Just installed the Omnipower Sport coilovers together with the Omnipower front camber kit.

Install went without problems, and rideheight was easy to set as well as preloading.

A thing I disliked was that I had to set height almost at max in the rear, and even then it was a bit lower than stock. In my opinion it should be possible to be at stock rideheight. Front was fine though.

The car handles fine, but it's not by far as stiff as I thought it should be. To all of those who've been complaining about ride quality on the Omni Sports: get a VW or something.

I've absolutely zero problems driving these coilovers at the street. In fact, I wish they were a bit stiffer, but since my car is a daily driver as well as a track machine I need a compromise. I think the Omni Sports are a fine compromise.

Handlingwise the car has little to no body roll, and with my JDM 23mm rear tower bar it behaves very neutral with perhaps a tiny bit of oversteer.

So far I'm happy with them

For those who read norwegian:
http://kvien.no/integra/html/m...overs/

Some pics:










Modified by Pompiuses at 5:39 PM 2/25/2005

 

In the second to last pic, am I seeing electrical tape and two hose clamps covering a hole in your brake line.....

OmniPower Coilovers > stainless steel brake lines

 

I was just about to ask about that, Tony.

I hope that tape and clamp job is preventing something and not fixing it.

 

Those are the crustiest brake lines I've ever seen.

 

Looks like an accident waiting to happen

In the snow too.

 

brake lines = ghetto fixed.

 

yeah, that is own3d, SS brake lines =$100-$150

 

You guys are a bunch of ******. Brake line looks rockin'. I don't see any dripping!

Yeah, I finally got my Omnipower Sports on a track, no complaints. I wouldn't have adjusted anything if they were adjustable. I also drove 880 miles to the track on the sports... not 'too bad'.

-Chris

 

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haha... I don't think so

There's no way to attach the brakelines to the Omnipowers as with the stock shocks. So I used strips to attach it to the A-arm and some tape and hose clamps to further prevent rubbing. The hose clamps are also attached very gently to allow the brake line to expand when hot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pompiuses &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">haha... I don't think so

There's no way to attach the brakelines to the Omnipowers as with the stock shocks. So I used strips to attach it to the A-arm and some tape and hose clamps to further prevent rubbing. The hose clamps are also attached very gently to allow the brake line to expand when hot.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just zip tie the brake lines to the coilover.

There's no need to worry about rubbing.

 

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Just zip tie the brake lines to the coilover.

There's no need to worry about rubbing. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No, please do not "just zip tie them"

If you cannot pound the bracket off the stock shock and use it on the omnis..... (which is POS if you cant, IMHO) then wrep the lines with something to prevent abrasion on the line and then when you zip-tie it to secure it, wrap one tie around the shock then use a 2nd tie to secure the line to that zip tie so it cannot rub. Rubbing brake lines = very very bad and a good way to wad up a car.

 

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You can't, no attachment point on the Omnis. Actually I originally thought that is what he had done, but I didn't see how it was attached.

-Chris

 

So I am assuming that your omni's are set at their highest settings in those pictures?

 

the car looks good

 

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No, please do not "just zip tie them"

If you cannot pound the bracket off the stock shock and use it on the omnis..... (which is POS if you cant, IMHO) then wrep the lines with something to prevent abrasion on the line and then when you zip-tie it to secure it, wrap one tie around the shock then use a 2nd tie to secure the line to that zip tie so it cannot rub. Rubbing brake lines = very very bad and a good way to wad up a car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

good advice..but i went ghetto and ziptied my brakelines to the coils too..had it this way for 3 years..i forgot why we couldn't get the bracket onto my koni's...

 

Did you get the Sport or Streets? My friend has the Sports in his Type R and it is freaken stiff. The way you preload them effects the stiffness.

 

Hey can you go any lower then what you have it at right now or is that the lowest it would go while keeping the preload?

 

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If you read the first post, they are almost at their highest in the rear. In the front they could go about 40mm both higher and lower.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WhoisDan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you get the Sport or Streets? My friend has the Sports in his Type R and it is freaken stiff. The way you preload them effects the stiffness.</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you read the first post, and even the headline of this thread, you'll see I got the Sports. If you think the Sports are too stiff for the ITR, you shouldn't be driving an ITR in the first place as they are only bearly stiffer than stock. I preloaded according to instructions.

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I could go way lower if I wanted to.


Modified by Pompiuses at 4:48 PM 2/26/2005

 

Yes, the rear structs could've made longer... had the same problem when i installed mine....

Over all it rides great on mine too.. little stiffer in the rear than i wanted it to be. but it's all good.

thanks omniman, who sent me 2 longer structs for the rear suspension. he is the man...

 

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Over all it rides great on mine too.. little stiffer in the rear than i wanted it to be. but it's all good.

thanks omniman, who sent me 2 longer structs for the rear suspension. he is the man...</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah... kinda bad of omniman not to allow stock rideheight in the rear with these coilovers. oh well, nothing is perfect I guess .

 

im plainning to buy a set...so is it good in general ??? i want a nice drop?? is this kit can do the job ??


its my firts post !

 

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I could go about 7cm lower in the rear, and about 4 cm lower in the front than what you see in the pictures. So yes the omnis can go as low as you want.

 

cool .. thx for the info ...

 

A little update:

After 1500km things look like this. Anyone know something clever I can use to wrap around the coilovers to prevent the brakelines from rubbing??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you cannot pound the bracket off the stock shock and use it on the omnis..... (which is POS if you cant, IMHO) then wrep the lines with something to prevent abrasion on the line and then when you zip-tie it to secure it, wrap one tie around the shock then use a 2nd tie to secure the line to that zip tie so it cannot rub. Rubbing brake lines = very very bad and a good way to wad up a car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

dont like this guys idea??