Hey everybody, I am posting this for a friend who doesn't have internet right now.

He has an '05 RSX Type S. He is looking to upgrade his suspension to a coilover system that will be used mostly for daily driving, but still aggressive enough for the occasional track day. It will be driven in the winter as well. He would like to lower the car about 2 inches, but does not want to sacrifice performance for stance. Based on the research we did, it sounds like 2 inches is as low as you should go on a DC5.

Most threads seem to say Buddy Club and Tein are the most commonly purchased sets. We are wondering if there other options that are possibly better? Or maybe a better bang for the buck? Would he benefit from getting a camber kit as well, or is it not necessary?

Also, this is more of a general question, but for driving in the winter, could you possibly spray some clear coat paint on the suspension to protect it from errosion?

 

Well depending on the kit he will/will not need a camber kit. If he is serious about it do the Buddy Club cause you can get them with adjustable camber plates. My next suspension with be the BC race spec set-up.

If he does a serious drop you should also look into inverted tie-rod ends so when its really low they function correctly. But it all honesty the two you listed are very good choices. I've seen used sets for only $500-600 which I wouldn't personally buy but to save cash you could.

 

Thanks for the response.

How do the inverted tie rod ends work? I assume the position them differently on the strut for lowering the car?

He doesn't wanna dump the car, 2in. drop would be enough he says. Is the Buddy Club system pretty harsh for the street?

 

if he does not have a kit tell him not to drop it 2in. cause it will cause all kind of mayham trying to maneuver driveways and also highways with uneven lanes

 

My friend has the suspension I want and it rides great daily.

these are the T1R tie rod ends

 

Hey those are pretty cool!

Sounds like Buddy Club systems are some of the best. I'll let him know about Tein being a good option as well.

Any other suggestions for having a good streetable yet aggressive setup are still appreciated.

 

buddy club is generally expensive tho

 

Ok, tell your friend a couple thing rules about suspension tuning....

1) The suspension on any car has only one use....that is to keep the tires on the ground and in their "happy place".
2) This being a given, your friend needs to pick a set of wheels and tires. After he has the tires, he can pick the spring rates. Stickie tires = stiffer spring rates, allseason 60,000mile tires = lower spring rates.
Spring rates pick the dampers because the dampers control the springs. Do you see where this is going?
3) Here is another rule your friend should learn.....NO OFF THE SHELF COILOVER KIT IS GOING TO BE "FAST" ON THE TRACK. Why is this? Because for a fwd car to be fast at the track, it has to be tail happy. If someone sells a "kit" that were really "fast", all the racer-want-to-be's would be skiding off the road a$$end first and dieing in firie horrible deaths! So if he wants a fast setup, he will have biuld it from scrach.
4) Your friend also needs to learn that suspesion angles are far more important then center of graity. Dropping his car anymore than 0.5 inchs will completly kill the suspension angles...sorry
And 5) If your friend is going to be running crappy allseason hard as rock tires...just tell him to leave the suspension stock, if he is going to buy some cheap summer tires, get the a-spec kit from curry acura....save his money.....

and if you smear wheel bearing grease over everything and your suspension will be fine in the winter....thats what I have been doing and it works great, I do it when I mount my snow tires.....