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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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My 92 hatch looks to be squatting in the back. My guess was that the front is the stock height and the back springs have just worn lower or something. I thought I might just buy lowering springs to fix the problem but wasn't sure if that would do it. Has anyone else had this problem or know how to solve it? Thanks.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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It looks like your car has a lift kit on it..
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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It looks like your car has a lift kit on it..
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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nice car though.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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haha forsure ! i wouldnt be to woried about it id be happy because you have a civic that will accecpt big rims unlike mine i hate it!
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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lol Yeah saying that, I've never seen one so high up but it still has the factory suspension could the shocks have something to do with the height?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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haha forsure ! i wouldnt be to woried about it id be happy because you have a civic that will accecpt big rims unlike mine i hate it!
Lolo that's true
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by moc.hcet-adnoh
haha forsure ! i wouldnt be to woried about it id be happy because you have a civic that will accecpt big rims unlike mine i hate it!
no way dude keep them under 16 s it aint no monte carlo keep it low. i would just pay the 400 bones and get tokico blues and springs. not the best stuff but who cares works really well on my car and i dont have the ***** to push this suspention to its limits.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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my eh3 with the same set up.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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Wow That's like the exact height i'm looking for how many inches lower is it? I was looking at some skunk2's for a similar appearance
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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two inches all the way around. what skunk2s. either way you go you choose how low you go. i on the other hand have no way to adjust mine.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Just the lowering springs which go down about 2 inches as well but I'm not really worried about adjusting it. As long as I loose the lift I'm all set. Thanks
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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buying shocks? would advise. dont throw your money away and mess up the springs cuz your shocks might be shot. and i would have somone adjust the springs so you get the correct wieght distubution to each wheel. makes all the diffrence trust me.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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nvm no way to adjust the springs thought you were looking at the adjustable coilovers.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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ITR shocks/springs and rear lca's dropped mine 1" but still retain oem ride quality, but with stiffer spring rates.

One of the best mods to my EH3
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:52 PM
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Now that you say that I guess I will buy some.. And might that be apart of and alignment?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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nvm no way to adjust the springs thought you were looking at the adjustable coilovers.
I'll just cheap out and get the springs along if that wont hurt anything
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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ITR shocks/springs and rear lca's dropped mine 1" but still retain oem ride quality, but with stiffer spring rates.

One of the best mods to my EH3
but at what price????
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:58 PM
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I paid less than $100 for mine off of a JDM ITR with 47k on the odometer, I was there when they got taken off the car.

But they can normally be had for around $200-$250 shipped.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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nice. i though itrs were ubber rare. therefor super expensive for parts but sound resonable. did you get rear sway bars with this?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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Nah, they aren't to rare to find suspension parts for, even ebay has some. My personal preference is that the JDM ITR 23mm rear sway is too big for DD street driving, so I went with the USDM ITR 22mm rear sway with ASR rear subframe brace due to the size of the rear bar.
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