lowering my civic
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Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Franklin Square, New York
lowering my civic
wuddup ppl...got myself a 98 ex coupe 
automatic
lol bought 17" rota slipstreams off my big bro (had blk ep3) I gotta lower my car cuz it looks like a wrangler!
What u recommend coilover or lowering springs
automatic lol bought 17" rota slipstreams off my big bro (had blk ep3) I gotta lower my car cuz it looks like a wrangler! What u recommend coilover or lowering springs
Last edited by Unique32; Jul 13, 2010 at 02:17 PM.
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,081
From: Lexington, KY
Given that you're in NY, I'd go with coilovers for the adjustability for two reasons:
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
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Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Franklin Square, New York
Given that you're in NY, I'd go with coilovers for the adjustability for two reasons:
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
Last edited by Unique32; Jul 13, 2010 at 02:47 PM.
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 36
From: Seattle
Given that you're in NY, I'd go with coilovers for the adjustability for two reasons:
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
1) You can set your own ride height. With lowering springs, if they lower you too much, you have to either install the stock springs or just suck it up .
2) You can raise the car in the winter and lower it again in the spring. The only downside to doing this is that the car will need a 4-wheel alignment each time you change the ride height.
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,081
From: Lexington, KY
kind of a dead thread, but here it goes:
Yup, you need an alignment pretty much every time you do something to the suspension as it takes almost nothing to throw the toe angle way out of whack.
@ the OP (if he's still active on hcf)
Now, if you're not looking for a huge drop or are but don't need to be able to raise it back up for winter, you don't need to go with coilovers. Just remember that it's always recommended to upgrade your struts if you go with a higher spring rate (and all good lowering springs will have a higher-than-stock spring rate). Personally, I went with coilovers because I wanted my car slammed; I ended up dropping it ~3"f/~3.5"r, which is something you can't do with most lowering springs. Also, living in SW PA at the time, I needed to be able to raise the car for winter to avoid turning my mugen (and subsequently OEM) front lip into a snow plow.
Here's some motivation for everyone to slam their cars
Yup, you need an alignment pretty much every time you do something to the suspension as it takes almost nothing to throw the toe angle way out of whack.
@ the OP (if he's still active on hcf)
Now, if you're not looking for a huge drop or are but don't need to be able to raise it back up for winter, you don't need to go with coilovers. Just remember that it's always recommended to upgrade your struts if you go with a higher spring rate (and all good lowering springs will have a higher-than-stock spring rate). Personally, I went with coilovers because I wanted my car slammed; I ended up dropping it ~3"f/~3.5"r, which is something you can't do with most lowering springs. Also, living in SW PA at the time, I needed to be able to raise the car for winter to avoid turning my mugen (and subsequently OEM) front lip into a snow plow.
Here's some motivation for everyone to slam their cars