buy these

believe it or not 9/10 sets of aftermarket springs induce understeer before oversteer (ok that statistic ismade up...but a lot of them induce understeer). this is because this is how the stock suspension is set up. car companies have the basic idea that it is easier for your average street driver to control understeer than oversteer (because if you hit the brakes while inducing oversteer you will lose control completely, while it wont nessecarily have this effect on understeer). they do this by having stiffer springs in the front, softer in the back. this means that the rear has more lean to it and is cusioned more in the corners. since the front cant compress as much as the rear, it is up to the tiresto hold the road, and if the front suspension isnt compressed as much as the rear that means there is more lateral force as opposed to the downward force in the rear. this means the front will skid out before the rear and you will have understeer. now...true to the original design idea...most aftermarket companies design their springs with stiffer spring rates in the front and softer spring rates in the back. soooo...easiest way to fix this: put the springs intended for the front in the back, and the ones for the back in the front. the only thing that specifies one from the other is spring rate, so you will be set.

damn that was a lot longer than i expected....sorry

buy H&R Sports and put them on Tokico Illuminas. you will not be sorry.

 

this is very true. Tein is not to blame, if you look at the spring rates for most off-the-shelf setups, the back is softer.

I don't think you can just switch fronts and rears (unless you're using ground control sleeves or something similar) because the spring lengths are different

 

What do you guys think of these 2? Which one would be better?

http://performance.thepartsbin.com/b...p;brandid=2641

I dunno why it says 4dr at the top, but every site I went to kept saying 4dr even when I just searched for 2dr.

The drop seems to be a good height, just want some of your guys opinions.

 

i totally agree with nail I3unny here. i have read alot into the illumnas and was planning on running them with the h&r's that i bought. now i have changed my mind and have 0 intentions of using the h&r's. they will fit a 92-00 2dr.civic if anybody is interested .

 

i was under the impression that you could switch front and backs?

maybe thats just with coilovers.

 

if jhsplaya has his springs just sitting there, he can open the box and tell us if they are all the same length

 

Is this still my thread? lol, bastards...

What do you guys think of the set I posted in my last reply?

 

adjustable shocks are better than non-adjustable

but both sets are good

Forty has the first one, I think

 

Yes forty does have those, i talked with him about them and he really liked them...im going to get some soon check out this link i found for a great deal
http://www.directtuning.com/store/sh...it-civic-96-00

 

I think I might go with those aswell. They're also cheaper than the one I posted. Thanks mbb.