God damn.
I bought some adjustable springs, supposedly fitting properly in a civic EF, so says the box.

For future reference to those planning on slamming their car, do not buy an "adjustable" kit. These rely on the space in between (when your strut is maxed out) and the top of the spring. Therefore, at minimum compression, there is x-amount of space loose on your strut. x = the amount you are lowering your car. Although i've set my car up like this, it can be unsafe. Your springs are meant to absorb impact, and if you hit a pot-hole and there is no weight on your strut, your strut will completely uncompress, and your strut assembly will not be fastened. Instead of an adjustable kit, i advise deciding on how much you wish to lower your car, and then buy a softer spring rate of the same length to that of your stock springs.

Anyways, so i was working on the driver side rear strut, and lo-and-behold, i snapped the bolt connecting the lower control arm to the bottom of the strut. After hours of stressing, i managed to grind the the fusion welded bolt on the strut right off, this removed the bolt from the strut from the control arm, but i still had half a bolt inside the control arm. We removed the control arm and tried punching it out, and later took it to an auto shop and they used a 10 ton press on it, no luck. it's seized right the f*** in there.

I gotta hit up a parts field for the arm,
what a f***ing nightmare. any questions about dropping your civic, post em up here.

Also, has anyone else installed adjustable coil overs just like mine? Have you had any problems with them?

Thanks.


These are almost identical to the springs i bought.

EDIT:<FONT COLOR="red"> What i believe to be an important clarification to those who made poor assumptions:

I hadn't bought these springs off ebay. The *image* of them, however, IS from eBay. This was because i happened to be in a rush at the time i posted this thread, and therefore quickly dropped in the gif.

Notice I said "almost identical to the springs i bought" in my original post. The springs I bought are skunk2. So please stop hating on eachother. Also, i don't care if you managed to install a turbo kit with your teeth, or how cool your mom thinks you are, so please leave it out of this thread. </FONT>
Thank you.


Modified by freakystyley_73 at 10:32 PM 2/27/2007


Modified by freakystyley_73 at 10:33 PM 2/27/2007

 

I got adjustible coilovers on mine slammed all the way down. I have never had a problem except my tires rubin the fenders.

 

I have a set just like the ones in the pic. I haven't installed them yet because I'm happy with the lowering springs that are on it now and also any lower and I wouldn't be able to get out of my road.

I have a question about them.... What are the rubber rings for.

 

That's what happens when you buy cheap kits like that.

Look at those.......I would never put those on my car. I'd rather ride like a 4X4.

 

all i can say is, im taking mine off my car, and goin back to oem, thats how bad they suck....

 

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I have a question about them.... What are the rubber rings for. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I think those are JDM cockrings, yO!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 90crxdriver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I have a question about them.... What are the rubber rings for.
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You shouldnt be asking that when you are 95% done , they go in between the collars and the shock to keep it located so it doesnt move around

 

eek... thats going to be bouncy.

 

wack !

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crx Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You shouldnt be asking that when you are 95% done , they go in between the collars and the shock to keep it located so it doesnt move around</TD></TR></TABLE>

He's not the one putting those on, he was just asking the question about it..

eGay slip-on's FTL...

 

you use th rubber rings around the shock or strut to keep that metal coilover piece in place and from making noise

 

nothing wrong with a coilover kit like that. they all work the same way. they have shorter springs that let you lower them on the level of the tube hence lowering your car. you make it seem like this is some sort of new alien technology. how do you think skunk2 coilovers work? anyways, from readin your story it sounds like you shouldnt be workin on cars. I dont understand what you mean by the " arm " that holds the strut. do you mean the fork? or are you saying you completely took off the lower control arm to do your coilovers. if so, sounds like you like doing things the extremely hard way. take it to a shop next time

 

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These are almost identical to the springs i bought.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd be leary of any springs that advertise with a picture of an RC car suspension (right upper hand corner).

 

Sounds like he snapped the 14mm bolt that holds the strut onto the rear LCA. You will never get it out!!! My brother snapped one on my CRX so I was stuck with that setup for a while. When it came time to change struts I had to hit the jyard and buy a new LCA.

 

Crx jimmy, you're responding to the wrong guy.
i know what the rings are for.

 

You've obviously read my post incorrectly.
You disconnect the lower control arm in order to pull it downward and remove the rear struts. The REASON i completely removed the arm was because i snapped a bolt off in it. We removed it to take to a shop to which a 10ton press couldn't even handle.
Working on my car is just as fun as driving it. If you're too incompetent to do your own mods, then i can tell you've wasted a lot of money paying others to do them for you.

 

why do people do these things?

 

wouldnt the ride be alot better with the coil over sleeves and better shocks? my buddys is pretty stiff for the ebay coilever sleeves and tokiko blues.

 

Cocky little new guy aint ya?

 

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I didn't buy these springs, i dropped this pic in here, they are identical to the skunk2 i bought off my buddy, but yea i noticed what you're talking about hahaha, i was in a rush when typing this post

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by freakystyley_73 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you're too incompetent to do your own mods, then i can tell you've wasted a lot of money paying others to do them for you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Coming from an idiot that buys garbage like that off of ebay.

Hey tough guy.......If your too incompitent to buy quality parts then you desrve to have **** like that happen to you.

And to you ******** that rock ebay **** and say "it's just as good as......." You're a bunch of ******* idiots who are the reason tuners are looked down upon. Thanks alot ricers


EDIT: If ou did buy skunk2 and you're having these problems then either your "friend" sold you the wrong ****......or your too incompitent to do it right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by freakystyley_73 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You've obviously read my post incorrectly.
You disconnect the lower control arm in order to pull it downward and remove the rear struts. The REASON i completely removed the arm was because i snapped a bolt off in it. We removed it to take to a shop to which a 10ton press couldn't even handle.
Working on my car is just as fun as driving it. If you're too incompetent to do your own mods, then i can tell you've wasted a lot of money paying others to do them for you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

silly noob. I built my turbo crx from the ground up from a complete bare shell. Ive earned my ranks. doesnt sound like you are cutting it though

 

..smacks forehead..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bejita &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Coming from an idiot that buys garbage like that off of ebay.

Hey tough guy.......If your too incompitent to buy quality parts then you desrve to have **** like that happen to you.

And to you ******** that rock ebay **** and say "it's just as good as......." You're a bunch of ******* idiots who are the reason tuners are looked down upon. Thanks alot ricers


EDIT: If ou did buy skunk2 and you're having these problems then either your "friend" sold you the wrong ****......or your too incompitent to do it right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i never knew the meaning of being a "tuner" was to buy the most expencive parts... i guess just about everyone on this site is a " ricer" i mean.. only if they dont have the most expencive parts made. retard.


EdIT : you used the word incompitent two times in one post. thats really not cool.

 

Expensive!!! 90% of the parts we buy are not expensive! 600 bucks for an exhaust is not expensive......600 for coilovers w/ shocks is not expensive......160 for a quality short shifter is not expensive. 3k into your engine and tranny is not that expensive people!

The lesson here today kids is that QUALITY parts arent as expensive as you think they are. Do it right the first time you silly little ***** and you'll save money in the long run.