My girl may be driving my 90 CRX HF as a daily driver to work and back.

I recently got the car, and the front right coil spring is broken. So I need new suspension in the front, I plan on springs and struts.

She's a big fan of OEM (OEM springs and KYB GR2's?), but part of the 'safety' of this car is in it's ability to avoid an accident. I was thinking like eibach prosprings and Koni yellows (worked well on my MK1 MR2). What's good for CRX's? What's cost effective, and feels good for DD, etc? No autoX and not tooth jarring, please. The rears look like stock and recently replaced.


Input welcome!


*EDIT*

I think I want to do an overhaul. of at least the front for now (if not all 4 corners)

So Springs/Shocks, and Control Arms, what else? Any place have complete kits? This is for a DD, and needs to be cushy enough yet handle well enough to avoid collisions.


Modified by phoenix_iii at 10:30 AM 9/22/2008

 

I'd say listen to her input and put those kyb shocks with stock springs.

 

eibachs

 

I'd leave the stock spring and use a Tokico. If you lower it girls have a tendency not to miss potholes and other objects in the road. Being lowered will make the risk of putting a a-arm into the shock tower. Especially if it is just a DD. Just my opinion.

 

Stock spring is BROKEN on one side... go to yard and get 2 stock springs? Are civic stock springs the same as CRX? What about hatches (not many CRX's at the yard lately).

Tokico blues? I thought they had a high failure rate?

Thanks sweeper for the hookup on climate control faces.

 

Stocks.

 

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i agree with toad but instead of just leaving the old shocks on i would just find a new set of oem springs cause being as old as they are im more then sure there ready to be changed out.and tokico blue will give u a nice ride

 

New oem from Honda, or from where?

 

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i wouldnt get them from honda cause they will rape u on the price.start with ebay then go from there.i mean if u got the money go for it but getting them from the dealer should be your last resort.

 

Well that's the thing. 'Ebay oem springs' aren't actually OEM...

 

search google there honda wholesellers out there.try southbay honda that where i get my oem parts and there drit *** cheap.i was just thinking being a girls car u want a nice smooth and quiet rida for her.

 

Junkyard to get springs 88-91 Civic springs are all the same fit.

 

tokico illuminas and eibach pro kits.

rides great, very streetable and good peformance. tunable to your liking, set it and forget it.

 

L0l. I &lt;3 CRX Toad and Tyson. Two totally different price points though, heh.

 

shocks are more important than springs.

i have the same illuminas i used with my race springs and prokits that i am currently using with OEM springs. and i like it. my handling is great for a street car.

i never bottomed out with prokits, but i want the extra height and total comfort for my current crx so thats why i use OEM. i have upgraded my swaybars to improve handling.

its up to you. but i really recommend illuminas and start from there.

 

Do Illuminas fit inside the OEM housing?

I think I'll go pull some springs from a donor.

 

OEM housing?

its a direct shock replacement.

 

A nice street setup is Neuspeed sport springs and KYB Gr2s.

 

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he must be talking about the stock dust cover for the shocks?

 

I am used to strut 'inserts'. You take out the gas tube (say the original one) and put in like a Koni Yellow, for example. You reuse the original housing (strut housing). Of course you have to decompress the spring/disassemble the the hat (strut top, etc.


Honda = all built in/have to replace the whole biggin?

 

yeah, honda is double wishbone. shock and knuckle are independent.

springs are "coiled over" the shock still. so you need a spring compressor to remove the spring from the shock (stock front spring only).

 

i got tein s techs lowerign springs.
175$ shipped.

lower the car nicley and have a very very nice smooth ride.

 

ive had really good experience with skunk 2 adjustable coilovers with stock shocks lowered to a moderate height. seemed really comfortable for what it was

 

stocks or illuminas i agree not much else needed for a daily driver . It will keep it nice to drive around.

 

Are KYB-GSR2 (I think that's what they are called) 'stock' replacements?