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Old 05-12-2009, 06:05 PM
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i was looking to new coilovers to buy for my DA. I was planning on slamming it as much as possible without bottoming out or having too much of a crappy ride. I was leaning towards the koni yellow/GC set up.

How do you guys slam your cars? and is there a 'right' way to do it? whats your set up?

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Old 05-12-2009, 06:14 PM
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i was looking to new coilovers to buy for my DA. I was planning on slamming it as much as possible without bottoming out or having too much of a crappy ride.
Unpossible. If you intend to ride slammed, it will either bottom out regularly, have a crappy ride quality, or both.

Reduced available travel mandating the stiffer spring rates that kill ride quality, blah blah. This has been covered countless times, and there is even a thread dedicated to "SLAMMED... Suspension Setups", as it is titled.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/slammed-suspension-setups-2077238/

Lots of reading to do.
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Default Re: Is there a right way to slam your car?

Originally Posted by uses0ap
i was looking to new coilovers to buy for my DA. I was planning on slamming it as much as possible without bottoming out or having too much of a crappy ride. I was leaning towards the koni yellow/GC set up.

How do you guys slam your cars? and is there a 'right' way to do it? whats your set up?

thanks
yea get the gc/koni with extended top hats with the stiffest spring rates koni can handle 500lbs i think..., but anyway u are guna get a crappy ride
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Default Re: Is there a right way to slam your car?

If you're just going for looks, put it on bags.

That way, when you want it dropped, you drop it all the way down. When you need to drive, lift it up to a reasonable height for driving.

If you want performance, slamming it all the way to the ground is detrimental, and you need to stop wanting to do it. :p
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