ok i am looking for a set of coilovers for my crx.
the car is going to be driven on the road on weekends and i will be drag racing and auto cross it.
the car will have a turboed (been thinking a N/A setup) B18 and full interior.


Modified by dkrex001 at 4:56 PM 9/1/2008


Modified by dkrex001 at 4:56 PM 9/1/2008

 

runnin tokico blues with ground controls. rides nice.

 

Not trying to jack your thread, but where would you buy the GC/koni setup?

 

what spring rates are you using with GC/Koni setup

 

Well what's your budget?

How are your roads?

What kind of sway setup will you be using?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ***$nyper &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well what's your budget?

How are your roads?

What kind of sway setup will you be using?</TD></TR></TABLE>

budget i will spend the money for what ever is a good setup
roads they are good roads
sway bar front stock si crx or dx crx and for the rear i was thinking st
what is a good sway setup

 

Ground Control/Koni yellow best all around set up

if you chose full coil ever...chose high end product!

 

I'm kind of curious about this topic as well. For the GC/ Koni combo are we taking a koni yellow and then putting on the gc sleeve on it? Cant you get a custom set up thats all in one from GC?

 

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budget i will spend the money for what ever is a good setup
roads they are good roads
sway bar front stock si crx or dx crx and for the rear i was thinking st
what is a good sway setup</TD></TR></TABLE>
What are you doing with the car?
I know some great shocks but will be over 3k a set so please don't say money is no object I understand you'll pay for something good but well money is an object for most anyone to a point.

If you are willing to spend up to a grand you can get a great setup, personally what i'd consider one of the best possible, and you can adapt for most any setting... before you buy though.

So what's the car being used for?

 

kw, koni/ground control, and PIC are supposed to be good brands to choose from.

 

i will drive it on the steet on the weekends and i want to autocross and take it to the strip and drag race it about one or to times a month in the summer

 

i vote pic's i like them better then my GC on tokico illuminas

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dkrex001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i will drive it on the steet on the weekends and i want to autocross and take it to the strip and drag race it about one or to times a month in the summer</TD></TR></TABLE> Are you worried about what auto X class you'll be in?

 

like with any suspension set-up, you need to decide if you want adjustable dampening. if you do, I think Koni yellow's are your best choice. if you only want adjustable ride-height, you need to decide if you want everything in one piece (full-on coilovers) or separate struts and coilover sleeves. you can spend the same amount of $$ on a separate set-up like skunk 2's and Koni yellows (and you have both adjustable dampening and ride height) as you would on a non-adjustable full-on coilover like skunk 2 pro S or tein basics.

 

you can get it on ground control's web site

 

ground control sells them where they are kind of put together. they did some modification to make it like a full on coilover. but I'm not a fan, because you are really buying koni yellows, eibach springs, and ground control sleeves. i think skunk 2 is a much better choice for a honda. eibach is more of a european tuner.

 

IMO Skunk are good, but to stiff on the street for my liking. For the money i'd go with a set Tein's or even the one offered by Megan racing which came in a crx i bought last week. The ride is very good, and the car handles very well, better than i expected.

 

i have the complete tokiko illumina kit in my car and couldn't be happier.

 

Just got koni yellows and eibach custom springs, it seems to ride pretty nice.

 

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Pics? I have the illuminas on S2 sleeves and its bouncy as hell on bad road.....but badass on smooth pavement

 

Skunk2 PRO-C's are amazing...grab some from panducky..talk to kevin..tell him jimmy sent ya..hell hook you up..best suspension ive ever had..way better than tein or ground control koni setup.

SKUNK22222

Check out my setup here

skunk2 pro c's
skunk2 upper arms
skunk2 lca's
skunk2 tie bar
ingalls rear camber
skunk2 upper strut bar
skunk2 lower strut bar
go here -http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmymaher/sets/72157606235078322/

 

As much as people on here talk up the Koni/GC setup... i have sleeveovers with a firery pasion... id recomend the PIC Selects, by far THE BEST coilover that is made for the ef chassis...

 

are the pic selects the same design as the skunk2 pro-c where the the shock body can thread into the lower mounting perch or bracket.

 

yep... here is the site...

http://picperformance.com/stor...t=192

"89-91 Civic: Uses modified, raised topmounts combined with shortened lower mounts in the fronts to achieve a large range of height adjustment, while retaining shock travel."

 

thanks. very helpful info and a great looking set of coilovers.