I'm planning on buying the skunk2 coilover kit.
when i recieve it all i have to do is put it on my stock shocks? how does it work?
thanks

 

It is highly advised that you do not install them on stock shocks. They will blow/wear out very quickly when used with stiff adjustable coilover springs. You need a good set of aftermarket shocks that can handle the coilover springs. Tokico Illuminas (white) or Koni Sports (yellow) are your best choices.

 

you will blow you stock set of struts. But if you can find another set at a junk yard. if you ever need to go to stock or decide you dont like you ride
but go to you autoparts store rent yourself a spring compressor take your whole strut assembly off the car use the spring compressor. compress the stock spring and unbolt the top of the strut take the spring out becairfull because the spring has so much power it can cause damage if your cair less and now assemble the new set right were the other spring and put back together dont forget about ur camber

i have a 91 civic 4 door i cut my new coilover set in half to get a 6" drop i rub with my 17s but its not my daily driver so i could cair less how it rides as long as it looks good comming twords you

 

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wow... just wow... cutting your coilover set in half, wow good job.

And how should he not forget about camber? Camber is not adjustable on Hondas, and aftermarket adjustable camber kits are not necessary if a proper alignment is done.


Modified by PatrickGSR94 at 1:37 PM 11/26/2007

 

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hammer:

And how should he not forget about camber? Camber is not adjustable on Hondas, and aftermarket adjustable camber kits are not necessary if a proper alignment is done.


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id recomend a camber kit instead of buying 2 front tires every week just my past luck... but it depends on your drop i have a buddy with a 91 teg gsr slamed to the ground and he was spendind 375 a month on tires untill he bought a camberkit.. but if you like stock steelies and dont cair about rim and tires just drop it and forget it....but if your dropin more than 2 inches you can count on the inside of your tire wearing down and the outside tread look like new......

 

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id recomend a camber kit instead of buying 2 front tires every week just my past luck... but it depends on your drop i have a buddy with a 91 teg gsr slamed to the ground and he was spendind 375 a month on tires untill he bought a camberkit.. but if you like stock steelies and dont cair about rim and tires just drop it and forget it....but if your dropin more than 2 inches you can count on the inside of your tire wearing down and the outside tread look like new...... </TD></TR></TABLE>

dude, you don't know what you're talking about. Your buddy doesn't wear out tires anymore because the toe on his car was set along with the camber adjusted when he got an alignment.

In the past 6 years I've gone through 5 sets of tires, sometimes with as much as -2.8 camber in front. I've never had any sort of camber kit. As long as you get an alignment and set the toe to factory specs, a camber kit is really not necessary.