ride height question

[vladlos]

alright.......so 3 weeks ago i got myself some new shocks, tokico hp blues. i'm lowered on arospeed coilovers, i'm lowered all the way in the front and about a half inch from completely lowered in the rear. my ride kinda seems like it got a tad bit bouncier since then and i'm concerned that my shocks are almost dead or something. i have to take inspection in march and that's still pretty far away and i'm thinking of raising my car tomorrow morning but i'm worried that my shocks are shot now. ahhhhhh. i'm freaking out.

what's the lowest i can lower my car with my coilovers without worrying about blowing my shocks. is 3 inches fine? because right now i think i'm lowered like 3.75ish. what about 2.75?

however, even though i'm lowered all the way and whatnot, it doesnt seem as low as derek's 4dr and i can still clear speedbumps without scraping and i don't scrape or bottom out really.

[FuLL BLown STD]

well dude i got the same prob.. i have my car slammed and its not giving the suspension any travel which leads the car to bounce.. i thought my tokicos were shot too but its due to having the car slammed too much.. try raising it a little and take it around the block until ur satisfied with the feel. i doubt u blew the blues dude

[vladlos]

alright, sweet, because i know that it's bouncy and whatnot and i expected that but when i first got them in and drove around and would hit a bump... my car would just go over it and then drop but now it goes over the same bump and drops and then rebounds one more time slightly.

should i keep it one inch from being completely lowered? cus i'm just gonna measure that inch from the bottom of my coilover sleeve because i'm totally uncertain of how low my car is right now. haha

[BullShifter]

Seeing that Tokico's are STOCK LENGTH struts not intended for lowering you can lower about 1.75" without issues. Anyone who tells you differently doesn't know suspension, especially 1PhatCX. Also you need to cut your bump stops in half tp prevent from riding on them which will turn the ride into junk.

[civickiller]

riding on your bump stops will cause that bumpy ride

[Hybrid1990crx]

Originally Posted by jackasssi

Anyone who tells you differently doesn't know suspension, especially 1PhatCX.

LMAO


But yead Vlad, you gotta raise that bad boy up. Im riding on skunk2 coil overs and I have about 2 inches before the bottom of the colars in the front and about an inch in the rear and im still almost tucking 14s, and the car has some bounce to it but not too bad. And another thing, SLEEVED COIL OVERS SUCK. I dont care what anyone says, i've always said this, and now that I finally own a pair I know for a fact that I hate them, I cant wait to get some regular lowering springs on my car.

Next time you go out to your car look up into the fender whell and look at your control arm, I bet its almost completey up in the fender, which is really bad for your ball joints.

[vladlos]

thanks everybody. i'm gonna go raise my car up a little bit right now.

i already cut my bump stops in half so it's all gravy.

[turtlecrxsi]

Vlad, I have the same coil overs and you definitely have to raise them back up. I have mine now set at 10 threads from the bottom all the way around and it's still about a 2" drop. That's almost 2" from all the way down. 12 threads might even be better for ride's sake.

[TheSilentChamber]

I dont have bumpstops. You could also drop your struts down to help a little. You can drop them down about 2" in front before having axel issues, and more than that in the rear. Then you can raise up your coilovers to compensate.

[vladlos]

what do you mean by dropping my struts down? haha, sorry, i'm still learning all this stuff

[TheSilentChamber]

If you take the brake line bracket off, and put a new dent in the side of the strut you can lower it down, giving it more travel before it bottoms out. This also lowers your car, so you can raise your coilovers back up some.

[BullShifter]

Originally Posted by civickiller

riding on your bump stops will cause that bumpy ride

so will struts compressed too far.

If you want to "slam" your car spend the $$$$ and do it right. That can be done with true coilovers. You get what you pay for when it comes to suspension.

Hybrid I disagree. I used to think the same until installing Ground Controls on Koni yellows as recommened by CivicSiRacer on many cars. But the way I look at it, GC & Koni yellows cost about the same as an entry level true coilover setup. The key to adjustable right height is the adjustment built INTO the strut not a piece that fits between the spring & spring perch. Another thing, adjustable ride height is worthless unless you use it for what's it designed for and 75% of the people who use don't have a clue.

[Hybrid1990crx]

Jackassi, i was saying that the sleaved coilovers suck for the most part, not true coil overs with threaded shocks.

[BullShifter]

Originally Posted by Hybrid1990crx

Jackassi, i was saying that the sleaved coilovers suck for the most part, not true coil overs with threaded shocks.

Right, I agree. I was just saying for sleeves GC's are decent with yellows. The best part about GC's is the Eibach springs can be custom rated per application, no generic spring rates.

[TheSilentChamber]

By using ride hight correct you mean killing squirls right?