My quick question is "what is the camber like on an 06 civic with skunk2 lowering springs"
is it really bad or not really that noticable.

 

I've heard that with the skunk2 kit you will definitely need to adjust the camber.

 

I just installed Skunk2 lowering springs. They have to fully settle still but the camber isn't terrible. My buddy with an EM2 is slammed on Tein coilovers and he has much more camber than I do. He's never had camber arms, and he doesn't get any camber wear.

I'll take a picture of the rear camber Thursday when it is nice out.

 

you can get a complete camber kit for $150 shipped off corsport. with a camber kit you can make your car handle better, i'd say it's worth the money.

 

if you have neg or pos camber you are gonna get tire wear to the inner or outer tire no matter what.

the camber ajustment arms are far less than those coilovers or your tires , so unless your not opposed to changing out tires , give or take every 10'000 miles or so id invest in them , I like a -1 setting all the way around, and average about 22 to 25k on my tires, the further off the camber the faster the tires will wear, since your lowering the contact point to the ground and pushing to the inner side more.

the slammed cars with heavy neg camber are in more cases for looks than practicality, so id suggest not going to far since you can actualy make the handling worse.

 

Hey fijiblue did you put the skunk2 springs on your stock struts? I'm debating getting those springs and putting them on my stock struts or saving and dishing out the rest for the skunk 2 struts....hows the ride? how long do you think the stock struts will hold up? thanks

 

The Skunk2 springs aren't too aggressive unlike some of the many other springs out there, so a camber kit isn't a MUST BUY. However, of course buying a camber kit will prevent unwanted premature tire wear. For more info visit us at www.Skunk2.com

 

thank you very much, exactly what i wanted to hear. I want the car to look good but not cost a fortune in tires so I guess i will put the springs on an then invest in camber kit before the summer is out. I don't drive the car that much so the camber kit isn't priority at the moment. oh and 2008fijibluesi those pic's would be a great reference thank you.

 

I will finally be able to post a pic of my car once its lowered just didnt see the relevance in putting a photo of a stock civic on here. But than again lowered civic are almost the same as stock civics but its an addiction.

 

No Problem... let us know how it turns out!

 

Anyone ever tried putting springs on a mugen... My brother put skunk2 springs to get rid of some wheel gap but didnt lower it any suggestions...........

 

well, the mugen already has the mugen suspension, so unless the springs he got are shorter than what's already on there, the car won't be lowered (not to be captain obvious here). only thing he can do is either get springs with a bigger drop or get coilovers. he should've found out what the drop on the mugen suspension is before buying springs.

 

yeah well skunk2 lowers 2.25 in the front and 2 in the rear... He had a regular si and put skunk2 springs and it was alot lower then the mugen springs....

 

Yes...as of right now, I am using my Skunk2 lowering springs with stock struts. I'd like to eventually upgrade to struts designed for lowered cars but it isn't an immediate concern. I'm not sure of how long they will last. The ride is surprisingly not much worse than stock. The improved handling and much better stance make you forget about the sometimes rough ride, which is really only noticeable on bigger bumps.

 

i have skunk2 springs. camber is -1.8 in rear and -1 up front. no camber kit needed.

 

i think the car handled better on stock suspension. just bought springs to lower it

 

Maybe the FG2 responds differently than the FA5. You'd have to be retarded to think my car doesn't handle better now.

There is a sweeping uphill reverse camber right hand corner not far from my house. Before (stock), if I tried to take it at a faster speed, my front end pushed hard (and VSA would come on), as my inside front wheel lost traction from lifting off the ground. Now with the stiffer spring rate, the stiffer outside spring helps keep my inside tire stay planted, and I can take the corner confidently at over 5 mph faster than stock, with no loss of traction. *That was with a disconnected rear swar bar...yet to drive that road with my new endlinks*

 

Hey 2008fijibluesi any pics?

 

Sure...I'll go take some with my crummy camera right now. Gimme a few minutes. I'll probably have some professional ones taken this week/end so I'll them up too.

 

awesome thanks dude

 

Here you go:

 

great, thanks for the pics, now i know what im looking forward too. car looks good.

 

Interesting fog lights Fiji. Can you elaborate as to who made/ where you got them?

 

I made them!

Short story: I was a little bored of my OEM fogs so I decided it was time for a change. I got a sheet of aluminum from Home Depot and mounted a set of projector fogs into the sheet metal and mounted them in the stock fog location.


Long story: The fogs seperate into two halves by removing a couple screws, a front (with the lense/cutoff shield) and a back (the bowl reflector/bulb mounting area). I cut the sheet metal to the shape of the fog light openings, but with about a quarter inch all of the way around. Then I cut a projector fog light shaped hole in the sheet. I put the two halves together through the hole and screwed the front and back together. Pretty much, the sheet metal is sandwiched between the front and back of the foglight housing. Then I mounted the whole thing to the bumper with epoxy. I made the sheets a quarter inch bigger so that the epoxy would have a "lip" for bonding. I taped the things onto my bumper as no clamp I had would fit.

After the epoxy dried, I removed the tape and flipped the bumper over (all of this needs to be done with the bumper off). I taped off the painted areas of the bumper, everything besides the new fogs, the sheet metal, and the triangular shaped black area that surrounds the fogs. I sprayed the untaped areas with a couple counts of primer, couple of flat black and a clear. You can choose to paint it off the bumper, but I wanted the fogs and the triangular surround to match perfectly. Let everything dry and remove the tape. The foglights I used use H1 bulbs (not H11s like OEM) so I made my own connectors that clip into the factory harness, rather than hack/splice into the harness. When you figure out your wiring (I think Blazer makes projector fogs that use H11s) then you can remount the bumper, and you have what you see here. A one of a kind foglight setup!

Some 8thcivic.com people didn't like them but I sure as hell get a lot of compliments on them. I have PIAA yellow bulbs in them, and the cutoff is very very clean. I need to reaim them, as they point a little more toward the ground than I'd like, but I'll try to remember to take some pics of their cutoff tonight.

 

Car Looks Great! For recap you don't have a camber kit right?