FreshDaily Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 I was wondering if any one knew about how much I should cut the Integra springs to fit my 94' civic?? If I just slap them on, I know it will sit too high....Maybe about 2 inches or so??? :help:
CleanGSR Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 I wouldn't go cutting springs for any reason. When you cut springs, it will change the spring rate and make the ride bouncy and rough. What's wrong with the current springs on your civic?
delsol209 Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 yea and camber is a biachhh hope you got extra money for tires lol
FreshDaily Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 I just bought the civic like 2 weeks ago, noticed that the ride was crapty, and I went to check out the suspension set up, and they put some non-name brand 29.95 ebay coilovers on there. My friend has some old integra springs n struts from his 95' laying around, I thought maybe I could use them until I buy me some Eibach springs w/ Tokico struts... I was thinking just to maybe cut them a little bit to make my civic sit at normal height since the integra is a bit more heavy the springs will make my civic sit high like a dune buggy! lol
delsol209 Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 yea well im pretty sure it aint that big of a difference wat model is ur civic??? and just like most integra, civics, delsols use the same stuff so youll be alrite but as for ride heigth your going to have to determine that on ur own
FreshDaily Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 its a 94 ej1....I put the front ones on yesterday to see how it would sit and MAN, did it sit high!!! lol everything bolted up perfect but the height was too high, I was also thinking maybe cus I dont have my a/c components like condenser,fan, ac comp, etc.
delsol209 Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 yea well how high does it sit??? from the wheel well?? just know this for every coil it's like one inch your taking off heigth so just measure it up and youll be good make sure they are all even though lol
CleanGSR Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 yea and camber is a biachhh hope you got extra money for tires lol Wrong. Camber is not an issue unless it's very extreme (like 4" drop extreme). As long as it's a moderate drop and you get an alignment to set your toe to spec, tire wear won't be a problem. I was dropped 1" with a camber kit putting me in spec. I've since dropped 3" (2 additional inches) with no camber adjustment and my tires have been wearing completely normal for 30,000 miles. Many people don't realize that our cars come with some negative camber stock and some cars (like M3's) come with a decent bit of negative camber....none of them have irregular tire wear because the toe is in spec. I just bought the civic like 2 weeks ago, noticed that the ride was crapty, and I went to check out the suspension set up, and they put some non-name brand 29.95 ebay coilovers on there. My friend has some old integra springs n struts from his 95' laying around, I thought maybe I could use them until I buy me some Eibach springs w/ Tokico struts... I was thinking just to maybe cut them a little bit to make my civic sit at normal height since the integra is a bit more heavy the springs will make my civic sit high like a dune buggy! lol Cut springs will ride worse than current. Most likely a poor ride is due to blown shock rather than bad springs. I personally wouldn't do anything until you can afford to do it right or do it oem. Look around on this and other forums and see if you can find anyone parting out a civic....then buy the suspension parts off them for cheap.....that or just live with what you have until you can afford a real setup.
Hatch92 Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 integras and civics use the same shocks and springs Edit: I ran those $30 coil-overs off ebay on my car for ever and never had a problem hell they were even a decent ride.
FreshDaily Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 integras and civics use the same shocks and springs hmmmm, these shock and springs off the integra got my civic sittin high like one of them Donks with 24's. lol. I got to cleanin off those coilovers this morning cus they had like an inch of dirt build up, and what do ya know- the front 2 are skunk2 and the rear are some other ones I think. They got a bluespring and red adjustment sleeves. Anyone know what they might be?? I know skunk2 aren't that bad so it MUST be the blown struts giving the crapty ride!...Im just gonna buy some tokico struts and mount them with the coilovers 2morrow. I'll see if I can take a pic and show yall how high its sittin right now and a also pic I took when I first bought it dropped! A before and after pic!.....
FreshDaily Posted February 8, 2008 Author Posted February 8, 2008 stock civic's sit pretty high to start with. yea thats what I was thinking, maybe Im just use to seeing it sit real low like when I originally purchased it. and now that its (maybe) back at stock height it looks too high due to me always seeing it lowered....
civichatch201 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 i work for goodyear and align cars all day long if you cut the springs you will regret it it can damage the strut and it will ride like crap. i would just wait man and deal with the wheel gap or put those 30$ ebay springs back on and call it a day. and as for camber if you drop raise your car at all it will throw off all of the specs in the front end so you need to have it alligned and if you dont set the camber back to spec from how ever negetive it is it will have an effect on your tires. wether you notice it right away or 40k miles later.
CleanGSR Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 i work for goodyear and align cars all day long if you cut the springs you will regret it it can damage the strut and it will ride like crap. i would just wait man and deal with the wheel gap or put those 30$ ebay springs back on and call it a day. and as for camber if you drop raise your car at all it will throw off all of the specs in the front end so you need to have it alligned and if you dont set the camber back to spec from how ever negetive it is it will have an effect on your tires. wether you notice it right away or 40k miles later. I can't express how strongly I disagree with this. I have a decent bit of negative camber, but toe is in spec. I've spent 30,000 miles on one set of tires (that were rated for 30k), and by the time they were nearly bald, the tire wear is 100% even across the entire tread. Camber is only an effect if toe is out. If the toe is out, then it will cause the entire tire to wear faster and put an emphasis on the camber settings.
vr4girl Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 did you think that cutting springs would make the ride better? because it definitely wont. and cutting springs is pretty ricer-ish. :|
Kegger Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Hey Nate, you are correct... For the most part, there are certain things that you can do to kill your tires very fast if even if your toe is good. Like driving from WI to TN. It'll burn 'em, FAST!
Hatch92 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 i'd have to agree. i've seen cars with a 1-2" drop without a camber kit run on tires for ever and you never see them wear uneven.
chris_agu28 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 You will see some amazing stuff in this so called "car world".
chris_agu28 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 But i take it from the responses. He won't cut the springs after all the no's and the summary of the after effect of cutting them.
vr4girl Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 i still wanna know if he thinks that cutting them is gonna make a better ride. :\
zimmy709 Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 if you are lookin for something if you dont wanna buy new i have my used tokico blue's and tokico springs for sale CHEEP. Let me know if you are interested
chris_agu28 Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 liz thats the brand that zack has on his civic. tokico's. I been hearing alot of stuff about them since that night I saw them.
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