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Old 07-01-2008, 01:18 PM
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Default 95 Civic Suspension Question?

Ok quick question, I got the "coil over springs" from ebay, You know the real cheap ones like $35. And I got a strut spring compressor. They came with the 4 springs and four adjusters and the o rings all the good stuff. And yea i know there cheap and im gonna need new struts and all that, lol i heard it before... But my question is how exactly do you install them? I got a good gereral idea, i have worked on cars for over 10 years but never had to change springs. I dont know if the adjuster goes on top or bottom. where exactly the o rings go and taking the strutsout in general. Im trying to get it dont a lil later today so if someone coud chime in and lemme know what to do, I would greatly appriciate it... or if theres a thread on here alrady for this the just shoot me a link, i searched but couldnt find one, maybe i dodnt look hard enough, anyways a response asap would be SWEEEETTT, thanks guys...
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Old 07-01-2008, 01:27 PM
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Default RE: 95 Civic Suspension Question?

Don't put those on your car. They are complete junk. Springs/Coilovers hold your car up. Would you trust something that costs $35 bucks to hold your car up while driving around? Save your money and buy some real coilovers.
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Old 07-01-2008, 01:34 PM
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Default RE: 95 Civic Suspension Question?

A buddy of ine is actually using the same one and hes had his on there for over a year now, aside from blown struts from the car being to low, he aint had a problem with em... I got new struts and this is only temporary since they were givin to me... I belive that you say they arnt worth it. But in either decision, im going to need to know how to do it regardless, so if you or anyone else wants to lemme know how i would really appriciate it, I just mainly gotta figure out where the perches go on top or bottom. But any other would be cool. Thanks...
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Old 07-01-2008, 01:55 PM
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Default RE: 95 Civic Suspension Question?

^ have your friend autocross his car... he'll hate his ebay springs lol

anyway, the perches go underneath the springs (that way, when you raise the perch, you raise the spring and by doing that raise the car, the same thing when you lower the perch). Everything else basically gets put back on the car the way it was with the stock springs. With coilovers, you'll want to cut the bump stops in half and use the (I think) upper half of it, and you'll want to cut the dust shields so there's only 1.5" left on it. I'll see if I can't dig up the thread with the coilover DIY I wrote... it'll be in a little bit... I gotta go eat lol

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