its more work/money than what you're saying.

there isnt such thing as EG "forks", what he means is EG spindle/knuckle assembly.

if that was the case, unlikely, but you would have to have EG uca's, lca's, axles...the list can go on and on but something is definately wrong there.

HOPE that someone just put on some stupid struts that werent meant for the car and thats where the height is coming from.

but seriously, send pics.

 

o. . . . and use this picture for the first page since im #18 now

 

ya idk ya just about a basketball could fit in there... lol i will take pics when i pic up the car... should be on monday hopefully a only own him $250 more on the payments... then it will be my little project for now... till i sell it...

ya thats what i was thinking too i dont think i could get the tires to tuck with starting out with that much gap to begin with

 

some new pics of both the coupe and the daily beater, ice storm FTL! :thumbs down:




cleaned up the engine bay a bit

heres the coupe

half primed!

still sanding!

 

struts from an EG WILL NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO SIT THAT HIGH. even tho the EG strut may be "thicker" meaning having a wider body/shaft diameter, the strut will still be loaded with the weight of the car.

there is no way the over all length of the EG strut body/shaft is THAT tall even when compressed from all the weight. think about it, when you jack up a car all the way, the tires have normally about 8" from tread to fender. your saying that the suspension is sitting this way WHEN THE CAR IS ON THE GROUND?

something doesnt sound right, believe me its NOT the strut/springs. eg strut/springs will not support ~2500lbs like that without having ANY give.

EDIT: oh yea, front page updated with #18 pic. im outta here til tomorrow.

 

ya the shell im getting use to be a really nice car till the guy got an eg shell and swaped the k-sport 1-peices that were on the ef to the eg... so i think it is probly just the spring assembly that was swapped? hopefully... there is no motor/trans/axles/shift linkage/radiator/etc...but it use to have a fully built b16a pushin 20 pounds to it... OOOOooo and the car still has all the OBD1 conversion on it!!! so imma drop the mini-me that came in my eg after i re-build it into the ef! and make hella profit from this short little build im doing

 

This would be one reason why the car is sitting so high up in the front end, from what i hear tho is if you run ef front forks on a eg/ek you get a little bit of a drop, but not much. this is just what i read on the slammed thread anyway.

Good pickup tho

 

This is not true, there are eg front forks, its not the hub knuckle assembly at all, the front forks are what goes on the bottom of the strut to mount to the front lca, the hub and spindle assembly is a completely seperate piece. and you can run eg forks on a ef with no issues at all and vice versa i have ef front forks on my ej1 and have zero issues whatsoever

 

acctualy come to think of it they might not even be eg struts bucause i just pictured what the eg looked like when he got it and it was sitting just about the same height? hmmm maybe wrong struts all together?

 

And also isnt the eg heavier in the front end with no motor than a ef is? i could be wrong tho, but either way isnt a eg heavier either way? since the strut/spring combo is to the weight of the vehicle it would cause the car to sit up higher if the eg is heavier than the ef. So i dunno, just putting in my 2 cents

 

if there is no motor in the car the front is going to sit up higher there is no load on the springs allowing them to go as tall as the struts will let them.

 

ya i know but the back sits up way hi too... idk i think probly just wrong spring/strut all together... cuz the eg was a theft recovery and it had one peices on it when it got stolen so the crooks probly just put random **** on... idk

 

yeah that could be a part of it too then, they probably just slapped something on there to make the car move.

 

here's my accord that got fked up...

 

if they total it buy it back and part that **** out.

 

X2

 

i already thought about it. lol. but, idk what they're gonna do. i hope they do total it. id like an eg hatch or sedan. i really don't want an ef again, but if the price is right, and its in great shape, i'd consider it.

 

Once my buddy had just bought brand new tokico Blues for his EG hatch. They day they came we ripped the box open and just started going into it. The front went in without any major catches. The back on the other hand was hell. We got one on and threw a tire on to see what it looked like. It sat so effing high it was insane. I laughed because of my buddys face when he saw it. We could not figure out why they didn't fit, so I got the bright idea to get some kind of number off one of the struts and see what comes up and we figured out that the struts we were trying to force in were for a 1999 prelude SH. haha. He was so pissed. The car looked like it could 4x4.

 

hey jerry, i like how the ex wheels turned out!!!

 

thanks man. i thought they looked ok, i wish i would have taped up the lip, i think a polished lip would have looked good on them...

 

when i put tokico blues on my da, i had to use eg front forks. the shocks i got were for an eg. i got them brand new in the box unopened for 100 bucks. with the eg front forks on it, the car sat about 1/2" lower than it did with the stock forks on it. that with some dropzones, man the thing was tucking 14" steelies, lol. it was great.

 

here's mine

 

See I knew what I was talking about, somewhat lol

 

i know what your talking about now. i never heard anyone refer to them as forks tho. your talking about the cast iron that bolts to the LCA, then holds the strut body in place.

the curb weight of an eg:ef isnt significant enough to do whats happening.

 

Well let me tell you what happened to my friends car, he went and bought a full coilover kit from Raceland for an eg and made it fit, he used front forks for an eg cause the struts wouldnt fit his ef forks, and when he lowered the coilovers all the way down it left a 2 finger gap between the fender and tire