Since you guys seem to do this alot and this is my first time building up a civic I want to know what you think of what im bought so far and what im buying...also tell me if you think i made a mistake with any part...thanks

93 Civic Coupe

Parts I bought:

Tokico Advance Handling Coilover kit
Skunk2 upper control arms
Ingall front and rear camber kit
Front and Rear Strut Bars
Front and Rear Tie Bars
Energy Suspension Poly Kit

Things still to buy:
GSR Lower Control arms Front and Rear
GSR Disc Brakes Front and Rear
GSR Sway Bars
Z10ENG Radius Arms
GSR Power Steering Rack (16.1:1)

So how does that sound?

I should be done buying everything by next month and have pictures up...i just dont want to install anything till i get it all Thanks for all the advice and help you given me in the last week guys.

Deftones

 

Why Skunk2 from a-arms and also Ignalls front camber kit?? Just go with the Skunk2 arms they perform the camber adjustment function themselves for the front.


[Modified by SLPR, 12:18 PM 9/3/2002]

 

Looks alright. What size brake disks are on your Civic now? 9.5" or 10.3"


[Modified by SLPR, 12:20 PM 9/3/2002]

 

I got both for a sweet deal i paid $100 bucks for the skunk2 a arms +-4 degree and ingall upright adjustments +1.5 -3 for $60. I need new ones and I got poly bushing with its so I though why not? Well I hope that helps.

 

seems like many of those who have had experience with the skunk2 a arms have been largely dissatisfied. many people have shared stories about the bolts slipping and creating an insane ammount of camber. others have said things about how the bolts will smash the shock towers.

ask B18C5-EH2 about his problems, or do a search in the archived topics.

 

Okay first of all the Tokico coil-over set has really soft rates in the rear from what I've seen. they are like 473 front and 180 or so in the rear. This seems just totally ***-backwards from what you'd want on an FF car that already wants to understeer.

If you plan on lowering the car a lot, plan on the Skunk2 upper arms denting the **** out of your underside of the strut tower areas.

Only after I raised my car up to a finger's gap between the top of my 205-50-15 Azenis and the fenderwell and ran 425 FR springs do they not hit anymore.

Also, you won't need both camber kits - it's just too much adjustment. Choose one or the other.

If you keep the Ingalls you might have a problem if you lower the car enough to use +3 degrees of camber adjustment:

The stock upper arms will hit the pinch welds, thus preventing the car from sitting all the way down. Sucks but I've seen it at least 5 times already at my shop.

The remedy?

Cut/beat the pinch weld out of the way, or raise the car.

Lastly:

Unless you are keeping power steering, the GS-R rack is a bad idea. If you run manual steering on a rack that was intended to be power it will be even harder than a stock non-power rack. I know this from removing all my P/S components in my 1992 Si hatch but keeping the P/S rack briefly until my CX rack came in.