07 Civic EX new rear shocks KYB GR-2 Excel G Stiff ride ??
08-26-2018, 08:54 AM
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07 Civic EX new rear shocks KYB GR-2 Excel G Stiff ride ??
Greetings,
About 1200 miles ago I replaced the rear OEM shocks on my unmodified Civic with these KYB shocks. Holy crap !!!!!
They ride like a truck. Not quite like a solid hard-tail, but very close to it. The ride is fine on smooth pavement with minor defects, but almost any usual cracks/defects/bumps in the road surface that I go over feels like I am directly connected to the road surface. The shocks do bounce ever so slightly with a manual "jounce test". I get about 1/2-3/4" travel when manually jouncing the back of the car with some of my weight. So I know they're not "frozen".
I really liked the OEM ride. On the Rock Auto page for this item, was a chart that showed these shocks very close to OEM in performance. This was my major reason for buying them.
Anybody else find this with these shocks.
Tnx.
About 1200 miles ago I replaced the rear OEM shocks on my unmodified Civic with these KYB shocks. Holy crap !!!!!
They ride like a truck. Not quite like a solid hard-tail, but very close to it. The ride is fine on smooth pavement with minor defects, but almost any usual cracks/defects/bumps in the road surface that I go over feels like I am directly connected to the road surface. The shocks do bounce ever so slightly with a manual "jounce test". I get about 1/2-3/4" travel when manually jouncing the back of the car with some of my weight. So I know they're not "frozen".
I really liked the OEM ride. On the Rock Auto page for this item, was a chart that showed these shocks very close to OEM in performance. This was my major reason for buying them.
Anybody else find this with these shocks.
Tnx.
08-27-2018, 05:35 PM
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Re: 07 Civic EX new rear shocks KYB GR-2 Excel G Stiff ride ??
KYB GR-2 are junk.
They barely rebound/decompress when brand new.
I've had 3 sets on 7th and 8th gen Civics and they were all the same - very harsh ride.
I don't have any idea how people live with GR-2s.
They barely rebound/decompress when brand new.
I've had 3 sets on 7th and 8th gen Civics and they were all the same - very harsh ride.
I don't have any idea how people live with GR-2s.
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Re: 07 Civic EX new rear shocks KYB GR-2 Excel G Stiff ride ??
Greetings,
About 1200 miles ago I replaced the rear OEM shocks on my unmodified Civic with these KYB shocks. Holy crap !!!!!
They ride like a truck. Not quite like a solid hard-tail, but very close to it. The ride is fine on smooth pavement with minor defects, but almost any usual cracks/defects/bumps in the road surface that I go over feels like I am directly connected to the road surface. The shocks do bounce ever so slightly with a manual "jounce test". I get about 1/2-3/4" travel when manually jouncing the back of the car with some of my weight. So I know they're not "frozen".
I really liked the OEM ride. On the Rock Auto page for this item, was a chart that showed these shocks very close to OEM in performance. This was my major reason for buying them.
Anybody else find this with these shocks.
Tnx.
About 1200 miles ago I replaced the rear OEM shocks on my unmodified Civic with these KYB shocks. Holy crap !!!!!
They ride like a truck. Not quite like a solid hard-tail, but very close to it. The ride is fine on smooth pavement with minor defects, but almost any usual cracks/defects/bumps in the road surface that I go over feels like I am directly connected to the road surface. The shocks do bounce ever so slightly with a manual "jounce test". I get about 1/2-3/4" travel when manually jouncing the back of the car with some of my weight. So I know they're not "frozen".
I really liked the OEM ride. On the Rock Auto page for this item, was a chart that showed these shocks very close to OEM in performance. This was my major reason for buying them.
Anybody else find this with these shocks.
Tnx.
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