Guys I'm having some issues with my car, Ive tried 3 different kind of springs, including coilovers, and it seems like my rear wont go any lower, on the front Ive managed to get the tire inside the fender ( that means LOW! ) rear looks like stock springs always, no matter what I use.

Rear passenger side is higher, im afraid thats because of the fuel tank on the drivers side.

Ive seen crxs with my combo, and the drop is even, on all four sides, something must be wrong on my car's rear suspesion.

What do I have to check? Ive swapped springs 3 times.

neuspeed race springs
dropzone coilovers ( i even removed one of the sleeves and nothing, rear stayed the same )
now I have eibach sportlines, nothing!, same height.


My car is a 88 crx dx, with kyb gr-2 shocks.
bushings are fine, everything is fine, what could be the problem?

 

Wait, so with those springs, the front nearly tucks, whereas the rear always stays at stock height?

 

not stock, but there is a big difference, front is almost close to the tire, on the back you have like 3 fingers, its crazy.

 

Well, as i had learned from the Eibach meet, your bushings "break in," and not your springs. But, if this is the case, i don't know why your front bushings would already be broken-in and not the rear ones.

Maybe it's something to do with the shocks?

 

On your rear shocks are there "cups" that hold the bottom of the spring in place? If there is then you can knock it off of the shock and put the cup on upsidedown and it will lower it another 2 1/2 - 3 inches.

 

Any pictures of these "cups"? I had the same problem.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DXDOHCVTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">On your rear shocks are there "cups" that hold the bottom of the spring in place? If there is then you can knock it off of the shock and put the cup on upsidedown and it will lower it another 2 1/2 - 3 inches.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know what u mean, but im pretty sure those cups are welded to the shock itself, not 100% sure, but i think they are welded to the shock.

and yes as i said my shocks have those cups.

 

im having this exact problem on one of my civics. an eg4 to be exact. any idea what the problem might be? tried two different setups and ride is near stock height with both.

 

Maybe you guys have them on backwards? like you have the front on the rear and the rear on the front

Im assuming they would be different because of the extra weight on the front

I dunno, just an idea

 

did u cut some of the bump stop off?

 

yeah this sounds like u got the spring switched

as I did this before drinking and friends and installing don't mix well

lol

but I would check this first before turning things upside down or cutting anything

 

right ones both places. sheez.
look past the shock/spring. the problem isnt there

 

springs and shocks are fine. I think i got the wrong shocks on the rear, maybe some itr shocks.

 

well. i got my stock civic shocks on again now.
its actually higher than stock. compared to another civic i got.

i did a switch to my koni's with 35mm springs. higher than stock

 

i got the same problem with my 91 civic hatch but it is only high on the rear passenger side, i dont know what to do, everybody laughs at me telling me that i drive a 4x4 or a hot-rod and all kinds of stupid **** but i guess there is no fix.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by urquidezj &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got the same problem with my 91 civic hatch but it is only high on the rear passenger side, i dont know what to do, everybody laughs at me telling me that i drive a 4x4 or a hot-rod and all kinds of stupid **** but i guess there is no fix.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats due to the gas tank being on the drivers side, no weight on passengers side

 

should not matter. sheez. this is actually an tech related thread. with a whole lot of techgeeks on the forum i dont think this should prove to have a hard answer. the problem is not in the shock. its not that my *** is to light. it "hangs" on something else. in a couple of weeks ill be ripping it apart..

 

n/m.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx_88_si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did u cut some of the bump stop off?</TD></TR></TABLE>
My question exactly.

IT

 

If you want to make sure its not the shock then put the shock+bumpstop in without the spring(just to see how it sits). Then get back to us....it should be tucked a lot. If it doesn't tuck then either the shock is too long or you have some really long bumpstop.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 89civicdx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you want to make sure its not the shock then put the shock+bumpstop in without the spring(just to see how it sits). Then get back to us....it should be tucked a lot. If it doesn't tuck then either the shock is too long or you have some really long bumpstop.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what about the perch, that holds the spring up too!

 

this same thing happend with me, i bought coilovers and springs and same problem. my problem was that the rear has what i call "metal cups" they are some metal cups that u put on to protect the shock from dirt, rain, ect. when u remove these your car should be dropped. check and make sure u dont have those still on there thats what i say

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iNetForce &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

what about the perch, that holds the spring up too!</TD></TR></TABLE>

no this is to figure out if your car is not going any lower because it is bottoming on the stop.


how tall is the drop zone coil over spring? 6, 7 or 8 inches?

 

don't use the metal cups or it will interfer with the sleeve.

 

i dont have coilovers anymore, I have kyb gr-2 shcoks and eibach sportlines springs.


car still looks high *** hell, Ive seen people with this setup and car drops even, same height front and rear.

maybe its my 88 suspesion, who knows.