i lowered my car yesterday and i was wondering do i need aftermarket springs? i have a 2 finger gap between my tire and my fender. and i have some brand of springs that are sort of stiff but not alot. i was wondering do i need stiffer springs so my wheel wont hit my fender? or it doesent matter.

 

If you don't have aftermarket springs, then how did you lower your car?

Are you bottoming out? Are your tires hitting the fenders?

What car? Tire size? Wheel size and offset?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you don't have aftermarket springs, then how did you lower your car?

Are you bottoming out? Are your tires hitting the fenders?

What car? Tire size? Wheel size and offset?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, exactly what i was thinking........whats the deal these days, i lowerd my car do i need aftermarket springs..??? crazyness.

We need more info to be able to help you out arihakan!

 

i have some kind of fake coilovers. heres a pic of it

 

and i got a 1.5 finger gap. its not hitting the fender but if i hit a bump on the freeway would the wheel touch my fender if i dont have stiffs?

 

If you want to eliminate the fender gap, then you need to lower the sleeve more. It's not even half way down lol. Try that, test the results, and if your hitting and scraping, raise it until you like it.

 

be sure to get an alignment too

 

Wait, WTF is the question here?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EK_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wait, WTF is the question here? </TD></TR></TABLE>

He has aftermarket springs and hes asking if he needs aftermarket springs?

Whats not to understand?

 

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He has aftermarket springs and hes asking if he needs aftermarket springs?

Whats not to understand? </TD></TR></TABLE>

BWHAHAHAH

 

good stuff lol

 

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He has aftermarket springs and hes asking if he needs aftermarket springs?

Whats not to understand? </TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO! Anyways back to the OP, stiffer spring would always help against bottoming out or rubbing, you might wanna start thinking about upgrading your shocks/dampers.

 

ok my question is, i wanna lower the car similar to what EK9 did but i know what im doin lol........now if i throw a coilover kit on from like skunk2 and lower the ride height to take out the fender gap just enough, do i need a camber kit or will it not lower it enough to really affect camber? i see alot of nice pics of cars and im wonderin if all of em have camber kits installed or r just lowered...... i can get the skunk2 kit for like 242......

 

You won't need a camber kit, just get an alignment.

 

sweet

 

jack up car.. lower that part under spring.. then get alignment.. either way with them cheap coilovers car will not ride that great.. get srpings with good struts or get a 1pc setup.. but at least your workin on your honda

 

this is a pic of my em1 on tein one piece coilovers and its the best ride a honda has givin me, and i've had many




Modified by hondafab19 at 2:12 PM 1/27/2008

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondafab19 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is a pic of my em1 on tein one piece coilovers and its the best ride a honda has givin me, and i've had many


Modified by hondafab19 at 2:12 PM 1/27/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you even have any suspension travel???

 

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Do you even have any suspension travel??? </TD></TR></TABLE>

What is this suspension travel you speak of?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Civicman86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Do you even have any suspension travel??? </TD></TR></TABLE>

suspension travel is for fools. the shock tower + bump stop &gt; *

 

lol to cheap coilovers. i'd rather have stock than those cheap bastards.

i had a set of those on a CB7 and the fuggin strut just snapped like a god damn potato chip. tore that sucker all to hell and went into a gaurd rail. last set of cheap anything i ever bought.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fuko &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">suspension travel is for fools. the shock tower + bump stop &gt; *</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yep. Bouncing around like a fool and smacking your head off the roof makes you look cool. The poor handling is a big plus!

All the ladies will be talking about what an idi . . . err, how cool you look!

 

If your trying to pick up chicks in a civic, you have bigger problems than a low ride height...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Han Solo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If your trying to pick up chicks in a civic, you have bigger problems than a low ride height... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Pfft. Real men can pick up chicks in an 88 Civic sedan with body panels in 3 different colors, or even an 83 Cavalier (been there, done that, in both). Posers, need nice rides to get some.

 

i think suspension has alot to do with a hondas ride, i'd rather spend a couple of bucks instead of bouncin around like a fool ......