anybody in here ride on stock/oem shocks with a stiff spring rate such as h&r race, Ground Control... etc. and how many inches does it drop. how long have you been running them like that or how long did your shocks last. i appreciate it. thanks.

 

i have tenzo r springs on stock strut on my eg( been on for 5000miles)
2.25inch drop front and back
the ride is just like stock springs. only thing i dont like about it is my rear is lower then my front.
but after i did my b16 swap the front is a little bit lower now

 

Good question.. i was wondering also if i could get away with stock struts with Eibach Sportline springs..

 

I've been running stock shocks with skunk2 coilovers on my 99 em1... had them on for about a year and a half now with them cranked down as low as they will go and I've had no problems at all

 

i have a 99 ex with aerospeed coilovers on stock shocks at a 3 inch drop. Besides the somewhat bumpyness.... It is fine. 3 years now going strong.

 

<~~runnin tenzo-r springs on stock shocks and that **** is mint my car is lower than his and it rides mint no complaints had for a year and still goin strog only thing is the springs r purple but u kno i painted them

 

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there's controversy towards stiffer springs needing aftermarket shocks/struts. i contacted a main manufacture that holds prestige amongst honda/acura etc... enthusiast and they even told me it will ride like ****, but you're stocks will not blow; they'll just feel like they are. but plenty of suspension forum people say otherwise. i don't know if it's just hearsay, or have they actually done it. you all ride on stocks, so i'm assuming it's alright.

 

KYB AGX and Ground Control on 97 HX - Dropped 2" running 205/40/16 every spring, summer and fall. Back to stock height with stock wheels on Winter time. over 3 years now and still ride as good as she was on stock suspension 4 years ago.

Pats Delight

 

scammer...alert..you need to refund me or send my hood

 

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Are you saying idriveadelsol7 scammed you?

 

Your stock shocks will wear out quicker with a higer rate than stock, but putting sitff springs on a stock shock that does not lower the car too much will not automatically kill your shocks.

 

of course it will be OKAY

riding on blown struts is OKAY

go ahead and lower the car on stock struts. your car will LOOK cooler (mainly while parked cause if i see a lowered car going down the road i know if its got stock or aftermarket struts on it just by the way it bounces).

but you will see no performance gains and your car will be bouncy as hell.

 

the shocks don't blow because of spring rate, they blow because of ride height. the farther you slam your car, the sooner you will wear out the stock shocks.

 

i have been runnin ractive coilovers on my sol with oem struts for almost a year now but they are startin to go bad cause my car is slammed almost as low as it will go. with a full body kit it sits 1 7/8" from the ground in the rear and 2 7/8" in the front. I am gonna invest in new struts soon...

 

I went for over 5 years & 50k miles lowered 3" on ground control 400f/250r and never blew out my OEM shocks. It was mostly smooth freeway driving, and I did drive very carefully though. The car wasn't even bouncy, and I had a lot of fun in that time. I recently pulled the OEM shocks & put in Koni Yellows and my stockers were still in very good shape. I'm currently wondering what to do with them...