hey guys, i installed coilovers on my civic the other day, i dropped it around 3 inches, which is a reasonable drop, and for now when i go over some things in the rode, it bounces in the back, do u think it will reduce a bit after a while when the coils get used to the car or somethin, idk

 

are you on stock shocks? three inches is alot.. it also depends on the spring rate.. i would raise it up and inch and see if it rides better

 

are the shocks adjustable, you may try to set them softer, otherwise your SOL, if your on stocks shocks thats a problem as well with a 3 inch drop

gl

 

well i couldnt tell how much i dropped it, they are adjustable, i think i did around 2.5 im not sure but u can see some pics in my garage on the left, its not THAT low

 

Eh, looks about like 2 inches. How old are your shocks?

 

what kind of shocks and what kind of coilovers, and what are your spring rates ?

we need more info

 

idk my springs and my struts are stock, BUT my mechanic said that they are perfect, i should have no problem, but idk what my spring rate is

 

wait what? springs and struts stock? just coil over sleeves? it's going to ride hard. sorry

 

There is your problem. Get some different springs. And how can your springs be stock and you lower it?

 

Get better shocks, believe us!

 

did you trim or remove the rubber bottom out snubber when you installed them?

 

Well your problem is that you drop your coilovers too low and your stock shocks can't handle lowered springs/coilovers.

What kind of coilovers is it?

Get aftermarket shocks and get a 4 wheel alignment.

 

if they are stock they are not coilovers

gl

 

You guys are making this more complicated than it is haha.


He got cheap sleeves and he slapped them on OEM shocks. OEM shocks cant handle that large of a drop. Im guessing these are the OEM shocks from factory, so they were already blown, but you cant really tell with stock springs. Bouncing=blown shocks.


Get some Koni Yellows, Tokico Illuminas, or Skunk2 shocks. People are aggressively lowered with those and they have no complaints.




Next time dont go cheap on your suspension please.

 

listen to this guy here ^

I'm willing to bet a paycheck that the description for those coilovers didn't read "once installed, your civic will have the ride characteristics of a brand new cadillac, for only $29!"

 

i bet you have no name peices of ****, throw them away.
but if they arent normally with slip on coilovers they ride like total crap intell the setlle, at least my skunk2's did, now they are great,

DONT PUT PARTS ON YOUR CAR THAT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!

 

Those generic coil over sleeves arent that bad. Ill admit, they do ride pretty stiff but they are decent. As long as you pair them with new shocks you should be fine.