just did a quick search on here came up with a whole lot of nothing.

my question is..

are there any companies that produce taller shock forks for 92 + civic's ? (1 inch taller preferebly)

my dilema is that i have a lowered spindle on the car, so the axle touches the shock fork. ...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DaveF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just did a quick search on here came up with a whole lot of nothing.

my question is..

are there any companies that produce taller shock forks for 92 + civic's ? (1 inch taller preferebly)

my dilema is that i have a lowered spindle on the car, so the axle touches the shock fork. ... </TD></TR></TABLE>

well I've been around the sport compact scenes, Hondas, etc. for nearly 12 years and I've never seen taller front forks. I've seen the ST shortened front forks but those didn't last very long and are pretty hard to find these days.

Where did you get lowering spindles from?

 

interesting request... never heard of this, probably because ive never heard of lowering spindles before and never thought of the implication on axle position.


try looking at other vehicles, like preludes, accords, or legends for taller forks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">interesting request... never heard of this, probably because ive never heard of lowering spindles before and never thought of the implication on axle position.


try looking at other vehicles, like preludes, accords, or legends for taller forks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

A lowering spindle would move the hub position up higher in relation to the upper and lower ball joints, which would cause the same issues if you use the fork trick on Konis to lower your car, where if you slide the forks up too high the axle will hit the bottom of the shock body.

 

the lowering spindles are from http://www.nitrodriveline.com





Modified by DaveF at 8:56 PM 12/12/2007

 

interesting...

have you asked them yet?

 

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Wow, that looks pretty amazing.

 

the guy who fabricates those (Fabman on here) is making me some taller forks..


i want to know if there are any other companies/people or maybe even an oem fork that are taller than the oem on ... say a 94 integra.

 

Most likely you would just have to do custom lengthened forks, where you cut each leg of the fork and weld material in between each piece.

 

Here they are

 

I would think that longer forks would defeat the purpose of the drop spindles - raising the ride height of the car back up.

 

seems like a necessary tradeoff. just use shorter sleeve over springs and extended top hat. then it wont matter.

with the top fo the fender being the real limiting factor, youre just moving things around, giving and taking.

 

we had to use the taller fork because the axle was touching the bottom side of the oem fork.

i used to run a 10inch tall coil spring, and now went to an 8inch tall coil spring.

also i went to an oem top hat(from an aftermarket billet top hat) which allows the shock to have a bit more travel, and not bottom out.

 

how much does that lower the car? Are you running the 930 c.v.'s?

 

the drop spindles are 2inch's lower from oem hight. we use a 930 style cv.

here is a comparison shot