Best way to lower my ef sedan with factory springs

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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Default Best way to lower my ef sedan with factory springs

wondering if anybody has done the research and knows of a factory honda spring will fit on my stock struts that will lower my ef sedan. its important that they are factory parts and unmodified.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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Why? Nothing is going to give you a drop that's worth doing.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...spagenameZWDVW

There you go fifty dollars cant get any cheaper than that unless you craiglist it
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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DO NOT buy some crappy ebay coilovers. There are plenty of decent springs that will give you the drop you want for not all that much money.
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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dacrxguy
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...spagenameZWDVW

There you go fifty dollars cant get any cheaper than that unless you craiglist it
That really answers his question
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 03:24 AM
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Leave it stock until you can afford coilovers that will not hinder the car.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 05:16 AM
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Get a lot of linebacker friends, transport cement in 50lb quantities....any other ideas The problem with 'spring dynamics' is that in general, we are the lightest vehicle Honda has had in a long time. Any other spring will probably raise your car since it doesn't have as much force compressing it.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 05:22 AM
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Giving the OP some benefit of the doubt and possibly he is trying to use all OEM parts to fit some sort of racing class? and won't be able to use aftermarket anything.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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There are a couple of springs that lower the car slightly. Spray paint them black and you're set.

Tanabe GF210 1.6"
Tein S-tech 1.5"
H&R OE sport .75"

If you really need to keep the factory springs, get some good shocks like Koni. The Koni shocks have adjustable spring perches which can lower the car about 1/2".

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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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if it is important that they are factory parts and remain unmodified, i think your screwed.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by jhammond_82
if it is important that they are factory parts and remain unmodified, i think your screwed.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 07:58 AM
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If you absolutely NEED to use OEM springs, I guess you could cut the springs. But that's not gonna ride good
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sde780
If you absolutely NEED to use OEM springs, I guess you could cut the springs. But that's not gonna ride good
That's classed as modifying them.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ~sp33~
That's classed as modifying them.
Oops, didn't remember that part.
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by justinw
DO NOT buy some crappy ebay coilovers. There are plenty of decent springs that will give you the drop you want for not all that much money.
i say differently. ive had my setup on my car for over 3 years now and not once have i had a problem with them. AT ALL. well, mabey because i like to ride dumped all the time but thats a different story
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 02:00 AM
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you can mess with the oem shock itself. you cut the part of the shock that the bottom of the spring rests on, lower it, weld it. but be careful. or maybe this was for 1st gen crx hmm
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 05:03 AM
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cutting, welding, ebay springs=BOO!
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 09:13 AM
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yeah cutting and welding (i believe) is mainly used on earlier Crx/Civics since they had torsion set up. But you should be able to use it with these I would think and still look stock.
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