I got stuck in the Best Buy parking lot in the snow. I pulled into a parking spot and...um...SANK!!! I guess the plower had pushed a bunch of snow into this parking spot and flattened it out a little. The parking lot has a lot of dips & stuff, so I didn't even think about the snow being that thick til it was too late! Anyway, stuck in a dip in the parking lot with snow up my tires ~5 inches. Not fun. Ended up rocking it out back and forth for 15 minutes! Snow blows! (Kind of giving second thoughts to putting my lowering springs on now. Anyone think that I still SHOULD put them on?)

 

put them on...and be the plow....J/K put them on and puy one of them shovels that you can easily fold...I have one...and when the plow-with-the-woo-low-bumper trick doesn't work, I just dig out

 

Prolly wouldn't need an intercooler or one of those cryo systems later then, huh?

 

All you'll need is a scoop running close to the ground to dump snow onto intake tubing:-D

 

put them on..you wont have any problems,i was scared driving with them in the winter but we have had a couple of BIG dumps were i had to drive to school as well and no problems, this one time a couple weeks ago we got it really bad and it was up to my door edge, i got throught it perfectley fine..you wont have a problem, no plowing effect eather..mines about a 1.8-2 inch drop all around

 

id put them on. and if youre worried just put them on in the spring and by next winter you wont even think about it

 

lowering springs means closer to the ground..more weight down and less ability to sway.. helps to get better traction...at least i think??? ...i never had time to get lowering springs..my car only sat 3 inches off the ground anyway..and i scraped too much

 

Alright, you all helped me make up my mind. I think tomorrow or the next day would be a good day! How much of my ride will suffer with the new shocks and springs? I still got the stock tires...I'm gonna look into studded front tires too...See if I can get more of a pull from a stop (I have a hard time starting from a light in second at 1000-1500RPM!!!) Just too light or something!

 

Two guys with ***** (or one guy with a beer or two) can easily push a Civic out of a situation like that.

Put 'em on!!!

 

When I was stuck, I was about to look at my friend in the pax seat and tell him to do that! Anyway, got them on today. Not gonna lower 'em for a while. They're adjustable coilovers, so when it warms up I'll lower 'em. Just have to worry about my alignment now. But I can already see a difference...Not THAT much stiffer, but noticeable. And it puts more traction to the wheels, cuz I can pull stronger already!!! Awesome!!! (Although, taking the 10 year old shocks/struts off prolly helped too! )