hey wuts up guys!! new in this bussines so sry for dumb question!?
well i got my self a civic 2000 dx was tryin to fix it but had some accidents on the way jaja .. i wanna know how can i lower my car? wut suspension to use i got me some s techs but havent installed them am gettin some LCA dont know which brand to go with!? lend me a hand here.. thnx



sry for the quality pic!!

 

lowering springs and shocks or coilovers.
flcas or rear LCAS?

 

umm if got the springs u should buy some shocks to go with em. the stock ones will blow eventually when lowered. lca u can use any brand rally i got skunk2 gold ones.. if urputting the springs on stock setup then ur gonna need a spring compressor. can get it free rental from autozone. and just pull the top bolt off itsa 17mm i beleive. then ur stock sprng comes of and just put ur new spring on and reverse the takeoff..

 

well since igot the lowering spring i was goin with that .. but wuts the difference between those.. alli want is to lower it moderatly.. rear LCAS

 

oohh alrite so!! which shicks shud i use i heard and read about the tokico blues! so is not that bad installin it ur self right!? money wise..

 

What brand of springs did you get?

 

TEIN S-TECHS

 

I wouldn't even bother getting new shocks for those, unless yours are blown. If they are, just get some Tokico blues or KYB GR2's, which are both stock replacements. You won't need an expensive damper with that mild of a drop.

 

ive been riding on the stock struts with sleeves for over 3 years now.....absolutely no problems....

but....

i am looking into a new setup...

 

they r pretty good but wanted to upgrade ..might as well do the whole thing is better i believe!!

 

you dont NEED the spring compressor....

if you remove the castle nut on the lower ball joint and knock off the lower control arm and remove the long bolt going through, you can then remove the two nuts in the engine bay up top and release the whole unit in one big piece....

its kinda tough unless you have the whole car up the air a good amount where you can swing the whole unit out.....

 

well dont know how safe is that .. istill wanna keep all my body parts jaja.. jk
that aint that big of a problem tome am a mechanic my self not cars but still jaja got all the necessary tools

 

I think he means if you are going to put in new springs and struts you would not need the compressor,however you would still need the top of your old strut so would still need to compress springs.

 

oohh ok!! either way i need the spring compressor!? would i still have to compress the s techs!?