skribblah

<u>Install</u>
the install was very straight forward, for the rear, i unbolted the LCA first, then took the shock out, installed part of the ITR LCA, put the shock in, then installed the rest of the ITR LCA, and that was that. one thing to note is the bolt that go's through the bottom of the shock and bolts into the ITR LCA, it comes up about 8mm from the top of the bolt to the LCA, but not to worry, as long as you look at the other end of the bolt, where it goes into the nut, and a sufficent amout of bolt is through the nut, then it will hold fine. also, in the front, there is no bracket on the ITR shocks for the brake line to bolt up to, so you can do like me and zip-tie it or just leave it dangeling, but make sure it will dangle out of the way of the wheel.


<u>First Impressions</u>
when i lowered the car off the jackstands all i could say was wow. the wheel well purfectly matched my 205/15R15's in the front, and the case was the same in the back. im cant be for sure how much it did in fact lower it, but i can assure you it looks perfect.
when i first took it on the road, the ride felt smooth as stock when crusing, and when i nailed a 120º corner at 55mph, that thing stuck to the road and it felt like it could have handled faster. its so smooth its unblevible. smoothest lowered car i have been in. and when doing 360º doughnuts, it holds very tight, but scrubs slighly when the wheel is completely turned. nothing major though. but i really couldent get over how smooth it was, and i didnt have to go 2mph over a bump.


here are the springs:
RS*R "Race Springs" (blue color)


All this for:
ITR LCAs: $90 shipped
ITR shocks with RS*R springs: $170 shipped
Grand Total: $260 for a superb suspention setup.
i will update this as i drive on it more, so check back.


Modified by skribblah at 10:09 PM 8/13/2003

Bumnah

My itr front shocks had the brackets, and if you don't have brackets you can use the bracket from your old shocks. They come out with a few good hits on the bottom of the shock and hold the bracket so they slide down towards bottom of the shock.

This is for the stock Honda shocks, aftermarket shocks may be welded onto the shock body.

skribblah

good info

thanks, i might want to put that back on there.

locass316

agreed. I liked my itr shocks and h & r spring setup. rode really good. itr shocks are a good bang for the buck oem shock.

civic_tuner

any pics of the car lowered?? nice set-up