has anyone tried to modify the stock shocks to work with coilovers by shortening the shiny piston rod? it seems like if the rod was half if its length it would work with coilovers wihout blowing or leaking fluid,
your thoughts ideas and comments are all welcome i want to know if im onto a decent idea

 

you're decreasing the travel on the shock, it would ride like ****.

 

coil over = **** ride as it is . i had coilovers on my 90 hatch and i made the mistake of using coilovers on my new porject which is a 93 dx hatch ... next project im going with springs

 

just buy aftermarket shocks and save yourself the headaches in the future...
ex: tokico, kyb agx, koni yellows, etc.

 

finally some people are wising up to this

unless the coils are progressive expect a shitty ride..a stiff ride gets tiring after an hr on the interstate

 

even if you cut it, the spring rate is still too high for the stock shocks.

 

Not necessarily. It depends on how stiff the shocks and what spring rate the springs are. You cannot make such a blanket statement.

FYI, my APEXi Worldsport "Coilovers" (Dampers) ride like a dream in my 99 Hatch.

 

My Apexi worlsport's also ride very nicely. I think it has a lot to do with the setup though, because I know two friends who bought the same ones a while back and couldn't get them to ride smoothly.

 

 

[quote]has anyone tried to modify the stock shocks to work with coilovers by shortening the shiny piston rod? it seems like if the rod was half if its length it would work with coilovers wihout blowing or leaking fluid,
your thoughts ideas and comments are all welcome i want to know if im onto a decent idea
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I just got back from Brazil this week (6 weeks vacation in the beautiful wheater). Over there, a lot of people do that to their cars. It doesn't ride that bad. A couples of my friends do that to use with lowering springs. It's doesn't cost that much over there (like $40-50 for all four). Over here it probalby wouldn't be worth the money.

 

when i first installed my coilovers i liked the way they felt with the stock shocks,but it was only a matter of time before they blew out and it started riding like **** i still want to use the coils with a stock set of shocks,im just trying not to blow the next set

 

stock shocks do not dampen enough for high spring rates that lowering/coils have

 

ive still heard of people blowing aftermarket shocks on coilovers because the lowered springs makes the shock sit too low for too long my theory was to balance out that problem by shortening the shock rod

 

yea, i got coilovers, and i love them. i wouldn't mind some aftermarket shocks though!