Suspension start to feel Soft

[Frankie]

Hi Guys
I have Ek1 civic Koni+superlow kings and ive noticed that the cars handling isn't as good as when i fisrt got them installed iam thinking that the springs are stuffed and when i go around croners feels lik the car has more body roll (ps i do hav sway bar kit) never felt like this.

need some help cheers

[Frankie]

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[Frankie]

can anyone help me out

[bennjamin]

How many ks on the shocks ? Might be on the way out
try adjusting the damper further stiff an see if that helps
also your tyres might be alittle low Pressure

[beeza]

I have king lows and I definately noticed that they 'settled' after 5000 or so k's.

[Frankie]

Ive done about 14,000km on them and the shocks adjusted to pretty hard tyres are fine always check them. shocks are fien aim guessing the springs, shocks aaare still new

[xntrik]

dont king springs sag after awhile?

[beeza]

Ive done about 14,000km on them and the shocks adjusted to pretty hard tyres are fine always check them. shocks are fien aim guessing the springs, shocks aaare still new

Can U say that again please :confused:

[Frankie]

Can U say that again please :confused:

shocks and springs where installed 14,000km ago,,,, shocks are almost the hardest setting, my tyres are at the right pressure.

[beeza]

I would almost certainly say the kingy's have sagged,happened to mine,then more body roll appeared on the car.I changed my shocks cause they were old and that helped a lot.

[Frankie]

I would almost certainly say the kingy's have sagged,happened to mine,then more body roll appeared on the car.I changed my shocks cause they were old and that helped a lot.

yeh think iam goign to have to got for spoon springs or eibach, what you guys reccommend,

what have u got beeza

[beeza]

I bought KYB gas shocks for $400 new.

They are a very good shock but are meant to be a stock replacement,I mean they are super comfy but there are better out there in terms of performance,that's forsure.

I just dont have the money to experiment,ya know.

I'm sure there are combo's out there that I would like more than what I have but it's too damn expensive to try it,then go,nah it's too whatever!!

So I made a safe bet.

[Frankie]

my shocks are fine i would only change the springs..... what springs have u got???

[STiR]

Good springs sag and cheap king springs sag quicker!

[blabla]

my shocks are fine i would only change the springs..... what springs have u got???

Mate go to Allsprings Moorebank and get them designed for what u want them. they can make a spring anywhere from 1% stiffer then stock to 100 stiffer then stock. I think it 400 for springs made and fitted

[Frankie]

That's sound preety good man good quality have u used them before

[beeza]

my shocks are fine i would only change the springs..... what springs have u got???

King lows.


Good springs sag and cheap king springs sag quicker!

Thanks mate!

Glad U made this thread Frankie,I now know it's the king springs that are causing that slight body roll.

Might change them at some point later.

[blabla]

That's sound preety good man good quality have u used them before

I got pedders crap i bought the car with them on there. I'm looking to change to coilovers eventually but there is another o/h user that i told to go there and he was extremely happy with the end result.

[Frankie]

King lows.



Thanks mate!

Glad U made this thread Frankie,I now know it's the king springs that are causing that slight body roll.

Might change them at some point later.


yeh i havent got the money at the moment to change them so think i will prob leave them tell end of year or later, there not terrible but i can feel it them getting weaker

[CB7_OWNER]

Maybe your bushings are on the way out

[Frankie]

rear trailer arm busihin are new
but the fornt on nah

[beeza]

yeh i havent got the money at the moment to change them so think i will prob leave them tell end of year or later, there not terrible but i can feel it them getting weaker

It's annoying aye,dumb ass king springs.I love the comfort but dont have the confidence I want in the twistys unfortunately.

Changing a few bushes was a great move,still dosen't solve this though.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120991

It's no issue to me,I'm just used to it now.It did annoy me for a while,not having 'go kart' handling but my car handles bloody great,just not go kart stylez.

What we all want is 'go kart' style handling with a comfortable ride.

[Frankie]

It's annoying aye,dumb ass king springs.I love the comfort but dont have the confidence I want in the twistys unfortunately.

Changing a few bushes was a great move,still dosen't solve this though.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120991

It's no issue to me,I'm just used to it now.It did annoy me for a while,not having 'go kart' handling but my car handles bloody great,just not go kart stylez.

What we all want is 'go kart' style handling with a comfortable ride.

yeh we do i got new cambre kit when installed plus got new rear bushing wouldnt be the issue here jsu the chat springs lol looklike going to hav to look into eibach or spooon

[beeza]

Yeah,just take ya time and keep ya eye out on here,they always pop up! :)

[beeza]

The KYB AGX looks great:

http://www.kyb.com.au/performance.htm

[Frankie]

The KYB AGX looks great:

http://www.kyb.com.au/performance.htm

no bad but prefer the koni's lol

[beeza]

Yeah,the koni's always get mentioned.

[Frankie]

Bilstein aswell are awesome that was another set I was looking at whe. I got mine