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what brand of springs

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:54 am
by 92egdxhatch
i wanna lower my hatch about 2 inches. ride comfort isnt important to me :thumb: what brand that is fairly cheap do u reccomend. are ebay springs any good? and i already know with 2 inches of drop a camper kit will be needed. thanks in advance, Andrew.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:13 am
by Vti93T
you don't need a camber kit unless you plan on running some low offset rims and wanna tuck. as for lowering it cheap, you can get some egay coilovers and throw those on your stock shocks and call it a day then you can lower it and bring it back to stock height all you want.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:19 am
by 92egdxhatch
i thought u needed a camber kit because alot of lowered civics have negative camber, and i thought after a long period of time that caused un-even tire wear? :?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:43 am
by 92egdxhatch
hey katie somethin like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 3D1&_rdc=1

im gonna order them 2mro

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:49 am
by JUICE
not lien about "fairly cheap" huh

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:50 am
by JUICE
shipping will be more expensive than the set!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:58 am
by 92egdxhatch
lol im a 17 year old unemployed high school student waht do u expect :thumb: they will do what i want them to do until i can afford real coilovers :woot:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:04 pm
by Mr. Pink
good luck with those, they will have a very harsh ride. i actually was going to go that route but i found a deal that i couldnt pass up. so i went for it.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:26 pm
by Vti93T
92egdxhatch wrote:i thought u needed a camber kit because alot of lowered civics have negative camber, and i thought after a long period of time that caused un-even tire wear? :?


I've had experience with camber kits. The only reason I ran one on my old car was because I had some rims that were 16x7 with a 37 offset. I wanted to be super low so I had to add a ton of negative camber to get them to fit under the wheel well. If you are just running stock rims you don't need a camber kit. Camber shows the wear but Toe is going to wear the tires down and faster. The only thing you really need to know about lowering a car is to make sure you get it aligned afterward because the toe will be messed up. Even then you can have them adjust the camber too.

I ran with my 16's on my old car for 2 years and the only thing that ruined the tires was the toe in the front. I had -4 degrees of camber in the rear and it took over 2 years for wires to finally show and that's pretty good.

If you plan on running stock rims, you don't need a camber kit. It's just more money you'll be wasting on something that you don't need. Unless you are going for the flush look. When you lower a civic it's automatically going to add a bit of camber but that's normal. Hopefully this helps.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:50 pm
by hatchie
man i wish i had the money to buy the coilovers i want cuz id sell you my skunk2 springs cuz they have 2 inch drop and i stll have the reciept for those too lol

PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:12 pm
by 92egdxhatch
well i ordered them they should be here within 6 days ill post pics after i install them :woot: