the car : 91 civic dx hatch

the goods : agx's w/skunk2 sleeve style coilovers.

the question : whats a reasonable lowering point for these shocks without sacrificing ride quality? the shocks that are currently on the car are blown out and i can get a sick deal for a full set of agx's for 275 picked up. i normally wouldent use sleeve style coils but they came with my hatch when i got it and i just cant see them go to waste so i want to re-use them for my next setup. any feedback on this would be greatly apreciated, thanks h-t

 

i usually go all the way down but i dont care about ride quality. just adjust them till they ride how you want it i think thats the point of coil overs.

 

well honestly i dont want to slam my car. the boston roads are wayy to messed up to drive it that low. my coils are all the way down right now and it rides like crap. i was thinking more along the lines of mabe a 1.5 - 1.75 inch drop but i suppose ill set them at halfway and start from there.

edit : im looking for atleast a 1.5 to 2 finger gap between the top of the tire to the fender prolly something like this



Modified by Rhythmsnewsn at 4:42 PM 1/17/2008

 

If in doubt, lay it out!!

Just go the lowest they go and set all the shocks to 4. You'll be fine

 

get a better shock

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gourley &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If in doubt, lay it out!!

Just go the lowest they go and set all the shocks to 4. You'll be fine </TD></TR></TABLE> Did you learn this from the A/C section ?

 

Your car is going to ride like a piece of poop and that shock is going to blow out in no time. Going all the way down is one of the greatest ways to loose control of your car. Suspension is there for a reason so do not take all the suspension travel out of the car by going all the way down.

If you were to take a look at race cars you will notice they are not slammed on the ground for a reason.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rhythmsnewsn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> How low should i go? </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Before it turns into an AGX bash fest, I wanna say I love my AGX's. I have H&R sport springs and all of my AGX's on the lowest dampening. It handles awesome. The S/T rear sway helped alot too. I wouldn't run them on coil sleeves though.

 

heh, bashed already.. should have seen this coming

 

I wish i went with the HR sport springs over my race springs that i use on the street.....it beats the **** out of my car as the drop is low
(reducing travel/plushness), plus stiffer spring rates.

Bushings and all the components just get rockkkked hard when you hit even small pot holes....bunches of bad words come out when this happens..

I think when you can feel the paint on the road through the suspension....its to hard
and low of suspension
I would go for about a 1.5" in the front and 1.0 in the back....something of that sort

i heard the skunk coil-overs are a progressive, kinda like springs, two springs on a coil or something like that?

anyways some info and questions on my part for you

Keep on rippin
Devin

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rhythmsnewsn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well honestly i dont want to slam my car. the boston roads are wayy to messed up to drive it that low. my coils are all the way down right now and it rides like crap. i was thinking more along the lines of mabe a 1.5 - 1.75 inch drop but i suppose ill set them at halfway and start from there.

edit : im looking for atleast a 1.5 to 2 finger gap between the top of the tire to the fender prolly something like this



Modified by Rhythmsnewsn at 4:42 PM 1/17/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's low enough, How low do you want it?

 

out of all them ef's you picked my old pic lol...but suspension i just have tokiko white/tien springs on it... heres an update pic , rear is higher cause i changed out rear drum to disc so ill just have to get different tires sometimes later.

 

down to the floor if your an effer

 

1 finger space looks nice and shou;d ride nice

 

Step 1: Take your suspension out completely.
Step 2: Take lots of 'slammed' photos (from wierd angles).
Step 3: Save these pics on your computer.
Step 4: Put your suspension back in, and keep adjusting up-or-down until you think your cars handling best.
Step 5: Randomly post the 'slammed' pics every now & then. (They'll be good for 5 years or so)

Everybody WINS!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ermil &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Before it turns into an AGX bash fest, I wanna say I love my AGX's. I have H&R sport springs and all of my AGX's on the lowest dampening. It handles awesome. The S/T rear sway helped alot too. I wouldn't run them on coil sleeves though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Pics would be very nice.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlobberGoat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Step 1: Take your suspension out completely.
Step 2: Take lots of 'slammed' photos (from wierd angles).
Step 3: Save these pics on your computer.
Step 4: Put your suspension back in, and keep adjusting up-or-down until you think your cars handling best.
Step 5: Randomly post the 'slammed' pics every now & then. (They'll be good for 5 years or so)

Everybody WINS!
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Best suggestion so far...lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SIred91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Best suggestion so far...lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

I second that!!!