I have a 93 civic coupe. I moved out of the city and my ride to work is now noticeably (and annoyingly) bouncier. In addition, my job requires 60-70% travel, most of which is 2-4 hrs drive for me. I am on the original factory suspension that is on its way out, so I'm looking for suggestions on shocks and springs that would be an upgrade to the OEM suspension.

<U>Other possibly pertinent info:</U>
*Ride quality/comfort and price are the biggest deciding factors.
*I don't need adjustable shocks, I want them installed and then I want to forget about them.
*Lower ride height would be a plus, but I don't want it so low that a camber kit would be required.
*Purchase and install would be done in spring, not now.
*Tires are new.
*The front control arms and wheel bearings already replaced.
*New rear control arms would be installed with the new shocks/springs.

 

look into Bilstien. same OEM ride cumfort, w/improved handling(from what they say), that way you won't need to lower it. i've heard good things about Bilstein.

 

Get someone's old ITR setup.

 

Do you need ITR rear LCA's or will any Integra LCA work to swap over the ITR suspension?

 

GC (ots rates)/illuminas
GC (ots rates)/koni yellows (#1 in my book)
OEM ITR springs/ illuminas/koni yellows
Tein S-techs/illuminas/koni yellows.

all of the above should give you great ride quality

I've ran GC (OTS rates) with kyb agx's set a full soft all around, rode very close to stock. I was dropped roughly 2.0-2.5inchs all around.

 

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if you want to run ITR shocks you'll need ITR LCA's...the easier way out would be ITR springs with eg/dc2 shocks.

 

I've read good stuff about all of your suggestions but I don't want that much of a drop. Not looking to eat through tires and it would be too difficult to drive low around here. A few hills near me and my parking lot is on an incline.

Edit: NVM, you just answered the question about the OEM LCA.
Edit: NVM, found the answer to that too.

Modified by xunsungheroesx at 4:28 PM 12/11/2007


Modified by xunsungheroesx at 5:55 PM 12/11/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xunsungheroesx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've read good stuff about all of your suggestions but I don't want that much of a drop. Not looking to eat through tires and it would be too difficult to drive low around here. A few hills near me and my parking lot is on an incline.

Edit: NVM, you just answered the question about the OEM LCA.

Would there be a compatibility problem with using aftermarket LCAs? Hopefully the answer is no. I can't find aftermarket LCA's that distinguish between any trim Integra and the ITR, or between 92-95 civic and 90-01 integra for that matter.


Modified by xunsungheroesx at 4:28 PM 12/11/2007</TD></TR></TABLE>

All of the springs i've mentioned will give you a nice firm ride. Ride height on most springs are anywhere from 1inch-2inchs, which honestly is still pretty high IMO. Coilovers can get raised and lowered to any height you want bro, i've raised my GC almost to its heighest point and the car sat basically in stock form. I say might as well look into coilovers since you can adjust the height to your preference.

Look in to H&R OE springs if your really looking to run springs.