Do lowered springs take time to sag and wear!?!

[JDM-derek]

yo sup guys, last week i installed king springs low 1.5 into my ek, after installing em i can't F#@KEN tell there even lowered!!! So i called up Repco and he said they take a while to sag :S...
what do you reckon guys?

cheers

[migoreng]

Give them a few weeks..I was told they can drop up to another 5mm.
I have seen the ride height of a stock EK and rims..I guess if you drop it only 1.5" it won't be really noticable.

However on my prelude the ride height looks decent. I'm on Kings lows too. Went from a 5 finger fender gap down to 2...

[StrawberryFace]

yeh give a couple of weeks but dont expect it to be ontop of the tyre man will sag alot more over YEARS lol goodluck man i changed 4 times in my ek to get the rite height for me i was never happy.

[migoreng]

I have done almost 50,000km on my springs over the last 2 years and still have a 2 finger fender gap.
Also I have stock shocks.

[DLO01]

If your not happy with it now, your not going to be happy in a few weeks. It will drop marginally, but very very very little.

[StrawberryFace]

If your not happy with it now, your not going to be happy in a few weeks. It will drop marginally, but very very very little.

well said very small drop juss get new ones fuk it

[Riced_Civic]

yep had lows on my EK didnt do squat

[Sm1l3y]

Just get them compressed.

[1590cc]

^Don't do that.

Sell and buy Superlows.

[JABLAY]

chop ur springs lol

[mugen_ctr]

chop ur springs lol

hahahaha, dont be a bogan, do the right thing, and get matched aftermarket shockers with lowered springs, the last thing you want is to bottom out, an have dangerous handling

[JABLAY]

hahahaha, dont be a bogan, do the right thing, and get matched aftermarket shockers with lowered springs, the last thing you want is to bottom out, an have dangerous handling

im asian :p its the asian way LOL

[Sm1l3y]

What's wrong with compressing your springs?

[Super-DA9]

Hey man, if you're gonna buy new springs don't go with king springs again, I used to have them on my DC2 and they handled worse than stock, wobbling about the corners like a boat in a storm and understeering like I was on ICE. Ok so maybe thats a bit dramatic lol. Anyway then I bought coilovers and even on shit tyres I can outhandle many AWD's. :)

Best springs to go for in my opinion are Eibach. I had the red ones on my DA and holy **** they were really good.

[aaronng]

Hey man, if you're gonna buy new springs don't go with king springs again, I used to have them on my DC2 and they handled worse than stock, wobbling about the corners like a boat in a storm and understeering like I was on ICE.

Did you use the stock shocks with the lowered springs? If that is the case, then that is what caused your car to wobble in corners. The stock shocks were lowered beyond its operating range and there was no damping at all, hence the wobbling.

[Super-DA9]

yeah true that

[waix]

get superlows

[flipfire]

Yeah king springs lows is a waste of money on the EK, should have looked at some pics first. Have a look here (http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?139048-pedders-springs-EK&p=2847819&viewfull=1#post2847819) dude

Superlows is a good height for daily driving. Ultralows isnt as low as it sounds.


What's wrong with compressing your springs?

Once you heat and compress the springs again their characteristics change.

[Bludger]

if a spring sags over time, its not very good is it........

[migoreng]

Hey man, if you're gonna buy new springs don't go with king springs again, I used to have them on my DC2 and they handled worse than stock, wobbling about the corners like a boat in a storm and understeering like I was on ICE. Ok so maybe thats a bit dramatic lol. Anyway then I bought coilovers and even on shit tyres I can outhandle many AWD's. :)

Best springs to go for in my opinion are Eibach. I had the red ones on my DA and holy **** they were really good.

When you mean wobble, are you talking about high speed driving on the track or daily driving?

My Prelude is lowered 1.5" on kings low the handling is fine for daily driving. I don't know if my shocks are the factory ones but if they are then they are doing pretty well for 230,000km...
I have been using the springs since ~180k...

[mugen_ctr]

Well from what iev been told, kings only have a spring rate similar to factory specs which would explain the handling situation, if u want handling, u go for teins or eibachs springs, kings are merly for looks, not performance

[Bludger]

When those turbo sedan and hatches go over humpy (not bumpy) roads and the rear of their car bounce up and down, looks cool.

Looks like they're going to take off into the brightly lit night sky