ok i owned a 2000 civic drop on skunk2 coilover,but mine didn't come with that rubber or that metal thingy.
even that all my spring was the same hight but different spring rate 600 and 800 i think but it came off a integra.






saw it on a houston-imports.com member thread.

 

so what is your question?

 

does my coilover suppose to come with those rubber and metal thing?

 

You mean the top hat?

 

nvm lol i just found out those aren't made for civic so there top hat are different.

 

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what metal / rubber thingy

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what metal / rubber thingy

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lol

 

You don't really need those metal and rubber top hats, lots of guys i know including myself don't bother to put them on since they cause your spring and shock to bind and pop more. IMO i would leave them off and just put the sleeve/perch on first then the spring, then put the stock shocks top hats back on the shock, that way when the car settles back down on the ground it will seat/sit better without any binding or popping.

 

that what i did, but i wasn't sure did i need them.

 

na it's fine, you don't really need them. Ive had lots of cars and friends with coilovers cheap brands or other wise off ebay that come with those rubber tops or rubber spacers, but it's funny you ever notice the people that actually do put them on there car when you notice em up under there they are squished like pancakes, cause there good for nothing, seriously.

 

o yah 800's in the front and 600's in the back, cause obviously the most weight is in the front being from the motor mainly, so that way it's level. I know someone that had a good idea about putting some on one time on his civic, but when he did em he put em on backwards, so the next day i saw it, the car looked like a drag car, front real squished too the ground and the back too high, he actually left it like that cause he said it was such a pita to do, LOL.


Modified by AGP-EG at 7:31 PM 4/22/2008

 

BTW those were lowering springs he put on, lowering springs have a spring load rating on front and back seperate, but most of the coilover springs are just a set spring rate so it's best to put them on and just make the car as level as possible, sometimes people like to do a half inch lower or so in the front so the back has a nice little perch to it sitting up over the wheel. I could go on really, lol..


Modified by AGP-EG at 7:39 PM 4/22/2008