niceee happy bday and enjoy the stechs, wish my parents would get me something for my bday, last year i got a pair of socks.....

 

just opened them up, real happy even stoked on the ricer decal that came with them haha

birthday party tonight, expect a buncha pics on the Post ***** Thread Sunday morning [8D]

 

so everyone has a picture of their new spring/shocks, so i got one of mine lol



And i also imagine the longer springs are for the rear and teh shorter springs are for the front since you want to drop the front a little bit more than the rear, right?

and i have a couple questions about the S-Techs installation, first of all it says to replace the top lock nut when installing the new springs, is this necesarry?

And it also has a chart about cutting the bump rubber on certain models. For my Civic, it says i needto do a "Type A" bump rubber cut. Anyone have any information about that? Heres the diagram of what it says i should do:



i know theres a few people on here with S-Techs that installed them themselves, did you do any kind of "Bump Rubber Cut"?

 

if the set came with a new nut, then use the new one. but reusing the old one isnt a big deal. and ya u'll want to cut the bump stop in half.

 

looking at this picture from Snipers DIY:



i dotn see how the bump stop is held in place, it just looks like its sitting there on the shaft, any info on that? And you literally just cut it in half?

 

ya the bump stop just slides over the shaft, theres nothing really special about how it sits. and ya, just take a razor blade or scissors and cut it in half like the diagram shows.

 

wow, doenst seem very professional......

just out of curiosity what would happen if i didnt cut it?

 

you will hit the bump stop more than if it was cut

 

may not seem professional, but u wana cut it. and its not like some fancy high-tech piece. its a lil thing of rubber with a hole thru it that the shaft goes thruto keep from completely bottoming out ur shocks.

 

aight thanks for the advice

any other things i need to know/watch out for when installing the new springs?