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Ground clearance question/ aftermarket suspension/2001 civic/KONI
I will be getting the Eibach Koni Sports Pro Kit. All in one peice kit.
Eibach springs with koni sport shocks. If i purchase this kit it will lower the car 1". Has anyone here installed on a stock (stock rims tires)2001 Civic EX? I am worried about ground clearance for speed bumps, driveway etc? Any comments would help, thanx all. -Brian ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Ground clearance question/ aftermarket suspension/2001 civic/KONI
Brian wrote:
> I will be getting the Eibach Koni Sports Pro Kit. All in one peice kit. > Eibach springs with koni sport shocks. > > If i purchase this kit it will lower the car 1". Has anyone here > installed on a stock (stock rims tires)2001 Civic EX? I am worried about > ground clearance for speed bumps, driveway etc? > > Any comments would help, thanx all. > > > -Brian > if you want the car to genuinely be more "sporty" in handling, go to kingmotorsports.com and order the mugen honda bushing kits and some sport shocks. koni's are good, but so are others like kyb & bilsteins, and they're cheaper. the springs are usually the same rating[1], even when lowered, so shorter springs don't necessarily firm up the ride - it's the shocks & bushings that do it. and stiffer sway bars. if you don't care about grinding the bottom, attracting the attention of cops or [expensive] premature tire wear [without also buying the camber kits], go ahead and lower the car. [1] as a comparative measure between spring types, count the coil loops and measure the wire thickness with an open ended wrench, [e.g. a 10mm wrench measures 10mm diameter spring wire just fine!] if the wire gauge and the loop count is the same, the spring rating is the same. spring steels are all pretty much the same modulus, so spring rate is only really affected by wire diameter and length. |
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