crxsiperf

I have been researching suspension parts and lowering my car and every once in a while i run across someone saying " try the fork trick" , what is it and what does it do .

Tyson

its a means to regain some lost shock travel so you dont bottom out on your bumpstops sooner.

basically its sliding the shock further down the shock fork. it differs by the shock. its easiest on konis since they dont have a welded brake collar. just open the shock fork and push it through. you can only go so far before you risk the axle hitting the bottom of the shock. for other shocks like tokico illuminas, you have to cut the welded brake collar off with a high speed cutting wheel. you can ignore the divot, either make a new one or just thread the bolt thru.

jdmturbo1127

Would that lower your car more? It seems to me like it would....

Tyson

in and of itself, it lowers the front only.

jdmturbo1127

Thats cool because I have eibach sportlines on OEM shocks, but I think the front sits too high. Would you recommend doing this on a OEM shock???

kleen98accord

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Is this the same for all hondas. I drive a 98 accord coupe. And I want to lower my car a little bit more. Im debating between cutting the Tein S. Techs or getting new springs.

Is it possible to do the fork trick to the rear also. thanks.

hayabusa160

you can do it to the oem shock. you just take the shock off and hammer that black bracket off the shocks.

but you will lose that bracket that holds the brake line on. so you will have to zip tie it back on to the shock.

TheTealHatch

I was thinking about doing this but I dont know how safe it was going to be. Has anyone actually done this ?

apm

have done this the last 3 years with my 2 civics works good all the time. i can really feel the difference

TheTealHatch

Do your really need that pipe that I seen the DIY write up have?

jdmturbo1127

My car's front brake lines are on a bracket that is connected to the frame. Its not on the shock...

Jpres927

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Is it possible to do the fork trick to the rear also. thanks. </TD></TR></TABLE>

OoOo man please dont cut ur springs thats really bad lol

hayabusa160

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you have an ek?
their shocks has the smaller ring on them you can take it off but you dont gain as much as the eg ones. but its still something.

jdmturbo1127

yeah. 98 2 door. Its something I will definitely look into come time for new shocks.....

ThoseDarnKids

The "fork trick" sucks. I did it and it made it very difficult to easily remove and install the shock/spring assembly. The outer diameter of my Koni shocks were just slightly larger where the brake bracket goes (compared to where the fork is supposed to go) and that was enough to make them super tight when pushed all the way down into the fork.

I ended up getting the Ground Control top hats. They're not expensive, they allowed me to keep the brake bracket and I can easily swap the shock/spring assembly in and out.

kleen98accord

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Don't the Tein S. Techs have dead springs?

jcochran

I just did this yesterday on my DA with Skunk2s and Tokico Illuminas and the car rides 10 times better. I still need to extend the top hats front and rear and Ill be set.

Also with my combo, removing and installing the struts wont be any different than usual, everything fits together so tight that it stays assembled when removing it. Minor tweaking maybe, but nothing major.

I used 1.75OD .095 wall tubing and it fit perfectly over the 1.5OD shock body.

cdea

do the GC top hats fit any spring / shock combo?

Tyson

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should only be used with slip on coilovers like ground control.

regular springs dont have any extra shock travel past full extension for these to fit.

jcochran

Ive heard they only fit GCs so if you're car is low and needs more travel you can make some or have someone make them for you.

I have Skunk2s and Tokico Illuminas and I'm making some today to get some more travel.