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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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hows the ride? worth the buy? not looking for anything too special just lower it and have a decent ride. thanks!
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:09 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by telekineticz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hows the ride? worth the buy? not looking for anything too special just lower it and have a decent ride. thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>

With stock shocks? Terrible ride depending on how low you go. If you have a decent set of aftermarket shocks like Tokico Illuminas or KYB AGX's...it should be a reasonably good ride. Just don't "SLAM" it.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:29 AM
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ya i dont know if i can afford aftermarket shocks right now tho. i dont plan to slam it tho. im moving back to orange county soon for my school nd the cops in irvine are biotches.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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bought them a month or so ago - the springs are too small for the upper mount

wtf omni
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:03 AM
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i'm throwing them an the ef. you got a da?
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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dc2 integra.

stock the springs go from about 2.5" at the shock and at the top to 3-3.5" ( cant remember ) so the coilovers are 2.5" all the way up and they dont sit correctly in the stock upper shock/spring mount.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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Sleeve coilovers are supposed to include an upper insulator that adapts the smaller coilover spring diameter to the diameter of the stock upper mount.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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yeah my omni kit didnt.

plus when they shipped my package they put a name and zip code. didn't even put my actually street address on it.

so not a good experience overall. I'm not hesitant on getting their upper control arms beacuse i need some and the price is right.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Why do you need their upper control arms? If your tires are wearing, you probably just need to get the toe adjusted via 4-wheel alignment. Camber kit is almost always not necessary.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:33 AM
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I'm prolly getting skunk2 rather than omini. I have more camber than I want and I'm going to be changing tire size, roll center, and these are only going to increase the negative angle. So i want the adjustment to put it exactly where i want it.

Toe is out of wack but i need to get the rest of the car together before i go back and align it. My tire wear is also from track use :-/

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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ground control, skunk2, or omni? im just a DD fyi
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 04:55 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VTECIntegra9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm prolly getting skunk2 rather than omini. I have more camber than I want and I'm going to be changing tire size, roll center, and these are only going to increase the negative angle. So i want the adjustment to put it exactly where i want it.

Toe is out of wack but i need to get the rest of the car together before i go back and align it. My tire wear is also from track use :-/

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gotcha... probably one of the few good reasons to get get a camber kit
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 06:39 AM
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I think ground control would be better because they come with the right equipment.

plus there is a writeup on this forum about it.

also - i it seems to be a common favorite on here
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 07:23 AM
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ok thanks for the opinion. lookin for something for DD, not going to be completely dumped. anyone knwo where i can pick up 90 dx hatch ones for cheaper haha.

not gonna track or something, real talk. up!
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I see you're in SoCal area so I would look for a local distributer. That way if you have an issue, you can go back to them and they should be able to help with any questions.
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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im not down the yet. im movin back sept 20th for uci
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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so i was looking at the gc/koni yellows but thats like 800. and im a college student haha. so what does anyone know about skunk2 pro series? anyone have any other ideas for them?
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 06:11 AM
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i was told the slip overs were no longer available and going ot be discontinued. could be wrong but i would go w/ skunk2 or another item
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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so being a student in college sucks.. they take your fcking money.

i'll wait and get a job when i go to school in four weeks and buy gc's. it'll be worth it eventually imo
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