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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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Hey guys i have a 1992 DA integra and i like to ride low!! I have a set of k sports right now and they dont let me go low enough for my style.. I like to roll dumped.. I am looking for the right combination and from what i have read it seems like the set up people go with is ground control and koni yellows.. I am willing to spend money that not a factor but want some input!! Would also like some input on spring rates!! Stiff doesnt bug me!! I want performance for the corners!! Thanks for your time and all input will be considerd..
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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If you want performance for cornering, you don't want the car dumped.

If you really want the car dumped, its time to stop caring about how it performs.

Make a choice, and people will be able to help you achieve your goals. Claim you want the impossible, and any replies you do get will essentially be worthless. We can't help you do what can't be done.
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TunerN00b
If you want performance for cornering, you don't want the car dumped.

If you really want the car dumped, its time to stop caring about how it performs.

Make a choice, and people will be able to help you achieve your goals. Claim you want the impossible, and any replies you do get will essentially be worthless. We can't help you do what can't be done.
Ok that makes sense. Thank you for the advice.. So Lets just stay on the low subject!! What's the best suspension combo for me?? Thanks again for your advice!!
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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gc/koni
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Ok that makes sense. Thank you for the advice.. So Lets just stay on the low subject!! What's the best suspension combo for me?? Thanks again for your advice!!
Research time...
https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/slammed-suspension-setups-2077238/

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gc/koni
A reasonable suggestion. Go with 500+ front rates and something reasonable in the back. Also consider GC extended upper shock mounts for the front.

Really though, there is no "best" suspension, because at a slammed ride height, you don't exactly have much of a "suspension" left anyway.
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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Research time...
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2077238


A reasonable suggestion. Go with 500+ front rates and something reasonable in the back. Also consider GC extended upper shock mounts for the front.

Really though, there is no "best" suspension, because at a slammed ride height, you don't exactly have much of a "suspension" left anyway.
Ok awesome. Thanks for the info and advice!! I am just looking the suspension combo that allows you to be slammed very and the sprig rate people are running when there slammed. Thanks again!!
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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You could always check out AMR, I recently bought a set and it gets pretty low although I have never ran them like that. Just as if not lower than my Koni/Skunk2. I honestly think AMR has more stroke at that height than the Koni's since the shock body itself is shorter.
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by STOCK_SOHC_DX
You could always check out AMR, I recently bought a set and it gets pretty low although I have never ran them like that. Just as if not lower than my Koni/Skunk2. I honestly think AMR has more stroke at that height than the Koni's since the shock body itself is shorter.
Ok awesome. I'll check what they got for sure. Thanks man!!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Anyone else got some more input!!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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how low DO you wana be? where your uca smacks your shock towers?
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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yes i wanna be that low!! I wanna know the suspension set up that allows you to go that low and the spring rates people are running when there thaT LOW!!!!.. Thanks!!!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Progress coilovers let you slam it.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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All the people that I know with slamed rides use mostly skunk or ground control coilovers with tokicos or konis.
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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Thanks for the input guys!! Keep it coming please. The more info the better!! Thanks again!!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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why do you want parts to hit together? So you can look cool and have an awful ride that shakes and has no travel whatsoever? Or so you can be cool in the internet? Why not ride low enoguh to look good but still have functionality
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JW racing
Progress coilovers let you slam it.
have you done it? i'm very interested in their coilovers but would like some unbiased feedback.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by sayyoooon
have you done it? i'm very interested in their coilovers but would like some unbiased feedback.
They are very good shocks,and simple.No fake 36 way adjustment crap.If you dont like the off the shelf rates,then tell them the springs you want and they valve them for you.

Well,I am slightly biased....they have my car on their team page

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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 4drs4morwhores
why do you want parts to hit together? So you can look cool and have an awful ride that shakes and has no travel whatsoever? Or so you can be cool in the internet? Why not ride low enoguh to look good but still have functionality
i just wanna be slammed!!! Thanks
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by aDrEnAlInE_FrEaK
i just wanna be slammed!!! Thanks
So then stop saying you want performance and do what everyone in this thread tells you to do, GC+koni with custom rates. I dont understand the need to keep asking for opinion, when all you have to do is read.

you can adjust them so you can go slammed, and raise them back up after you put a hole in your oil pan, and realized you made a huge mistake.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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you should just get ebay coilovers. throw them over whatever shocks you have.

really, its not going to matter if you just want to ride "slammed".

just get an alignment after youre done.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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So then stop saying you want performance and do what everyone in this thread tells you to do, GC+koni with custom rates. I dont understand the need to keep asking for opinion, when all you have to do is read.

you can adjust them so you can go slammed, and raise them back up after you put a hole in your oil pan, and realized you made a huge mistake.
Thanks man!!
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Old Dec 24, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Get Progress CS2 coilovers for an EF, then use GC extended top hats. I would seriously recommend getting higher spring rates then Progress's 350#F 250#R rates tho.
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Old Dec 25, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 92civiceg9gsr
Get Progress CS2 coilovers for an EF, then use GC extended top hats. I would seriously recommend getting higher spring rates then Progress's 350#F 250#R rates tho.
yea ive actually ben lookin into those and like what i am seeing and reading about them!! and i was thinkin about going 750F and probably like 650 in the rear because i didnt want the rear to be so stiff the car jumps in the air everytime i hit a bump!! what spring rates are you running???
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Old Dec 25, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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save your easy earned pesos dude...just cut 7.5 inches off your stock springs and your slammmmmed biaaatch
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Old Dec 25, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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those rates are wayyy too high for dd imo. 500fr/350r~(+-50) would be fine for dumped.

also gc top hats fit on progress coilovers?
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