lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
08-17-2009, 07:03 PM
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lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
ok everyone i need some help here. i got some springs from a guy at work that he bought for his 91 integra. They are tcm springs. I don't know much about them but i wanted to see how the car would look lowered before i decide if i want to go with something better or not. plus i'm not even sure if i am going to keep the car or not. Anywho, the car sits nice in the front but still sit's up high in the rear and I don't know why, anyone else had this problem?
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08-17-2009, 07:29 PM
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should l put anything in the trunk to add weight? right now it is completely empty with no spare. not that a spare weighs much ha ha
08-17-2009, 07:36 PM
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dude they may settle in a few weeks, why weigh down the trunk? lol
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08-17-2009, 07:54 PM
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Re: lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
Well we thought the same thing thinking if we switched it then it would sit right so we did but it sits the same regardless. I'll get so
e pics tomorrow. As far as the spring settling he had them on his integra for a couple of months and his car sat low from the day he put them on till the day he took them off and that was about 2 and a half weeks ago
e pics tomorrow. As far as the spring settling he had them on his integra for a couple of months and his car sat low from the day he put them on till the day he took them off and that was about 2 and a half weeks ago
08-17-2009, 07:57 PM
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Re: lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
u sure u put the rite ones on the rite place...i think the front springs mayber taller than the rear springs...i maybe wrong..
08-17-2009, 08:11 PM
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That's why we tried it both ways to make sure. The springs on the front are the smaller tighter springs. When we tried it with the smaller springs in the back it sat even higher so it's gotta be right.
08-17-2009, 08:16 PM
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Yes it was all done correctly. I work for A Honda dealership so we have all the proper equipment to work with and we checked the struts to make sure they were good too. Once we installed them we put some weight it the trunk to make sure everything wAs pivoting correctly thinking maybe that was the problem. But everything was moving as it should
08-17-2009, 08:35 PM
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He has a 91 integra he bought the springs for and I have A 94 civic coupe. Now I know and understand these are not a top quality springs and all but something isn't right. And this is why I wanted to see what would or could happen once I saw the car lowered before I try to decide what I want. His springs are designed to lowere 2 to 2.5 inches is what it says. In the front it did drop About 2.5 but the rear I saw maybe .25 of an inch drop
08-17-2009, 08:47 PM
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i guess i can contact tcm and verify and if thats correct, then just buy or swap what i need
08-17-2009, 08:55 PM
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Re: lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
sometime it could be that the springs are not sitting on the bottom of the shock or top hat correctly. or sometime it could be a defective spring, i purchase some Tein s-type for mine ek and the front driver side was about an half an inch lower than the passenger side, it also made my rear right side higher like stock height. looked retarded.
08-18-2009, 02:12 AM
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springs aren't gonna settle 3 inches...
isn't the rear of the integra much heavier than the rear of the car the OP has?
get the right springs for the rear
isn't the rear of the integra much heavier than the rear of the car the OP has?
get the right springs for the rear
08-18-2009, 05:48 AM
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yeah that is exactly what i said before we put them on, but everyone at honda kept saying "they will work don't worry" well now the car sits like a 4x4 in the back ha ha. I look like a street rod.
08-19-2009, 05:05 AM
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08-19-2009, 06:24 AM
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yeah way to high for my liking. i'll eventually go with coilovers if i end up keeping the car but right now i have it up for sale for trade
08-19-2009, 07:05 AM
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Re: lowered my civic but it sits up high in the rear
Holy crap, that's a big difference. Mine's got a little bit of rake, but nothing anywhere near that. I've heard of H&Rs sitting a little different on the corners, but that's waaaaay off.
^^^sounds like this^^^
I think your springs are not sitting on the spring perch right, or the tophat is not adjusted properly. Are you sure you have them clocked correctly on both ends? Do you have stock shocks? If not, do they have an adjustable spring perch? If so, you may have it on the wrong notch.
sometime it could be that the springs are not sitting on the bottom of the shock or top hat correctly. or sometime it could be a defective spring, i purchase some Tein s-type for mine ek and the front driver side was about an half an inch lower than the passenger side, it also made my rear right side higher like stock height. looked retarded.
I think your springs are not sitting on the spring perch right, or the tophat is not adjusted properly. Are you sure you have them clocked correctly on both ends? Do you have stock shocks? If not, do they have an adjustable spring perch? If so, you may have it on the wrong notch.