Trying to get replacement front springs for my hatch as cheap as possible, and of course in the US you can't get just plain old REPLACEMENT springs for the front Moog makes a set for the rear, but not the front. However, Moog DOES make a replacement set for the front on 86-89 Accords and 92-95 Civics. I know the EG's will make my ride all 4x4, but haven't heard anything about the Accords. I checked the specs (sizes) and they seem to be perfect......so has anyone ever tried this before?

And please don't ask/say 'why don't you just get a set of lowering springs'......because I don't WANT to lower my car and I don't LIKE the way they look, not to mention I have the B16 swap and my header sits low enough as it is and Colorado roads aren't exactly ideal for a lowered car.

Thanks in advance for any help!!!

 

Lowering springs don't mandate you lower the car. If they're adjustables then just set them to stock height.

 

Someone skipped his coffee today. It's okay, it happens to the best of us.

Lowering springs do lower the car.

Springs with an adjustable perch, commonly incorrectly called coilovers on here (all springs used on an EF are used in a coilover configuration), do allow you to retain the stock ride height (usually) if desired.

bird00420, even if the spring's free length is the same, if the rate is different, than the compressed length with the car's weight on them will be different, resulting in a different ride height. Your best bet is a set of junkyard springs, or throwing a WTB thread into the classified section.

If you can't source a set of stock springs, my suggestion is a set of lowering springs coupled with a spring spacer to get you back to stock height. You'll end up with a slightly increased spring rate, but I would consider that an improvement for practically any car (I find nearly all stock suspensions woefully under sprung).

 

I wasn't suggesting lowering springs do not lower the car. I was suggesting that, failing to source suitable stock replacements, a set of adjustables be had to set to the height he requires.

 

Then re-interpret my first paragraph, and consider the "someone" to be me.

Amusingly, after I wrote that, I did go make a pot of coffee...

 

Thanks for the responses guys!!! Yeah, I've checked the spring rate of these Moogs (278.5#/in) and they're right on par with that of the Eibach Pro/Sports (1.2"/1.7" drop), and the Neuspeed Sports (2.0" drop), so I'm HOPING they should work out OK.

I got the springs yesterday and as you can see from just setting the springs on my strut, it looks like they're going to work !!! I'll keep you posted and take some before pics, some actual spring comparison pics, and after pics once I get around to swapping them.

 

Well.....after all that time having my buddy swap em out I get the same results as other hybrids.....BAJA MOBILE!!!! While the springs LOOK almost identical (accord springs have 1 more coil), they just don't compress enough......so back to the drawing board I guess!