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dielan · 03-08-2010, 07:06 PM

i know "you get waht you pay for". but im just wondering, should i bother getting these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1992-...Q5fAccessories

im just asking so please dont start criticizing me. my car isnt fast, isnt the best looking car, but i just wanna lower it.

OutToWinPAHC · 03-08-2010, 07:18 PM

I put them on my old EF, well a better named brand. Ride sucked, blew shocks left and right.

dielan · 03-08-2010, 07:29 PM

thats what im afraid of. i wanna drop it a good amount but its mad expensive.

OutToWinPAHC · 03-08-2010, 07:33 PM

Yeah this was years ago I was 17 then and 26 now. I used aerospeed "coilovers" with tokiko blue struts. It was like a damn trampoline. I even remember hitting my head on the roof once. But low yes, I tucked 205/65/14's to the wheel lip

NowThatsG · 03-08-2010, 08:00 PM

just put a bunch of bricks in ur trunk, that'll lower it a bunch, but probily kill ur gas milage

dielan · 03-08-2010, 08:00 PM

damn. i got stock 13 inch steelies haha.

M Solo · 03-08-2010, 08:51 PM

if u dont care about the car then why lower it......why waste your time?
If your gonna do something, do it right....or dont do it at all.

highmilehatch · 03-09-2010, 09:52 AM

Just cut your springs.

420sx · 03-09-2010, 10:15 AM

Cheap: Decent struts and springs

Cheaper: Stock struts, lowering springs

Cheapest: Cut dem springs.

Obviously the cheaper you go, the crappier the ride will get. You can do struts and springs for maybe $250 if you look around, springs for under $100, and cutting your springs obviously is free. Cutting your springs will lower it, but the stock shocks will go after not too long if you slam it. Lowering springs will give you a little stiffer of a ride, and the shocks might last a bit longer depending on how low you go, but they will eventually blow from being low (and not being designed for it). The only permenant, non-ghetto solution is aftermarket struts and springs, or coilovers.

grimm · 03-09-2010, 10:21 AM

don't people cut springs anymore.

420sx · 03-09-2010, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimm

don't people cut springs anymore.

People who cut springs only need to do it once to find out why youre better off shelling out for something not ghetto.

grimm · 03-09-2010, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 420sx

People who cut springs only need to do it once to find out why youre better off shelling out for something not ghetto.

people who buy cheap parts off ebay spend money to be just as ghetto.
IMHO

420sx · 03-09-2010, 12:58 PM

Cheap parts on ebay are hit or miss. Would I buy suspension components from an ebay company? Hell no. But something stupid like an intake? Sure wtf.

highmilehatch · 03-09-2010, 02:32 PM

Sarcasm is hard to understand over the internet I guess.

Either way, if your going to put junk on your car, you might as well cut your springs because they are both half-ass ways of doing things.

Ridachu · 03-09-2010, 03:18 PM

i have a set on my car, also bought 4 new shocks and struts...came out to be 250-300...just save up for d2s...best cheapest coil overs ive seen...ive gotta set of tien springs laying around...if u wanna buy them 8]]]

dielan · 03-10-2010, 07:59 PM

how much of a drop are they and how much do you want for them?

The Alchemist · 03-11-2010, 02:27 PM

Those springs in the OP are a knock off of the Skunk2 Lowering Springs. They are adjustable ride hight, and depending on what make and model civic you have, I can order you a set of Ksports if you want.

sundaybikes · 03-21-2010, 10:07 PM

I have emusa coilovers that i bought stiffer springs for (10k/8k). <1500 miles only looking for $300 with og springs and the new ones.

crazysaywhat · 03-21-2010, 10:22 PM

eh i would keep it stock height i mean its a civic and ur in jersey... you lower it then all the skeevy ppl start thinkin its hooked up and break in tryin to steal it haha

twilightfoci · 03-26-2010, 09:22 AM

Im running Sprint Race Springs and Skunk2 Struts on my DA, paid roughly $400... Sits alot lower then stock and handles amazing now

03-08-2010, 07:06 PM	#1
dielan Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Jersey Member #12570 My Ride: 96 Jeep Cherokee iTrader: (0)	want to lower my car but dont wanna spend a lot i know "you get waht you pay for". but im just wondering, should i bother getting these? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1992-...Q5fAccessories im just asking so please dont start criticizing me. my car isnt fast, isnt the best looking car, but i just wanna lower it.

03-08-2010, 08:51 PM	#7
M Solo Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the basement of your mothers house Member #14194 My Ride: My Nikes iTrader: (0)	if u dont care about the car then why lower it......why waste your time? If your gonna do something, do it right....or dont do it at all. __________________ formerly Blown GK 03 V6 GK Dropped & Blown To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Last edited by M Solo; 03-08-2010 at 08:53 PM.

03-09-2010, 09:52 AM	#8
highmilehatch Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PA Member #929 iTrader: (3)	Just cut your springs. __________________ 92 SC300 - 2JZGTE 93 Civic Si - 11.3@125 stock block pump gas FOR SALE

03-09-2010, 10:15 AM	#9
420sx Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Warrington, PA Member #2811 My Ride: '98 240sx, 98 Impreza L, 00 SV650 iTrader: (5)	Cheap: Decent struts and springs Cheaper: Stock struts, lowering springs Cheapest: Cut dem springs. Obviously the cheaper you go, the crappier the ride will get. You can do struts and springs for maybe $250 if you look around, springs for under $100, and cutting your springs obviously is free. Cutting your springs will lower it, but the stock shocks will go after not too long if you slam it. Lowering springs will give you a little stiffer of a ride, and the shocks might last a bit longer depending on how low you go, but they will eventually blow from being low (and not being designed for it). The only permenant, non-ghetto solution is aftermarket struts and springs, or coilovers. __________________ loltst

03-09-2010, 10:21 AM	#10
grimm Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Member #3058 iTrader: (2)	don't people cut springs anymore. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

03-08-2010, 07:18 PM	#2
OutToWinPAHC Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tokelau Member #5081 My Ride: R33 GTS25T, RHD E46, Truck, part R32 GTR iTrader: (2)	I put them on my old EF, well a better named brand. Ride sucked, blew shocks left and right.

03-08-2010, 07:29 PM	#3
dielan Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Jersey Member #12570 My Ride: 96 Jeep Cherokee iTrader: (0)	thats what im afraid of. i wanna drop it a good amount but its mad expensive.

03-08-2010, 07:33 PM	#4
OutToWinPAHC Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tokelau Member #5081 My Ride: R33 GTS25T, RHD E46, Truck, part R32 GTR iTrader: (2)	Yeah this was years ago I was 17 then and 26 now. I used aerospeed "coilovers" with tokiko blue struts. It was like a damn trampoline. I even remember hitting my head on the roof once. But low yes, I tucked 205/65/14's to the wheel lip

03-08-2010, 08:00 PM	#5
NowThatsG Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pa Member #14614 My Ride: '12 Corbin Sparrow iTrader: (0)	just put a bunch of bricks in ur trunk, that'll lower it a bunch, but probily kill ur gas milage

03-09-2010, 12:58 PM	#13
420sx Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Warrington, PA Member #2811 My Ride: '98 240sx, 98 Impreza L, 00 SV650 iTrader: (5)	Cheap parts on ebay are hit or miss. Would I buy suspension components from an ebay company? Hell no. But something stupid like an intake? Sure wtf. __________________ loltst

03-09-2010, 02:32 PM	#14
highmilehatch Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PA Member #929 iTrader: (3)	Sarcasm is hard to understand over the internet I guess. Either way, if your going to put junk on your car, you might as well cut your springs because they are both half-ass ways of doing things. __________________ 92 SC300 - 2JZGTE 93 Civic Si - 11.3@125 stock block pump gas FOR SALE

03-09-2010, 03:18 PM	#15
Ridachu Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bucks County,Pa Member #14535 My Ride: ...i dont have one 8'[ iTrader: (4)	i have a set on my car, also bought 4 new shocks and struts...came out to be 250-300...just save up for d2s...best cheapest coil overs ive seen...ive gotta set of tien springs laying around...if u wanna buy them 8]]]

03-10-2010, 07:59 PM	#16
dielan Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Jersey Member #12570 My Ride: 96 Jeep Cherokee iTrader: (0)	how much of a drop are they and how much do you want for them?

03-11-2010, 02:27 PM	#17
The Alchemist Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Oct 2009 Member #14803 iTrader: (2)	Those springs in the OP are a knock off of the Skunk2 Lowering Springs. They are adjustable ride hight, and depending on what make and model civic you have, I can order you a set of Ksports if you want.

03-21-2010, 10:07 PM	#18
sundaybikes Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 215 Member #8522 My Ride: is red iTrader: (1)	I have emusa coilovers that i bought stiffer springs for (10k/8k). <1500 miles only looking for $300 with og springs and the new ones.

03-26-2010, 09:22 AM	#20
twilightfoci Tri-State Training Wheels Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Browns Mills, NJ Member #16037 My Ride: 94 Civic Ferio iTrader: (0)	Im running Sprint Race Springs and Skunk2 Struts on my DA, paid roughly $400... Sits alot lower then stock and handles amazing now

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