My em1 is about 2.5 inches off the ground. Just wondering what parts I can expect to replace quicker than usual... It has 166k miles, and been this low for about 50k miles on a tein coil-over suspension.

 

Likely your head. Though it seems like it has already failed.

 

 

bushings, ball joints, anything you scrape.

You could always raise it up?

nah, tho, right?

 

Stance lyfe!!

 

"If you wanna play you gotta pay"

 

CV boots - specifically the inner CV - will wear more quickly on a lowered Honda.

Tie rod ends (both inner and outer) which operate at a more extreme angle will have a shortened life span.

Upper ball joints boots can be stressed which will make them more prone to breakage/rupture and allow the ball joint to wear and/or fail.

The shocks themselves can have a shortened lifespan with limited and often aggressive damper movement.

The bushings? Well, you could argue that if clocked to compensate they would have the same or LESS movement meaning they wouldn't bind as much as a car with normal ride height and suspension travel.

 

Thats the kind of response I was hoping for, thanks. I am actually having an issue with my front driver side wheel. Tried to get the wheel balanced at the tire shop and they couldn't do it. It must be bent but doesnt look like it. The whole tire itself when on the car sits at a negative angle. I was planning to switch a back tire to the front to see if it sits negative too. Could this be due to the failure of any one of those parts you mentioned? All other tires appear to be all upright straight.

 

You are confusing wheel blance and wheel alignment.

 

the bushings on the rear lower control arms, will tear prematurely especially. I found this out the hard way. and mine were poly bushings in Skunk2 LCA's

 

That's just a matter of bushing quality. See where I addressed bushings.