I had allready posted this in the suspension forum and no one had anything to say

Ok I have a 1993 honda prelude VTEC. I got some Falcon torque 5's for it about 1 year ago, and recently I got tired of it looking like a freakin truck. Sooo I went to my local speed shop and bought some Skunk 2 springs AKA the sleeves/springs. So my grandfather and I decided to install them last week. We went to autozone and got two new rear shocks that he guy said were a good choice for a lowered car with a higher springrate. I dont have the money for Koni's or KBY AGX's or anything. We got them on and it looked pretty cool/safe height. I had about 1 1/2 in of clearance from the fender to the top of the tire. I took it for a spin and it sucked. Every little bump in the road made it skip and hop all over the place while at the same time it felt like a knife was being shoved into my spine. I hit my head on the roof and wasnt really enjoying the ride and it felt like ****. I took it back to the garage and it got lower! wtf? I dont get it...the locking rings on the sleeves didnt move, and the towers dont look damaged. I feel stupid because my grandpa is on of those older guys who hates lowered cars and told me that the ride was going to be miserabe, but I mean come on. Something must have been installed incorrectly or else these things would not be selling right? Im used to driving my dads ranger which felt like a luxory car compaired to this. So I guess what my question is is this normal??? Oh, and Im sure it is quite obviouse but I know nothing about suspension so please dont make fun of me.

here are some pics

before lowering the car


after lowering car and driving "roughtly lol" 3 miles

 

The Skunk2's are known to ride slightly harshly, but you really need to invest in some quality shocks to fix your current problem.

 

Agreed, Spend the money on some quality shocks especially for Skunks. When I first put my Skunks on it rode like ****. The I got some tokicos 5-ways made it ride a whole lot better. and Yes Skunks are stiff already.

 

thanks guy but I just took them out. It wasnt practical. I know that there are a million other threads like this right now but whats a good suspension set up around $400-500 for a DD? I dont need superior handeling or anything like that I just need something that rides ok on crappy PA rodes and lowers the car.