Tommay

I have a few different brands of suspension in mind for my 1995 Civic Hatch, but I'm just trying to get some other peoples input on the products I have narrowed it down too. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Below are the links I found to the brands selected...:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GODSPEED-92-...item2568248e53

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACKWORKS-R...item1e69690bcb

http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-95-Honda-...item27bad5b174

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEIN-STREET-...item23191a0084

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skunk2-PRO-S...item43ad1a9c74

grumblemarc

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All of those are fit only for cheap hard-parkers that are broke and want to slam their cars.

Tommay

Well for the time being, those will have to do unless you throw out a different option...

Dc4LsTeG

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Koni/gc..I personally have tein SS and love them but they might be out of your price range and I always hear good about koni/gc

Tommay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/220778229889...84.m1438.l2649

I forgot about these as well...

Dc4LsTeG

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No

Tommay

Lol I appreciate the input man. How much do them Tien's run?

Dc4LsTeG

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEIN-SS-P-W-...sories&vxp=mtr

But like I said I'd look into koni/gc they are a lot cheaper and I always hear good things about them I've just never personally used them. If your looking to dump your car super low don't get the teins they won't go super low

Tommay

I'm not looking to go super low, I'm already low enough with blown rear shocks -.-

jmai86

I have the F2 type one on my daily driver, moderately lowered enough to completely close the fender gap and it's perfectly fine. Comfy, cheap, reliable daily driver option. But pretty much all of the brands you show are the same thing, just rebranded. I've been riding cheap brands like these for years daily driving with no issues.

Don't listen to the folks that give you advice without hearing your intended purpose first. It's pointless to buy "good" high end parts if you're not going to use them for their intended purposes. There are folks that will tell you not to buy brand X because they're cheap but fail to see the intended buyer isn't exactly the type-r track racer by day.

EDIT - You can't go wrong with KONI/GC though. Have them on my Prelude and they are amazing and incredibly reliable.

Tommay

Thanks for the input man

NVturbo

For that much.....I suggest getting PROGRESS CS-II. You can get them for around $600 shipped!!!! You will not be disappointed.

sc440

Progress all the way,quality and afordable

B serious

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There are so many "which suspension should I buy" threads that it's impossible to keep track of them all. My default response is to recommend Koni/GCs. They're around $750-800 from vendors on Honda-Tech. So they're priced pretty competitively with all the really crappy brands. The difference is that Koni/GCs have been tried and true and they're actually REALLY nice.

PIC is another good brand. I'd still kinda prefer the Koni/GC for a street setup, though.

A step up from that might be AMR.

I'm not really that into Tein's street coilovers (Flex, SS, Basic, etc.), to be honest. Their quality is decent, and the damping feels pretty solid.....but the overall setup is so generic/mild. I guess that might work fine for most people, though.

The SKUNK2 PRO-S isn't a bad setup. But for that money, you could get AMRs. Plus, the Skunk2 is a bit on the soft side. That's kind of the reason they ride well. The damping and spring rates are set up pretty soft. The damping quality overall is good...but there's something about it that I just didn't like that much. I think that it felt a little "dead" or a little hyper active depending on what situation it was in. It wasn't a composed as I'd like.

I hated my friend's D2s. Two of my friends had em. 1 of them regretted it real bad. The other one was oblivious at first...then regretted it later. I'd rather put $800 in the garbage than install D2/Megan crap on my car. That way it saves me the installation step.

There are tons of other manufacturers as well. As a general rule of thumb, though, a made in china/taiwan full body adjustable coilover with 32 levels of damping for $600-800 is probably going to be absolute garbage. There's a reason why they're so cheap.

NVturbo

^^ no doubt. All the options are mediocre brands that have plenty of "knockoffs" roaming around. If i was to ever get another Honda, nothing but a set of Progress coilovers will go on.

Libertariat

There's a reason I created the thread stickied at the top of the suspension forum and pasted into my signature.

These questions come up all the time and we rehash all of the same old arguments.

I hate having to go dig up all of my pictures of leaky, broken, bent, or blown D2/Ksport/Function&Form/Godspeed etc.

Please read the sticky and repost in the suspension forum with more detailed photos or post a question in my thread. It's an ongoing discussion and I'd like to keep it all in one place.