sykotik sol

ok, i recently bought a 89' crx and it has stock struts/shocks w/ cheapo ebay coilover sleeves on them....
well as it sits its about a 1-2 wheel gap, well i gota ride dumped so i went to lower them more and noticed the fronts were already all the way down..wtf? and the rear has about an inch left on the threads...
question is, if its all the way down already why is there still a 2inch wheel gap?
think there diff struts? like maybe off eg or dc or da or something?

ExemptedNut

or maybe they are just crappy ebay sleeves that are universal and dont go low enough to drop the stock ride height of a rex to get the look your going for

kixcrx

i have the same problem but mine are dropzone and this happen when i installed new rear shocks i lowered the coil over all the way down and and it doesnt go low anymore is it probably cause the shocks are new or what
look
rear


when i had blown shocks it would lower more than that now it doesnt with new shocks

Tippyman

Getting real suspension will most likely solve your problem. I've never heard good things about those coilovers.

crxnj

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kixcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have the same problem but mine are dropzone and this happen when i installed new rear shocks i lowered the coil over all the way down and and it doesnt go low anymore is it probably cause the shocks are new or what
look
rear


when i had blown shocks it would lower more than that now it doesnt with new shocks</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats because of the cup on the rear shocks...you can cut that thing off so the sleeve drops down..

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sykotik sol &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok, i recently bought a 89' crx and it has stock struts/shocks w/ cheapo ebay coilover sleeves on them....
well as it sits its about a 1-2 wheel gap, well i gota ride dumped so i went to lower them more and noticed the fronts were already all the way down..wtf? and the rear has about an inch left on the threads...
question is, if its all the way down already why is there still a 2inch wheel gap?
think there diff struts? like maybe off eg or dc or da or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe he's got the wrong shocks? maybe from a integra and are longer? or maybe the bumpstop was never cut in half? ask the previous owner what he did

kixcrx

i found out what the problem was the cup where sleeve sits is higher than the stock shocks that i had what can i do to fix problem can i get diffrent shocks

crxnj

like i said ,,you can cut if off

kixcrx

what about this i found it on slammed cars i asked and they said to ride around car and hit some bumps so spring or shock can lower and then i got this will this even work on lowering it \

crxnj

thats pretty funny..installing suspension wrong on purpose just so the car looks low....**** why not just throw away the sleeve? and just use the srping it self..

SIred91

What the heck did you even say right there? ^^?
Above Mr. Speaker, that is.

kixcrx

i know huh i guess ill just leave it like that how it sits my front fender is like on top of the tire and well the rear is already posted on pic i think it will be better than how i use to be before on cut springs always hitting and scraping everywhere and no shock travel

SIred91

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kixcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what about this i found it on slammed cars i asked and they said to ride around car and hit some bumps so spring or shock can lower and then i got this will this even work on lowering it \


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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kixcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i know huh i guess ill just leave it like that how it sits my front fender is like on top of the tire and well the rear is already posted on pic </TD></TR></TABLE>


Can you even understand yourself?
Im really trying to help here but I can't even understand this.

kixcrx

what i meant
front

rear

u all think this is okay or do i have to lower it more from the rear

SIred91

So what is the deal with the red car? The car you posted isn't even the same one?

On the grey car, just cut out the cup, that should fix your lowlow right up!

kixcrx

the red car is some kind of idea they posted to lower car in another thread

sykotik sol

ttt,anybody else have this prob?
should i jus buy new struts/shocks..? and do people still have the same prob with aftermarket ones?
this car is jus my dd so i dont want to put alot of money in it..i jus want it stock besides being slammed...
what do you guys suggest?
get crx struts/shocks and like omni sleeves?(ive used omni sleeves on a couple cars and theyre a decent ride and get low)
or should i buy aftermarket and omni sleeves..?
either way let me know what you guys think...

marquisdee1018

I see that it's installed incorrectly on the red car. Isn't it dangerous to have it like that?

welfarepc

just take the sleve OFF, and ride just on the spring. or get 86-89 accord front struts, they are 1" lower (which i read on HT, cant verify) and bolt right in. thats just for the front. on the back its the same idea tho, except you must use your old struts.
Dan


check out a thread i recently started and replied to... lol
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1847887


you need to figure out if its the spring that is not allowing your car to go lower in the back, or if its the strut that wont allow you to go lower. when you know the problem, you will know the answer.



Modified by welfarepc at 2:52 PM 12/30/2006