Since many other shared there contribution I guess I'll share mine.

 

Are you coils maxed out?

 

no, I can still go lower.

 

Pretty sure you messed up your coilovers

Hopefully for you its reversable.

 

Woow teg is fcking sick. I would shave off the moldings though but to each his own.

 

No benefit.

I got them for $240 with like 150 miles on them.
I bought my turbo kit from there haha. Jason's a cool guy.

 

How did I mess up my coilover? Can you explain it.....

Front and back can only be install one way plus none of my preload was mess with and I double check nuts and bolts and it looks like it was ship out fully assembled except the lower perch to adjust the height .

 

Yeah haha how did you find out about them? They are a pretty small store.

 

hey guys, i have F&F type 1's on my civic sedan and GC w/koni yellows on my integra sedan.

too be honest with you, if you have the money, go with GC and koni. im not saying F&F is bad. not at all. i do like them, just saying the other setup is smoother.

just an FYI for you guys

 

I'm Selling My T2's. With 1k on them... Want to go lower.

 

I have the Type 1's on my 96 Integra and I love them.

No bounce and perfect stiffness.

I've ridden in civic's and integras with KSports and they felt like garbage...

 

There is only one way to install yes but there are more than 1 way to adjust the height.

If you adjusted it incorrectly like SpeacialKay did then the springs are compressed and the shocks overloaded therefore will ride stiff and bouncy. There are firm with no bounce because the shocks are properly matched to the springs.

Please take a picture of your coilovers on the car if you can. At your height you shouldn't be able to go lower, maybe a half inch or 1 inch from the looks of it but its hard to say.

Prob messed them up too lol. You're comparing a 900+ dollar setup vs a $550
setup....

 

no sir. i took them out of the box and installed them. didnt mess with anything. they are not messed up.

let me type that again, I said if you have the money you should invest in GC with Koni yellow because based on my experience the ride is way better. i also said there is nothing wrong with F&F as they are good too. and you cant beat that price.

civic is on F&F type 1's
integra is on GC and koni's

 

I have about 1/2-3/4 inch of thread remaining on front and back to drop lower.

The top collars that is holding the spring against the top hats were left how it came from function and form.

The problem is the spring is too soft, causing the upper control arm to hit the shock tower during road bumps.

The lower you drop the car the higher the uca will sit to the shock tower.

For $550 ship, cant really complain much...........

 

That has nothing to do with the money spent. Every coilover or spring and shock combo will have the same problem at that height. You are taking out available suspension travel therefore the lower you go, the less space available there is for the spring to compress.

Technically the springs aren't too soft. Rather instead the shock tower is too close to the UCA. When the frame of the car is nearly touching the floor like yours is, the Uca only has a couple of inches to go up and so any decent bump will cause your Uca to bottom out and hit the shock tower. Now you know all this yet would rather "look good" and have a terrible ride and beat up your car. That's fine but don't complain about the coilover when it has nothing to so with it. That's your option to pick the height where it best suits your needs and compromises willing to be made but just remember that physics doesn't give a ****.

You can cut your shock towers and reshape them to have more space if you want to bottom out less often. You will run into the axles hitting the frame on bigger bumps so if you don't want to replace your axles everytime they snap from a big bump, them you have to notch the frame for more space, I mean how far are you willing to go?

If you don't want to modify anything then you need to run stiffer springs to restrict suspension travel at the cost of comfort and handling. Doest mean type 1s have soft springs... They're rather stiff and a great balance between comfort handling and drivability bein lowered a lot.

I suggest you increase the preload as this is essentially similar to putting stiffer springs. Then raise the height to offset that compression of the springs or you will be lower than you are now. The more preload the stiffer it will be and ride. In fact that's how most coilovers are adjusted.

 

Very good info bro

 

Ordered mine on Tuesday from Weaksauce, Type 1's at an unbelievable deal! JHPusa lost out on my biz.

 

Anyone know how much stiffer or softer springs we could install? on other coils, you could go 2k down or up on spring rates..

thanks

 

dropped on a set of 15in rims?

 

I mean you could upgrade to Type1/Type2 to 2.5s if you wanted to if they're not the old generation. Most of us have the new generation so you should be fine.

If you could get springs from somewhere, without having to revalve the shocks, you could increase/decrease up to 2kg/mm and the shock would handle it fine. Any more than that and it would be over/under damped.

 

what kind of lip is that? urethane? oh another question how did u adjust the coilovers?

 

Nothing as nice as many other cars on this thread, but here is my contribution.

Before:



After:



Type II's FTW!!!!!

 

lowered mine another inch, im surprised how much more the fronts can go...so much thread still

coils arent maxxed but i am HAHA

 

Daymn! What does your parents do!? Ballin a$$ house thooooo!

Oh yeah cool stance bruhh!

 

I have had Type 1's on my EG now for 4 months, and put about 5000 km's on them since they have been installed. Still performing great, Really cant complain about them at all.

Very satisfied. Thinking about dropping it down some more though, If I decide to I will post some pictures of the madness lol