I need help with installing shocks/struts and springs for a 89 CRX SI. Im sure im in the wrong fourm for this but i need help. If interested please IM me.

Sacramento CA

 

got a helms manual? even a haynes manual is helpful for this. it is quite easy.

 

Ill see if i can find any write ups on this topic.

 

look in the suspension thread. i believe one of the mod's patrick if i remember correctly did a write up of koni's and ground controls. same principal would apply to stock shocks. but, for the front.. take out the fork bolt, and then the bolt in the top of the fork that holds the shock in. then take out the two nuts up top that hold the assembly in. then the shock and spring should fall down. put your spring compressor on the spring, and remove the shock. reverse the process to reinstall. for the rear.. take out the bottom bolt of the strut, and the bolt closest to the brake rotor. loosen the inside bolt on the control arm also. the control arm should fall down a bit. then, take the two nuts out of the top, and the assembly should fall down. same thing with the spring compressor, and reverse this also for the installation of new equipment. i don't have any pics, but there it is in a nutshell.

 

it is really easy but DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT remove the middle bolt top of the strut remove the two outer bolts but not the one on the middle.


The only time you remove the middle bolt is when the you have the strut in the compressor. there is a nut and a hex you put a hex in the middle and loosen the nut while compressed.

ps what is it that you are doing installing coilovers,stock springs, lowering springs, or installing new struts

 

lol, yeah, you remove the middle nut, your asking for trouble. lotta pressure on that strut and all the washers.

 

https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/koni-ground-control-install-1212527/

 

Im installing Tokico Illumina they also come with lowering springs.

 

thats easier yet. just take out the old ones, and put the new ones in.

 

so the springs are already on if so then just do it yourself if posible

here are the basics with pictures
https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-type-r-8/koni-shock-install-56k-burn-891136/

 

see that's the problem i don't know how to install them. the write ups I've seen are all on acuras not CRX. My fear is gettin into it and eff-en something up cause im looking at a thread on integra.

 

Installing shocks/struts in an Acura is pretty much the same thing as a Honda. It is just a couple bolts.

 

yeah, made by the same company. bolts are in the same location. when you're done. you'll look back and think it was cake,

 

its pretty strait forward. u could do it, if ur just takin off the old and throwin on a new setup...

 

pm me. i live in sacramento and dont mind helping out. i work in south sac but live by arden mall. ill pm you my cell #. lmk

 

few letters and a few clicks later we have:
http://ef-honda.com/ben/EFlowering.php

THUS WE HAVE THE GENERAL IDEA HOW TO INSTALL CHIT ON OUR CARS


YAY.

 

Well eff me that link Sh!ft left is awesome it makes it look wayyy easier then that integra one. thanks a million!

 

Good luck, just don't break the bolt off in the rear LCA make sure to douse them very well PB Blaster or WD-40 etc before attempting to remove them.

 

oh yeah, forgot about that bolt. they can be a bitch some times. lol.

 

Shouldn't be a problem assuming its always been a cali car.

I've only seen them break on rusted out cars.

 

texas cars have the same issue but no rust down here, just dust n a buncha fat people

 

The car has been in cali all its life as far as i know but it does have rust in some places so ill be careful.