Just installed H&R Sport springs on my 2000 Civic Si using stock shocks. I realize using the stock shocks may have been a bad idea, but now I have very little wheel clearance on all four, especially the front. Have 17" wheels with 215/40's. The fronts are now rubbing under the fender when going over minor bumps. How can I fix this? Is there something I can do to adjust the ride height without new shocks? If I get new shocks, will that even adjust my ride height? Will adjustable shocks adjust the ride height? Please help. Thanks.

 

There isn't really anything you can do to raise your car with factory shocks. You could roll the fenders and see if that help you out. Things that can be done to fix the problem; raise it with different springs and/or different shocks (koni yellows), lower profile tires, also the width of the rim and tire as well as the offset can be the cause of your problem. I'd personaly get some neuspeed koni yellows with 5 perches on each shock which will allow you to adjust the ride hight of the car.

 

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Koni yellows and their movable spring perch might help, but not 100% positive about it.

Here are some suggestions, donno if they are what you really would like to do thou?
Replace the H&R sports with ground controls, they would give you the ability to adjust ride height.
Or.....change the tires to a narrower size 205's maybe?
Or.....better yet ditch the 17's and go with 15" or 16" wheels/tires?


Sorry but those 215 tires on 17" wheels are alot to stuff under there even before lowering.

[Modified by SLPR, 9:27 AM 5/6/2002]


[Modified by SLPR, 9:28 AM 5/6/2002]

 

What's the offset & width of the wheels? That & the tire width is what's causing the rubbing, not the shocks. Height adjustability on shocks will just be a band-aid.