Honda Accord (1990 - 2002) Includes 1997 - 1999 Acura CL

Lowering an Accord

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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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What is a good medium priced spring kit to lower my car and give me a non bumpy ride?
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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did you try the search engine. start there first. the faq page is also useful.
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Oh man...

What year is your car? Daily driven only? Track use? Want just the look? Want added performance? What's your definition of "medium priced"? What's your definition of "not bumpy"? How smooth are your roads? What size tires are you running? Are you going to buy struts as well, or ride on the stock ones? How much do you want to lower the car?

Otherwise, take a look at the Guide to basic Accords.
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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1994 Ex sedan. Stock tires 190/65/15 and wheels. I guess I am going to keep the factory struts for now as $ is an issue.
Medium priced to me means not top of the line, but a good value. Look (at least a 1" drop),decent performance, and for street use only.
I do want a good ride. I rode in a friends car that had cheap springs and it was bumpy as hell. If I wanted that I'd drive another 4X4!
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 01:02 PM
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Jackson racing springs are on sale for 79+shipping on jacksonracing.com. That's a 2 inch drop. I had them on my 6th gen and they were fine on stock shocks for about a year.
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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Eibach Pro-kits are the only springs I've had experience with that I would use on stock struts. I've ridden in cars with Neuspeed Sports with stock struts, and I didn't like the way it felt. It was obvious it was underdampened, expecially when I could compare it to my own car, which has Neuspeed Sports and Tokico Illuminas.

Personally, I would wait until you can get some struts as well. It will save you the time/hassle/money of having to reinstall everything later on down the road.
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 06:24 AM
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You're right, and I'll wait until I can get the struts too.
Do it right the first time, and keep it simple...
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