Deemeetree

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ronin EG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NOOOOOOOOO not the stock shocks......... Nice write up tho...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know I know. I'm going slow here, job sucks, pay sucks. I'm going with what I can afford. My Civic has been stock since October 2003. Time for an upgrade.

Soccerking3000

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I know I know. I'm going slow here, job sucks, pay sucks. I'm going with what I can afford. My Civic has been stock since October 2003. Time for an upgrade.</TD></TR></TABLE>

slacker

Optiks.

i rolled on stock struts all summer lowered 2.5" it was ok at first but once the rear struts blew the car was super bouncy and sloppy feeling, for no i have stock suspension back on it and am getting coilovers for the spring

nonsense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cappa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Exactly if you dont cut the pearches then you will have the problem of only being able to lower it a little bit. The rear spring cup on the bottom gets in the way of the adjustible part of the coilover. Wheou do your rears and if you dont cut them you will see what I mean.</TD></TR></TABLE>

this seems kinda odd to me. Are you using omni co's too? I would imagine that the spring would be short enough that dropping the perch to the top of the stock cup would lower the car plenty (I guess that's subjective too)

Fred n J_v2.0

Nice write up. When you go to do the rear you can knock the perch off with a hammer and reinstall it upside down. I didn't know about this till I installed a set of Skunk 2 on a friend's car and it said to do it in the instructions. Works perfect and no cutting.

cappa

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nonsense &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

this seems kinda odd to me. Are you using omni co's too? I would imagine that the spring would be short enough that dropping the perch to the top of the stock cup would lower the car plenty (I guess that's subjective too) </TD></TR></TABLE>
No for me I have sunk2 and 17's on my can and wanted the tires to tuck in the fenders so I had to cut them. Also if you have some smaller wheels I would imagine you would have to cut them as well to sit lower. I didnt know you can hammer the perches off??? Mine were welded on but I used gsr struts.

Deemeetree

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Soccerking3000 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

slacker </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ya bastid. Sears can suck on my ***** for $5.60 an hour. Can't wait to start my Electrician career.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Fred n J’s_1.8’s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice write up. When you go to do the rear you can knock the perch off with a hammer and reinstall it upside down. I didn't know about this till I installed a set of Skunk 2 on a friend's car and it said to do it in the instructions. Works perfect and no cutting. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh wow, I didn't know you can knock the perch off. I only need 2" to be dead even with the 1/4 panel so I doubt I'll need to cut anything off or mount anything upside down.

SOHC4life 96

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ya bastid. Sears can suck on my ***** for $5.60 an hour. Can't wait to start my Electrician career.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I get $7.20/hour at Sears. :X

Deemeetree

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I get $7.20/hour at Sears. :X</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cali vs Texas.

M.C.A. at Hardware.

Trying to get into Sales and make at least double. 2 of our Sales are leaving this January.

SOHC4life 96

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Cali vs Texas.

M.C.A. at Hardware.

Trying to get into Sales and make at least double. 2 of our Sales are leaving this January.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What is minimum wage in Texas? In Cali its $6.75

I'm working in the shoe stock room.

Good luck getting one of those positions.

_Spugen_

Spill the bad news Dimi.....Oh yea the shifter thing didnt work.

gabebauman

Get them rear coils on yet? Did you endup flipping the shock perch upside down?

Deemeetree

Nah, I'm waiting to get a new strut. The Allen nut on top stripped so I couldn't break the upper hat nut loose. The other nut broke loose in 2 secs., ain't that a bitch. I didn't remove the strut either. I just removed the entire LCA attached to the entire coil/strut assembly. But, I had to put it back together after the Allen nut stripped inside. The threads are also stripped due to the locking pliers I used to remove the stuck Allen key.

gabebauman

Ah...that sucks...you should just buy some KYB AGX's for the rear and buy the fronts later.

Deemeetree

I wish, but I don't have the $200 to shell out for AGXs at this point. I'm just looking for a cheap replacement for now...

rock2447

I have a question regarding this install. Did your kit come with top hats for the top of the coil? and why no dust shield?

gabebauman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rock2447 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a question regarding this install. Did your kit come with top hats for the top of the coil? and why no dust shield?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You will re-use your factory top hats...the spring will seat fine into it. As for the dust shield...I didn't use the fronts at all but I cut the rears in half. The reason for this is because the threaded sleave will be in the way therefore when you lower the car down off the jack and the springs compress...there will be no where for the dust shield to go...it will just get crushed or bunch up.

Soccerking3000

what ever did happen to part 2 dimi? lol maybe he went insane trying to install/remove the lca bolt and in a fit of rampage he kicked the jack out onto himself?

edit: awww **** i didnt read...

Deemeetree

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Soccerking3000 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what ever did happen to part 2 dimi? lol maybe he went insane trying to install/remove the lca bolt and in a fit of rampage he kicked the jack out onto himself?

edit: awww **** i didnt read...</TD></TR></TABLE>

No no.

I'm still riding hotrod.

No time to do anything anymore.

Soccerking3000

lol gotta do the write-up tisk tisk, your fans are calling you, and i want to install my omni's

Deemeetree

I know I know. 5 months of nothing. Promoted to Sales in hardware at Sears so lots more $$ coming in. I promise I'll do the install within a month.

Soccerking3000

u better lol, but its good to see your still helping everyone out, i was getting worried

Deemeetree

I've been here, just mainly in GDD. Posted probably about another 500+ posts there. haven't came in here in a while.

rock2447

I have one last question regarding this topic. Am I hurting anything besides not going as low as I can go by not removing the perch on the rear struts?

eg9beast

good job!