Help for extreem low cars....

[lowboy]

ok i have my car pretty low...

the top of the front 2 tires sit in the wheel well perfectly and the rear 2 tuck about a 1/2 inch of the tire...

ok i love the low, i love the look, and when i first lowered it it handled like a champ!!

BUT NOW,, i hit like every bump and it feels like its x10, i can take the corners like i used to, and the shocks fully compress and i hit the bump stops all the time..

now i know the logical solution would be to raise it back up blah blah, but i like the low look,.. is there anythig i can do to fix this,, and if i spend like 450 on some new illuminas, or agx, will they be blown in a month at this ride hight/????

what can i do? please help!!!

[Jetts]

im guesisng your shocks are bad
get some new ones

[jeef]

koni adjustables would be the way to go...

[jNYCe5]

if your gonna keep the car that low, you will have to keep upgrading your shocks every few months... the majority of shocks on the market are not really designed to handle insane drops.
try investing in a true coilover system, best bang for the buck

julian

[lowboy]

well ive just spent the 300 on the ground controls and im not tryin to speen big bucks on the full coilovers...

btw how much do the ful coilover kits run again, and what are my choices?

[DarkImportGrey]

Tein has a coilover setup for a even grand for the 88-91 civic hehe... probably some of the best coilovers out there, but you are also paying for the Tein name.

[Problem_Si]

nothing wrong with sleeve coilovers....

Being low will decrease the life of the struts, but I doubt thats the problem.

Id bet money that its your suspension bushings. You probably need new ones. Check them, I bet they're dry rotted and/or cracked.

[jNYCe5]

tein has a full kit for $750... my brother's shop is a distributor for tein so he can prob get it a lil cheaper

what struts are you using with the ground controls?

[lowboy]

using the stock struts... which were fine when i got the car but i think they are blown now,,,,

and what about the suspension bushings?

[GTA]

Originally posted by lowboy
using the stock struts... which were fine when i got the car but i think they are blown now,,,,

and what about the suspension bushings?

yea, being that low will not work at all on stock shocks. I'd say go fro some koni yellows. if not them then tokico illuminas.

[Problem_Si]

tokico blues....

Ive had my car slammed for almost 2 years, and have had the same set of tokico's....those things rock. They still have a lot of life left. Wish I could say the same for the suspension bushings.

[90civicrider]

Get yourself a pair of Tokico's or KYB Gas adjustable's
It'll ride like a hell of alot better.