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post Jan 13, 2006 - 12:15 PM
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What's the best way to drop your car with comfort? I like drop car, but from what I read its uncomfortable unless you get the right parts. let me see if i can show a pix of how drop i want it. well its in this topic of the honda civic " The Civic"


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post Jan 27, 2006 - 10:15 AM
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Lowering springs will cause an unstable alignment in your wheels even if you align them every week.
You will need the custom struts to fix that problem. Most people do not understand that so They end up like me who gets there tires chewed out at every hard cornering. The coilovers is what you really need to fix alingment problems and def the top pillow mount. Lowering springs have less than then OEM springs in terms of strength, cause they expand and contract a lot faster than stock. Even though they are the same length.
post Jan 27, 2006 - 11:48 AM
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QUOTE(soulshadow @ Jan 27, 2006 - 7:15 AM) [snapback]385315[/snapback]

Lowering springs will cause an unstable alignment in your wheels even if you align them every week.
You will need the custom struts to fix that problem. Most people do not understand that so They end up like me who gets there tires chewed out at every hard cornering. The coilovers is what you really need to fix alingment problems and def the top pillow mount. Lowering springs have less than then OEM springs in terms of strength, cause they expand and contract a lot faster than stock. Even though they are the same length.


What are you talking about? Quality lowering springs do not cause an unstable alignment. You just need to get your car properly aligned. I suspect that you've got something else wrong with your car.

And just out of curiosity, why do you think custom struts fix the problem anyway? In what way(s) would the struts have to be customized?


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- My2Celi   suspension drop   Jan 13, 2006 - 12:15 PM
- - Bigmeanbulldog55   Quality parts = Quality ride Simple as that, man....   Jan 13, 2006 - 4:29 PM
- - pure_dx   tokico? eibach?   Jan 13, 2006 - 9:06 PM
- - 97lestyousay   kyb, koni, bilstein   Jan 14, 2006 - 10:06 AM
- - Gen6-GT   If you're going to spend $$$ on...   Jan 16, 2006 - 8:58 PM
- - Jen   Eh, while this is being talked about. When I had m...   Jan 16, 2006 - 9:11 PM
- - My2Celi   okay ill look into that. But whats the difference ...   Jan 16, 2006 - 11:51 PM
- - 95CelicaST   Coilovers are adjustable sleeves. You can use some...   Jan 18, 2006 - 3:34 AM
- - Coomer   No-one makes shortened struts for our cars. To hav...   Jan 18, 2006 - 3:11 PM
- - My2Celi   nnoooOOOOOOO. man this is gonna b tough now. custo...   Jan 20, 2006 - 7:06 AM
- - Coomer   If all goes well, I'll make a how-to on shorte...   Jan 20, 2006 - 12:07 PM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them...   Jan 20, 2006 - 12:54 PM
- - playr158   i noticed the same things with the AROSPEED coilso...   Jan 20, 2006 - 1:04 PM
- - rjbibeau   did you use the stock bearing plates for the teins...   Jan 20, 2006 - 5:27 PM
- - 95CelicaST   How much do the Pillow Ball Mounts cost?   Jan 21, 2006 - 2:57 AM
- - celiracer   Dan did you aerospeed coilovers ride smooth tho? o...   Jan 21, 2006 - 12:22 PM
- - playr158   stock struts defenitly not goin to hold up that lo...   Jan 21, 2006 - 1:19 PM
- - tovejas   QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Jan 20, 2006 ...   Jan 21, 2006 - 1:23 PM
|- - Silver94CelicaOwner   QUOTE(tovejas @ Jan 21, 2006 - 11:23...   Jan 23, 2006 - 1:57 AM
- - celiracer   Well what kinda struts would i need to buy to be a...   Jan 21, 2006 - 5:02 PM
- - LewFX   coilovers have struts + springs in one and are adj...   Jan 21, 2006 - 7:23 PM
- - celiracer   O, well i'm buying dan's aerospeed coilove...   Jan 21, 2006 - 7:38 PM
- - playr158   get a set of KYB GR2 or KONI if you got the cash f...   Jan 21, 2006 - 11:45 PM
- - celiracer   ok, thanks so i'm just getting the adjustable ...   Jan 22, 2006 - 2:26 AM
- - deliriouzgtfour   anyone know where i can find new sperical balls fo...   Jan 23, 2006 - 5:51 PM
- - soulshadow   Lowering springs will cause an unstable alignment ...   Jan 27, 2006 - 10:15 AM
|- - Coomer   QUOTE(soulshadow @ Jan 27, 2006 - 7...   Jan 27, 2006 - 11:48 AM
- - playr158   yea i'm in agreeance with coomer on this... s...   Jan 27, 2006 - 5:53 PM
- - My2Celi   soooo.. go with springs instead of coilover. for c...   Jan 28, 2006 - 11:37 AM
- - soven   forget the custom strut   Jan 28, 2006 - 1:55 PM
- - playr158   its all going to depend....no "custom" s...   Jan 28, 2006 - 3:09 PM


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