just wondering what kind of struts you were running on you crx. I was looking into the illuminas or agx. I want adjustable. If you guys could let me know how they work out on your car and what ones are better. Thanks

 

It just depends what you want and whats your budget.

I have some tokico blues/ hp's and some H&R O.E. springs due to me being on the road a lot...I love them! and the setup was a cheap price too. Do a search, more than likely there are a lot of threads with this subject. Best of luck

 

I've never really noticed a huge difference in damping with 3-5 way adjustable shocks. The only adjustables I ever noticed a difference with was my 16 way Teins.

I'd just get Tokico Blues. I had the KYBs and they are too bouncy when you lower it more than an inch or so.

 

I liked the way my autocross car reacted to the Illuminas, but to be honest, I could only really ever notice the difference when I was on the course. Even then, I didn't feel it so much, I just noticed how the car reacted differently to the different settings. Granted, going from "1" to "5" is going to make a difference, but I couldn't tell you on the street if it was set at 3, 4, or 5. It just didn't seem to make that big a difference unless you had the car at 10/10ths, which is NOT something you want to do on the street. Curbs are much less forgiving than cones.

Tokicos get the nod from me over KYBs. Tokico just feels like a better-made piece. KYBs are not bad, though, especially for the money. I picked up a pair of KYB GR-2s for the rear of my '91 CRX DX for $37.80 each, brand new. Hard to beat a price like that. (And the bastards have doubled that price now. No more GR-2s for me - at $75 each, the Tokico Blues are going to get all my business)

Synth: You say you're running H&R OEM springs? How do you like them? I've been looking at going with some of their minimal-drop (my phrase, not theirs) springs; I'd *like* my '91 CRX to be a little lower than stock, but I've been there with other CRXs, and the bounce and harshness just aren't any fun. I like the idea of H&R's 0.75" drop - low enough to *almost* notice, looks-wise, yet not so low as to stand out, bounce, or be punishingly harsh. I've got an '87 CRX Si that I went apeshit on with the suspension, and that damn car is just not drivable on the streets any more. It beats the living **** out of me. That's fine - it's a terror on an autocross course, so that's what it's for now.

I don't want to make those same mistakes with my '91 CRX DX. A *little* lower? Sure. A *little* stiffer? Okay. But if it feels harsh, all that crap is going to get yanked right out and thrown on eBay!

Mike

 

I just have Kyb Gr-2 struts with Ractive Coilovers and ES bushing on my crx.


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