bnetkillzone

98civdx

Don't make me....

Zidane6894

Im running Koni Yellows/GC setup with 400 front and 350 rear lowered about 3"

Rides pretty nice not as smooth as the stock stuff but if I wanted a smooth ride Id go back to oem. Its stiff but not too stiff that its jarring you on every little bump or crack in the pavement.

tron_

^got any pics of your car?

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

This isn't a pic thread. If you want to see a car lowered 3" then there's many other places you can see that on H-T.

tron_

Youre going to single my post out while not saying anything to solbros for posting a pic of that Integra along with everyone quoting/commenting it?

I wasnt looking for him to directly post pics in this thread, I expected him to link me to somewhere with pics of his car. Get off your high horse.

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

You're the only one so far that ASKED for pics, like a noob. You didn't say anything to the effect of "I was wondering what a drop using those spring rates looks like". No. Can I see pics of your car. Sounds like the classic noob picture request to me.

And my man Solbrothers gets a little respect seeing as he's been here for more than a minute and was responding to deadbeat poster that has been crapping up the boards with a lot of his nonsense.

tron_

I think your caustic attitude is more detrimental to the boards personally. Who am I kidding, since I joined H-T recently I am automatically a noob and my experience working on, building, boosting, and tuning cars is pretty much useless

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

No one said anything about your experience. Don't put words into my mouth. Saying you ARE a noob and saying you came off ACTING like one is two different things.

But, as I always say, if you have beef with me or anything I've said then report it to the mods or contact me by PM. Don't wreck a thread by trying to play "Who's nuts are bigger?".

tron_

No beef at all, I just thought your posts were condescending. I already gave the OP my advice on page 2.

Anyways, back on topic.

swizz977

hey leave marc alone hes only allowd to be mean to me

98civdx

quirarte626

Alright so at the moment i'm shopping around for some ground control coilovers but still puzzled about the spring rate.
I currently have illuminas on my ride and i'm searching for a soft ride like a stock feel.
However I would like to have around a finger or two finger gap both in my front and back of the car so it's leveled. To me it's about the feel of the car at all times. I will never track the car so idc about all that. Also, I would like a good feel, idk if it matters, but at high speeds even if it were to hit a good bump on the road cause u know LA streets are gruesome sometimes.
Would appreciate all the responses.
THank you.

Libertariat

On a more serious note...

Illuminas are arguably better than Konis, and also come with a lifetime warranty.

The only "stock feel" you're ever going to get is with stock shocks. Sorry. The laws of physics compel thee.

Libertariat

Sure. Illuminas merely offer something different than Koni. Neither are clearly superior than the other. From what I understand the Tokico is lets you adjust multiple types of rebound and compression where the koni is just one.

quirarte626

I don't mind the stiff feels once in a while you know but i would like an enjoyable ride majority of the time.
Any spring rates out there that are popular with ppl that resemble a stock feel?

Btw some guy is trying to sell me some gc with the rate of 350/lb front and 400/lb rear. How would that handle with a 1 or two finger gap and illuminas?

Libertariat

With a moderate drop it would actually handle quite well. Assuming you have swaybars. 400lb rear will give you a bit of oversteer, which is great for autocross. Bad for your ride comfort.

quirarte626

No i don't have swaybars and I doubt I'll be considering buying anytime soon.
Thanks really appreciate the info.

So should i go with the 450/lb front and 350/lb rear?
I really want that smooth ride since right now my eibach feel dangerous driving around the los angeles freeways. =/

any info on the path to what spring rates i should get for the position i'm in would be appreciated

Libertariat

350lb rear is what I use for daily driving, and it's tolerable. Everyone is going to have a different tolerance for rear spring rate stiffness.

It will not be "smooth."

tron_

Like Libertariat said, how harsh a spring feels is a pretty qualitative description. Your might be better going off with 450F/350R and if its too harsh you have the luxury of switching springs.

Give Ground-Control a call, I called them and talked to a guy there for a while about what I wanted the car for and we came to a conclusion over the phone.

98civdx

good lord.

cehcivic15

WTF!? how do plastic bumpers and side mirrors and door handles rust? lol. you should rust your tires!

CAN97SH

Awesome. That looks like pure ***

bnetkillzone

LOL Solbrothers! Really... I dont understand how your plastic sideskirts can rust???

known

iTrader: (1)

That looks terrible and I don't see how that relates to spring rates.

To the omg how did plastic rust? It doesn't, obviously that was painted using a sponge technique or some other interior decorating type of crap that doesn't belong on a car or in this thread.

This thread should be locked, some of the information is very poor. I run between 500/800 and 800/1100 on my race car depending on the track, why the hell are you guys running some of these very high rates on the street? You wanna ride hella retarded on the ground just weld in some steel tubes like a donk and then you have 0 travel and ride hella full retard.

You can run any 2.5in spring on your Ground Control sleeves within the length of a typical coil over, they dont have to be Eibach and made for GC like one user said.