I'm going to be putting on some ebay coilovers on for someone on their 98 civic and had a quick question on if this is a safe practice or not. Okay, on the rear shock absorber assembly (look at #8 in pic ), there is that cup-type looking part. Well, when the coilovers go on, that cup peice gets in the way and doesn't allow the coilovers to go as low as they can. Those metal sides on that cup block way. So would it be okay to neatly try and cut off those sides to allow the coilovers to go lower?Is it something important?Thanks for the help. If so, how would I go about cutting it?Thanks again.

 

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH, not ebay coilovers.

Why would you want to go any lower than that? You could seriosly affect your suspension travel thus making handling worse if you lower it too much.

 

Yeah, I told him I wouldn't go that low, but he is paying me to do it so...

 

Knock some sense into him, that's what 2x4's are for.

I'd set it as low as the shock assembly allows you and then go for a test drive...on rough pavement. If he still wants to go lower then go ahead, I don't think taking off selective bits of metal will affect the performance of the shock. It's my official opinion as a car guy that going any lower is officially stupid.

 

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Paying you? Tell him you will cut them off after he signs a liability waver. Something is going to messed up and he'll blame the installer.

 

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You're talking about the spring perch, right? And by trimming the spring perch it will allow an extra half inch or so of lowering adjustability? Sure you can do it - a dremel would probably do the trick. Just don't expect to be able to reuse the shocks to put the stock springs back on. Of course, using stock shocks on a set of eBay coilovers means they're not gonna be much good for anything else afterwards anyways, so why not.

But maybe when you've got the shocks out you could try showing the guy what kind of suspension travel the shocks have available to work with (4-5 inches, usually). So at stock ride height you've got 2.5-3 inches of compression travel. Lower it 2+ inches . . . and you can do the math. Doesn't leave much margin for error.

 

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You're talking about the spring perch, right? And by trimming the spring perch it will allow an extra half inch or so of lowering adjustability? Sure you can do it - a dremel would probably do the trick. Just don't expect to be able to reuse the shocks to put the stock springs back on. Of course, using stock shocks on a set of eBay coilovers means they're not gonna be much good for anything else afterwards anyways, so why not.QUOTE]

if he so set on going low and not having any suspension left why doesnt he cylinder it. he is going to end up replacing as many parts as it costs to air it up in the long run..