I want to lower the car, but is it ok to use the stock shocks? currently running 108k miles, thank you.

 

yeah its fine to lower it with stock shock but then expect a shorter life for your shock and another is poor ride comfort.

 

is it ok to put 87 in my stock 96 honda civic ex?

 

how many ppl here have done this?? please help me out.

 

you'll be fine, i'd suggest you look into tein and H&R springs. The lower you drop your car the worst the ride quality will be on stock shocks.

 

I've already bought the eibach sportline. how long will it last on my stock shocks? all i have to do is get an alignment and set to toe angles to oem specs or zeros right?

 

You could lower them. Its just the shocks will not last as long.

 

expect 1 of your shocks to blow, mines did, and it still is. get new shocks.

stock shocks < aftermarket shocks

 

why waste your time... your going to have to take it all apart soon to replace the shocks... ITS DUMB

 

some people have lowered cars with stock shocks that have lasted years and some that have lasted a few weeks. depends on how you drive and the condition of the shocks right now. eibach sportlines isnt that big of a drop but i dont know what the condition of your shocks are either. dont drive it hard and it should last at least until you save up for some new shocks.

 

had a 92hatch dumped on some crapy max-speeds (3.5inch drop) rode like **** but drove it for 2.5 years then the car was totalled currently usen TeinSS on my ek loven it i recomend selling your speedlines and getting some function & forms u wont regret dont go the cheap way u will eat it in the long run but if your just looking to drop your car and u dont care about ride quality and dont realy care about performance use the ones u got

 

pardon my spelling spend to much time on aim

 

yeah right now i have eibach springs on stock shocks. well they are 99 si shocks. no difference though i believe but yeah the drop aint all the great and ride is whatever. just wanted to drop my car and these were laying around. Just don't be satisfied with aftermarket springs on stock shocks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekBlackHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">had a 92hatch dumped on some crapy max-speeds (3.5inch drop) rode like **** but drove it for 2.5 years then the car was totalled currently usen TeinSS on my ek loven it i recomend selling your speedlines and getting some function & forms u wont regret dont go the cheap way u will eat it in the long run but if your just looking to drop your car and u dont care about ride quality and dont realy care about performance use the ones u got</TD></TR></TABLE>

you make it sound as if eibach springs suck because time after time they have been proven to give great performance. and TEIN SS coil overs are expensive as hell. id get a ground control coil over and koni yellow setup instead of the SS coil overs with that amount of money.