need help ASAP! self lowering 89 civic hb. please !!!!!
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need help ASAP! self lowering 89 civic hb. please !!!!!
i cant afford new suspension on my 89 civic so im cutting them 1 1/2 - 2 inches. i need advice, tips, walk throughs and anything that can help me !! thanks!
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Re: need help ASAP! self lowering 89 civic hb. please !!!!! (jerefuckingmiah)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jerefuckingmiah »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i cant afford new suspension on my 89 civic so im cutting them 1 1/2 - 2 inches. i need advice, tips, walk throughs and anything that can help me !! thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>
Suspension is important, don't cheap out, you won't be happy.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRR 2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cutting the springs big mistake. Just hold off and save some money and buy some lowerings springs.Best advice I can give save your money</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm going to disagree with this statement. Allow me to explain though.
A cut spring is shorter annd stiffer than stock. Normally, people who do this are trying to get low for cheap, so they run stock shocks. The stock shocks don't work well with increased spring rates, nor do they like to be run out of their normal operating range, which lowering does. However, with a shock that can handle it both the height and spring rate (Konis come to mind here), there is nothing fundamentally different between a lowering spring and a cut stock spring. A cut spring is perfectly fine, with a shock that can handle it. This only applies to linear rate springs. I would never cut a progressive spring, as you usually can usually only cut the stiffer end, and thats exactly what you do not want to do.
However, a set of Konis will run you $600, and springs can be had as cheap as $200, so you might as well buy the exact springs you want after dropping that much on shocks, in my opinion.
And doesn't the 89 civic have torsion bars in the front? Or is that only for even older models?
Suspension is important, don't cheap out, you won't be happy.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRR 2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cutting the springs big mistake. Just hold off and save some money and buy some lowerings springs.Best advice I can give save your money</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm going to disagree with this statement. Allow me to explain though.
A cut spring is shorter annd stiffer than stock. Normally, people who do this are trying to get low for cheap, so they run stock shocks. The stock shocks don't work well with increased spring rates, nor do they like to be run out of their normal operating range, which lowering does. However, with a shock that can handle it both the height and spring rate (Konis come to mind here), there is nothing fundamentally different between a lowering spring and a cut stock spring. A cut spring is perfectly fine, with a shock that can handle it. This only applies to linear rate springs. I would never cut a progressive spring, as you usually can usually only cut the stiffer end, and thats exactly what you do not want to do.
However, a set of Konis will run you $600, and springs can be had as cheap as $200, so you might as well buy the exact springs you want after dropping that much on shocks, in my opinion.
And doesn't the 89 civic have torsion bars in the front? Or is that only for even older models?
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