy and i took your advice n got my money back for the tokico's now juts got to save up a bit more money, didnt thik i would nee much else so i bought a b16a2 complete swap so now im broke lol, but what do you think are the cheapest for the coilovers cause if i can find some for around 600 ill just charge them and pay the card off friday.

98civdx

ksport, and i believe you can pick up a set of function and form type 1s up for right around 600 maybe a bit more, let me check for you.

98civdx

http://www.jhpusa.com/store/pc/viewP...idproduct=3836

type 1s $630... my guess if that isnt that shipped price somewhere around 650 660 shipped.

forcefedferio

did you PM DRFlickner on here? i bought mine about 3 years ago off him so im positive the price won't be the same but i may be wrong. i paid $575 shipped for ksports.

the ej1

Ya i PM'ed him nothing so far but that would be an amazing price lol i was lookin on the site and they were about 1200.