04 civic ex dop kit help!

OK i wanna drop my g/f's 04 civic like 2 to 3 inches.now im goin to go coilovers skunks now since the car only has 40k should i keep the stock struts an shocks or go with after market also when im lookin for camber kits i only find rears y?an do i need em

Camber kit go with SPC front and rear. Thats a huge drop man I dont think your gonna be able to do it for everyday driving. What size wheels you running? Check out this post below it explains which struts to go with when using skunk coilovers.

LINK (http://www.civicforums.com/forums/44-suspension-performance/252844-shocks-struts-get-my-skunk2-coilovers.html?highlight=coilovers+struts)

You'll want new shocks, the OEM ones will blow out quickly if you lower the car. Normally I like Koni's with coilovers, especially ground control. Their baby sleeves fit right onto the span ring and fuction as a fully threaded coilover.

On an 01+ civic, the rear sturts are good to go from koni, but the front ones are inserts I believe, meaning you have to re-used the oem housing.

With Tokico, I know usually the warrenty is void if the car is lowered past 1.5-1.75." The number vaies depending on the car. Some cars for the blues, for example, it's 1.5, others like the 92-95 civic it's 1.75" max for the blues. Lower will cause excessive wear. Typically though 1.5-1.75" is the max drop you can get with a strut, like KYB or Tokico. Koni's can handle lower, but I don't like inserts. Personal perferance I guess...

How much are you going to end up paying for the Skunks and the struts? If you don't mind paying more you can look for a decent entry level fully threaded coilover like Tein Basic or Tanabe.

In this case, the strut is tuned to the spring rate and made to be lowered a certain amount, and the instructions usually tell you the recommended drop, though you can obviously go higher or lower. With teins you can swap out spring rates and have the shock re-valved if need be. Tanabe's shocks are made by KYB, but don't mistake these for regular KYB shocks, they are a shortend case and stroke though, like tein, so they are tuned for the set-up. Either way, I'd think you'd get a better ride with one of these 2 than trying to piece something toghether, in this case. Not sure if the Tanabe will fit on the Coupe or Sedan, it's listed as for the EP hatchback.


Here's the SPC camber kit for your front, part # 81260 ( a pair of these)
http://www.spcperformance.com/PerfPartSect/PerfPart_EZCam.html

Here's the one for the rear, part # 67230 (not sure if it's a pair or a single side)
http://www.spcperformance.com/PerfPartSect/PerfPart_67230.html

They claim it's good for 1.5" to 3" drops. Here's the part number for both parts at once....#60090

If you have questions, give SPC a call and speak to a tech. 1-800-525-6505

You'll most likely need a camber kit when you lower the car to retain proper alignment.

Anyways, I hope somewhere between this mess of information in my post and the link in Bordy's post we helped you.