Project Phoenix

After harassing Jay from Ground Control for a couple weeks, he built a set of coilovers for teh 97-01 CR-V. Install is the same as any coilovers, but here are some pointers for the specific setup Ground Control over AGXs.
My Exact Setup is as follows.
Ground Control Coilovers for CRV
AGXs for a 94-01 Integra in the front
AGXs for a 91-94 Eclipse in the rear
Ebay tophats
Ingalls front upper control arms
Homemade bushing for the rear shocks
$5 in bolts and washers for rear camber
Waiting to put the Addco rear swaybar on this weekend.
The car is on 17x8 +48 Rota Torques
Tires in 2 sizes the stupid small ones are 225/40s that were on them when i bought them, just wanted the perspective. The size of the tires that look about right are 225/55R17s

Any machine shop can the bushings very easily.


Easy as Pie

Protip: Use a "Z" drill for the ID, its a one shot deal.

All done


Note the perch on the rear strut, just knock it off, for a cleaner look




Here is stock height, in case you've never seen one..


This is about half way up in front and rear, too low, upper control arm slaps the inner fender, not too bad on our smooth roads in FL, but i imagine murderous up north.


This is more like it. 26.5 Inches from the ground to the lower part of the grey fender lip. Front and back about same height, rides very well. I have 2 other sets of 350z rims I can try on so you can see different tire heights.



Looks tough here. Even my mustang buddy likes this pic

Project Phoenix

I have more measurement and pics at home, ill try to get them up by friday

rlippy001

Looks good. I have always wanted a lowered crv..

qwrty

thanks for sharing.....
you might wanna post some specs on the suspension thread that we have
here.. itll add more ideas there..

keep us updated!

rus_boi

nice v you got, im wondering which ground controls did you get? what kind of rate and how tall are the springs? and the ride feel bouncy sometime?

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feels good. thanks to jay at ground control, you should be able to just order a Cr-V kit now.
the car feels well sorted and responsive. not overly dampened. the key is my wife doesn't seem to mind, and that speaks volumes to its daily drivablilty

rus_boi

do you what ur spring rate?

ARMED

do you have a picture of it installed...?
how much was the whole thing? 5-600?

boliviansol

I've NEVER liked the green crv's but urs just changed my mind . :thup: keep up the good work

JDMDrifter05

Thanks for the specs on the bushing, I'm about to install my springs/struts and I am running close to the same setup that you are.

On a side note, is that your S13, and if so what all is done to it bc I'm in the middle of a VQ30 swap in mine.

lsvtec101

iTrader: (1)

So ground control is now available or just one time custom

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The 240 is pretty mild. SR with bolt-ons. 280ish whp.

Ground control for CRVs now have a part number. I just got off the phone with them.

Spring rates are 400F/350R. Its not the spring rates some guy here recommend, but its what Ground Control does for a living, so im not going to argue. Im very pleased with them so far.

The coilovers cost 350ish. I'd rather not look and see how much I spent

Bad install pics... I'm at work cut me some slack

Rears


Front

lsvtec101

iTrader: (1)

nice now i just need to find a set of shocks that i dont have to modify or some koni'z that are still around

Project Phoenix

those bushigs shouldn't cost you very much yo have made. I was thinking about setting a machine up here at work tonite and making some to sell. Lol

lsvtec101

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ive been doing some research and was wondering if the koni yellow itr rear shocks will work instead? i heard they are 2" shorter then the rear crv's so would give you a 2" drop automatically

Project Phoenix

that's pretty serious. the eclipse perch sit an inch higher, and my coil is about half way up in the rear

lsvtec101

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after searching every website i think i found some rears in stock i just ordered them (koni yellows) I will keep you guys updated as soon as i get a reply from the guy just to make sure he has a few sets in stock and let you guys know. As far as the integra type r i heard the tein ss coilovers work great not sure about just shocks. i think i would feel safer knowing that the part was specificly made for the crv due to its weight etc.

lsvtec101

iTrader: (1)

how is the ride on the ground controls? going over bump's etc? in my state we have crappy weather lots of bumps and pot holes.

Project Phoenix

CRVs and 1DSMs are in the same neighborhood weight wise.
The ride is good so far. We don't really have many rough roads near me so I can't attest to how it.handles that. AGXs for the rear are like 200 for a pair. And I had some downtime at work and banged out some bushings. PM me for info. lol






Tada!

lsvtec101

iTrader: (1)

thats cool that they are similar to 1g's im familar with them i might need some bushings if my route doesn't work. nice work!

fast2camciv

the type R strut is about 2 inches shorter in overall length, but the perch height is another 2 inches lower than where the stock crv strut is. total is about 4 inches lower ride height when using a Type R strut on the rear of a CRV. i've done it on my own CRV and it wasnt good. (didnt even have to take the CRV off jackstands to see it wasnt going to work. the rear brake drum was almost level to the fender...probably would have tucked almost all of the stock tire lolol)

Nice work on the bushings, i had to make some home made bushings very similiar to yours, as i am also running 1g DSM rear struts.

CRV looks great!!

fr3pcola

looks good bro!!! what wheel/tire combo are you running?..........





EDIT: nevermind that its at the top of the page!!!!! lmao....

ihaterust

i have type r teins on my crv. i made some riser mounts for the rear lower control arms. they move the shock mounting position up 3" and its perfect.
as for the weight difference it drives excellent and since the shocks have stiffness adjustment

93b18civic

Where did you source the EDM front bumper?

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My local Honda dealer. Overnighted from Georgia at no charge