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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Okay so.. I installed some cheap *** adjustable coil covers and springs ( BOMZ adjustalbe coil covers ...) on my 5th gen base prelude. right now I have KYB struts in the rear and stock struts in the front. After the installation I noticed the ride is much bumpier and for somereason my tires are touchin the wheel wells.. the car has about 1.5 inch drop front and rear. Now I know i made a big mistake doing this so now Im wondering if I should replace the adjustable coil covers and springs with regular lowered springs.. im thinking NEUSPEED or EIBACH about a 1.3 to 1.5 inch drop.. I ve already ordered KYB XGA struts for the front, so my question is, would installing these springs and throwing away the adjustable coil covers and springs gonna solve my problem????
Also which springs would u recommend .. EIBACH or NEUSPEED????

any help would be appereciated
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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Coilovers*

KYB AGX*

You should PROBABLY have all 4 of the same shock, FIRST.

Then the choice is yours.
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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if they are coilovers..cant u raise the car?

is the car rubbing? or is the car actually sitting on the wheel well. if its just a 1.5 inch drop, there is no way your tires should be touching the wheel well, unless you have some 205/80/17 tires on there. get a good set of coilovers. i like ground control. my passangers dont. btw, im on custom rates. 350/450.

maybe you installed it wrong? maybe the springs on the coilovers are stiffer than your oem springs? they most likely are stiffer..unless "bomz" has no idea what performance springs are...
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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no they only touch the wheel wells when I go over a bump or a pot hole... and they were done in a shop so i doubt they did em wrong............. I guess its just bad springs...........
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 03:06 PM
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Default Re: need help lowering my car (mraza)

man i bought those same **** *** coils but didn't put them on. lucky for me but i am out 100 bucks
ah well
but what you should do is buy some neuspeed lowering springs and some kind of high proformance shock like tokico of bilstien something in that nature. i have skunk2 and tokico all coming i can't wait to put them on. stock sucks
just pay the money for the good wons it is worth it trust me.
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