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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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ok before anyone tells me to search i did....but i wanted some opinions on some of these combos...i'm looking for basically an upgrade to stock but not something to go road racing in. i'm also looking for a good drop so it'll look better...car is a 88 crx si

i put in some skunk2 coilovers and its too harsh for DD so i wanna change it out to some shocks/lowering springs so if anyone needs any coilvoers hit me up

ok i was thinking of tokico blues/pro kit or sportline but iheard the blues aren't that good

so i was thinking maybe koni red/eibach? is that a good setup? i kno the pro kit is a better spring ratio but the drop is too little IMO...i want only a one finger gap front and max two finger gap..but i don't tink the pro-kit can even do that?

as for the H&R springs are they good compared to the eibach? and is the sport or race one better? i'm not looking to spend more then $500...hopefully $450...if anyone has opionions let me know..

and pics would be great
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:23 AM
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Koni Sports (yellow) will cost you right at about $500 for a set of four and are an externally rebound damping adjustable performance shock.

Koni Specials (red) are rebound damping adjustable off the car and will cost about $350 for a set of four. Both have a lifetime warranty and are proper perforamcne shocks.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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H&R springs are good high quality. Eibach & Neuspeed are also great choices for lowering springs. I'm sure you can imagine that the more the springs "lower" the car, the stiffer the ride is going to be. All of the differnt versions (race or sport) should still be softer than most coil-over sleeve springs for the following reasons:

Lowering springs are usually progressive rates (soft at first)
Coil-over sleeve springs are made to lower 3"+, so they have to be stiff to keep from bottoming...

Any of them should make you happy...
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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probably go illuminas....and fo rnow i have free ebay coilovers and then i'll see whcih springs to get
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