I just did an ls swap and now wanna lower my 95 civic, can I do this myself and wat else do i need, i already have springs... any help would be appreciated....

 

what brand are the springs, u can do it yurself, the rear lower control arm bushings might be seized if theyre OEM, since i think it snows in SC

 

Their rs-r. It doesnt really snow in s.c., iv never seen more than like 3in. I herd you have to rent a spring compressor... wat else does it take?

 

spring compressor will be what u need(rent form autozone) and your basic hands tools. A tip when taking the rear shocks it'll be easier if u just take the rear lower control first.

 

PB blaster for those nuts and bolts

 

thnx. i also have a rear disk converstion kit, should i do that while im lowering it? any advice will help....

 

Minus well do the disk converstion. Because your dropping the lcas, shocks are going to be off. Next is take of all the bolts that hold the training arm etc. put the disk break on. hook up the lines, put suspension parts back on. All done in one shot, endless you did something wrong.


P.s. If your going to use your stock top hats that are on the stock suspension. You dont need to compress the springs with the spring compressor. What i do is get 2 wheels with tires and air. Put the strut in between the 2 rims and loosen the bolt. It will just shoot a little but. "it may sound scary", but isnt scary at all and gets the job done faster. Just to save you sometime and give you a tip that helped me a lot..

 

To get the stock springs lose I just get an allen wrench and a 14mm wrench and losen the bolt in the middle that holds the strut in the top hats while the struts are still bolted on at the bottom of the contol arm. That way the spring still pops but doesnt go anywhere cause its still in the wheel well. To get em out just take off the bolts on the lower control arms and stand on the brake rotor and have a buddy pull the old strut/spring out.

 

that helps alot, thnx!

 

thats what i did, hasslefree!