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ejc_installations
21-01-2010, 08:30 AM
Hey all,

got a problem with my ride. Eh civic, got springs and shocks from honbits (pedders lowered) and put them in but it wasnt as low as i expected....... So backyard performance cut the springs to how i wanted it.. It sits 4 inches lower than standard in the rear but now i keep getting the tyre scrubbing and the shocks bottoming out over bumps.
What i dont understand is when i had the stock springs and a full car (which was as low as now) the car didnt bottom out at all and only scrubbed over massive dips in the road.

Anyhow...... Is there a cheap fix + keep it as low as now?

Cheers.
vinnY
21-01-2010, 04:52 PM
cheap fix? no
probably less bottoming out because there's less of the spring there and the condition of the shocks to begin with are unknown
Mikecivic78
21-01-2010, 08:39 PM
no cheap fix. Save up 4 coilovers if u've got a good income.

cut springs + crap shockies = crap ride IMO.
kcokla
21-01-2010, 08:58 PM
cutting springs = no no.

im suprised the byp would even do that stuff.
vinnY
21-01-2010, 09:03 PM
pretty sure he's not referring to the byp we know around here
ejc_installations
22-01-2010, 11:32 AM
yeah, they byp in fairfield! lol.
might just try resetting the standard ones.
CB7_OWNER
22-01-2010, 12:41 PM
interesting.... the cheapest "semi- half -decent" option is just to get king springs super lows or something if they make it for your car, and put them on your stock shocks.
kcokla
22-01-2010, 06:57 PM
pretty sure he's not referring to the byp we know around here


yeah, they byp in fairfield! lol.
might just try resetting the standard ones.

mind me asking how much they charged you?


interesting.... the cheapest "semi- half -decent" option is just to get king springs super lows or something if they make it for your car, and put them on your stock shocks.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

its obvious your seeking a quick fix yet initially you wanted to be lower, king springs is probably the cheapest way to go, and occasionally there are 2nd hand lowering springs here on ozh
TheSaint
23-01-2010, 11:38 AM
even some good springs like tein s-techs or skunk2s arnt that much more than kings

hunt around on the trade forums here and you might get lucky

who knows what kind of hammering the shocks have had, and cut spings = damaged springs = crap ride