I'm very new to suspension and i am in the progress of changing my dampers and springs. my dampers are tokicko blues and i have progress springs. the springs are supposed to have a 2.3 inch drop for the front and rear. when i installed the front parts and brought it to the ground it barely looked like it moved down at all. the springs in the front needed to be compressed onto the damper to fit on. now i am waiting for new rear lca's to come in cuz my old ones were ****. and i assembled the rear setup ready to mount on and the spring is so low that it wobbles around when the damper is fully extended. is there something wrong with this?? I bought the springs from my friend and they were for a 92-95 civic, and he told me they would work for my da. and they are labled front and rear so i know i didnt mess that up. any help would be great!!!
Thanks


Modified by StrokeMyCrank at 7:46 PM 8/14/2005

 

They will not work right on a DA.

 

well thanks man, thats what i told him so it looks like im getting my money back.

 

Well, i went on ebay and i bought some tenzo springs. they say a 2.25 inch drop, and that was as close the the 2.3 i could find. Are these springs decent? i have tokicko blues, and ive heard that they dont work well with really stiff spring rates.
it didnt give the exact spring rate but it said it was "progressive" whatever that means.

 

So are the tenzo springs any good?

 

i doubt it just go with a reputable company like ground control on skunk or something

 

Man, i put the tenzo springs in my car, and there is still a big gap in the wheel well. is it because i have 17's? the gap is alot smaller but its still about 3 fingers worth

 

Have you actually moved the car yet? From the first post it appears that you had looked at the ride height immediately after setting the car on the ground. The car will always need to roll or be driven a minumum of several car lengths back and for before the suspension will begin to settle into it's proper locations and show where the car will truly sit.

Also, although it is very common, referencing your ride height by counting your fingers is worthless as a suspension measurement. People have fingers of different sizes, holfd them at anlges, etc. which makes this about the most common but in-exact measurement around cars unless you want to guess what a "country mile" is.

The only way to really know and judge your height is to measure then car with a tape measure before and after. Use a tape to measure the distance from the lowest point of your rim (hook the tab on the end to the rim lip) and then straight up to a repeatable point on the fender. To really do it right, put a piece of masking tape on the fender with a pencil mark to measure to. Then measure the true diameter of the rim across the center from lip to lip. Don't just use 17 inches becasue it is a 17 inch rim, take the real measurement. Divide the diameter by two then subtract that number from the first measurement and you have a real, exact measurement of your height from the centerline of the hub to the fender. Do this before and after lowering and you will get the real amount of lowering. Until you make an actual measurement, you don't have any real reference.

 

Let me get this straight, Your rolling on some bling bling 17's and your worried about nothing more than your wheel gap. So you went on ebay and bought the cheepest springs you could find. You must know that the springs wont have a high enought rate to keep you off the bump stops and your going to blow your shocks. Seriously i have a tenzo tach and steering wheel in my car, wheel works great and feels great too. Tach reads the same rpm as my VAFC so it acurate enough. But Tenzo suspension??? come on man. Tenzo is a company you buy shift ***** and e brake boots from, not springs.

 

they wernt super cheap, they were 120, and for 150 i could have gotten progress so i dont really measure it by the amount of money it costs. they were the only spring with a 2.25 inch drop, and i have tokicko blues anyways. they dont like super high spring rates (iv'e heard). thank you very much crx lee for your clear and concise answer. you are one of the few who actually give me factual based info
much props for you