I have 98 hatch, and when I bought my car it came with coilovers and I never messed with them and now ima buy new shocks and ima need to know the height of my ride to know what shocks would be the best for it. So how do I figure out the height of my car?

 

measure it?

 

Why do you need to know the height of your car to know which shocks to buy?

 

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From where to where do you measure it?? And I want no the height so if I buy a set of shocks I do the recommend height for them so they don't f**k up on me quick.

 

are you trolling?

 

I've never heard of this before. The height of a car can vary due to so many factors I don't think a company would ever use it as a standard.

 

The recommended height is usually measured from the center of the wheel hub to the fender line. Should be something around 12 inches

 

you could measure it

 

koni yellow's, skunk 2's, tokico's, agx..../thread

 

figure out what kind of coils u got then go from there if there some ebay ones go tokico aluminas or blues but if there ground controls go with koni yellows

-done

 

now i got another question would it be alright to just change the front shocks and leave the rear shocks oem. i found some tokicos that ima buy for my car, but ima just change the front ones cuz they are the ones that need to replaced.

 

If you truly are curious about how much the car is already lowered but you can't figure out the current suspension setup, you could measure your car, drive around with a tape measure for the next week or so until you find a stock ride height Civic in a parking lot and measure it. Be quick though so you don't weird anyone out.

I measured the front bumper clearance on a '99-'00 Civic sedan (LX IIRC) that belonged to my neighbor a few years back. I believe it was 9 inches from the ground to the bottom of the front bumper.

But that was a '99-'00 sedan anyway and the suspension wasn't brand new or anything.

 

I too am curious about ride height. When I bought my car, it was on cut springs and coilovers and I completely guessed when putting new coilovers on.

Some people are running 195/?/15 tires, others are running 205/?/15 tires or plus minus an inch or two on rim size and possibly a different diameter tire. That will of course affect it.
I think that while the suspension is interchangeable, they used different shocks and springs on 4 door Civics vs 2 doors or maybe it was different trims. I just remember looking and they didn't use the same shocks and springs on ALL 92-95 Civics regardless at the factory. Unless this was just a really screwy dream, which could be the case because I've had some about flying turtles, clones....reality and dreams are fading into eachother and things are getting really weird...

 

I'll be honest, I have no idea what ride height my Civic currently is at. Not exactly the most important thing in the world to me though. It's low, but it doesn't hit speedbumps. Perfect. ('Cept for having a really rough ride because everything is as stiff as possible right now.)

 

the only way shocks are gonna go bad quick is if ur hitting pot holes all the time!!!! and if u lower ur car on stock shocks with aftermarket springs then it gonna be bouncing around cause the rebound on the shock is now incorrect ...

 

do you guys know if 90 thru 97 honda kyb gr-2 shocks would fit my 98 hatch????????

 

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I'd say that depends.

I rode on S-Techs for a nice long time and I had a ride that was just as smooth as stock. S-Techs are meant to be a stock spring replacement.

 

Don't bother with those shocks either. They are worse then your stock shocks, and will blow up just like they did.

You could replace just the front if you want, but I would reccomend getting all 4 at 1 time.

Also, remember everytime you change the height on the car you need an alignment.

 

Measuring from hub center to fender lip is not affected by tire size. However fenders can get tweaked and you may not get the most accurate measurements.

Many people measure from ground to jack points, but that IS affected by tire size.

OP - don't worry what your ride height is now. Just get the shocks, put the coilovers on the shocks, and if you didn't jack around with the spring perches then your ride height should basically be the same. If you need or want to adjust the height then do so, then get the car aligned after you get it set how you want it.

Also don't forget to loosen all suspension bolts and tighten them to spec with the suspension loaded, like with a jack pushing up on the suspension. This keeps the bushings from tearing, which causes the "spring sag" perception.