any way to lower your car thats already been lowered?

[mugencivic4dr]

sounds more like youre "trying to go lower" because the ass end is lower than the front

because of this, i make sure the front springs lower the car more than the rear by at least 3/4-1in.

[HighLife]

Dont be afraid to cut the spring. Cut half a coil off and see if that satisfies you. People get a little too crazy about cut springs.

[HappyGilmore]

Dont be afraid to cut the spring. Cut half a coil off and see if that satisfies you. People get a little too crazy about cut springs.

And this right here is what you should not do.

That's what can get people hurt and render your car unsafe, and then it becomes a serious money pit after that.

[deevergote]

Dont be afraid to cut the spring. Cut half a coil off and see if that satisfies you. People get a little too crazy about cut springs.

There's always one.

[jhoff]

There's always one.

Was thinking the same thing. Why promote unsafe habits.
You know what go cut the spring, it may not fail, but this is why I hate some of the owners around here. Always half assing things on their cars. Take your fucking time, spend the money, and do it right.

[deevergote]

Right.
I mean, there are TONS of halfassed and unsafe cars represented on this site alone... but we at least TRY to educate people to do things the right way.
The sad thing is, kids will see 10 people saying to do it right, and one dumbass saying it's fine to do it wrong... and they'll go with the dumbass's words, because it's what they want to hear. Because it's the cheap and easy way out.


Also, when the rear "sits lower", that's not really the case. The rear fenders come down lower than the front fenders do. Most lowering springs for our cars actually lower LESS in the rear than in the front. I personally don't care for that backwards rake look myself... but some Koni Yellows can fix that.

[HighLife]

Wow at the comments following mine. Please blow my mind with your neverending amount of knowledge about how if this guy cuts half a coil off of his front springs the care will magically become unsafe and explode into a thousand pieces and how its so unethical for one to suggest that. Please enlighten me. A decade of working on cars and you are about to educate me like no other.

[AllProsNoCons]

Not that I recommend cutting springs when I lowered my legend on suspension tech springs i wasnt happy with the stance. It sat higher in the front than the rear, looked goofy as fuck I wasn't happy. So I cut one coil of the fronts with a circular saw a nice clean cut, doesn't bounce at all or ride too bad for being on all 4 stock struts after 2,000 miles all 4 are pretty blown now. I am going to save for koni reds. Then eventually get ground control sleeves for it. If you can do it right the first time more power to you! Oh and now she sits pretty low but not on the floor i love the stance I acquired.

[HappyGilmore]

Wow at the comments following mine. Please blow my mind with your neverending amount of knowledge about how if this guy cuts half a coil off of his front springs the care will magically become unsafe and explode into a thousand pieces and how its so unethical for one to suggest that. Please enlighten me. A decade of working on cars and you are about to educate me like no other.

Because several things come into play when you do such a thing. First off you change spring rate when you cut a spring (or even a coil). When you cut evenly you don't know what your rate has changed to. Stock springs with stock shocks the rates are set accordingly. When you cut springs then that changes, and against the rebound of the shock ride quality goes down the more you cut, and being that your stock shock isn't designed for a diff spring rate (even though some will put aftermarket springs on stock shocks) you will blow your shocks out much quicker and then your car becomes unsafe. I would infer you knew this right? Not trying to be a d-bag, but we here are just trying to make a point safely and cleanly.

[jhoff]

Saftey is the main reason I push for not half assing mods.
That and cutting springs could cost you more money, than doing it right the first time.

In the end its your car, do what you want.
Just dont bitch on the site when it goes wrong.

[illinois_erik]

cutting springs is an antique notion from the lead sled days, you didnt worry about spring rates and progressiveness, the one dude freaking about how no ones gonna enlighten him, should keep his old skool train of thought with the old cars. Honda is performance engineered from the start, Things that might seems insignificant; ie: This big dumb coil of steel that just bounces with the car; may be the case with some old ass car and can tolerate cutting coils with no ill effects will not work on cars that have been meticulously engineered to exacting standards; or demands specific engineered parts from the aftermarket.

so no if you want a shit handling car that will shock you at every turn and emergency stop, sure cut springs, shit why not just do away with them and ride on the bump stops. AND QUIT SUGGESTING IT SHADETREE MECHANIC NEWBS AND STOP THE CHAIN OF MISINFORMATION. heh

[Stoner51]

Just a suggestion but is the rear shock mount shot?
Mine sags some and if yours does as well it could lower the rear even more not much but some.
If it is there was just a diy and replacing it with the UCA bushing from energy suspension.


steve

[crazymikey]

Because I don't have anything to replace that suspension setup for the time being. And I don't really have time to go to the junk yard and pick something up.

So how about just stop complaining and leave your car as it is.

The only way to acheive your desired result is to replace all the components.

If you can't do that, leave it alone.

[crazymikey]

Was thinking the same thing. Why promote unsafe habits.
You know what go cut the spring, it may not fail, but this is why I hate some of the owners around here. Always half assing things on their cars. Take your fucking time, spend the money, and do it right.

Nobody wants to spend the money, because if they had the money to spend, most of the time they would not be driving a CB7 by choice.

The only guys that spend the money are the hardcore ones. Everyone wants ebay this, JDM that, coilover sleeves this, camber kits that, all said and done for under $250 and installed in 2 hours.

Doesn't work that way when it comes to suspension. You can half ass other parts of your car all you like, but when it comes to drivetrain, suspension and brakes, there is no cheap and good route.

[Fodoaccord]

yea I feel that I just hate the boat look. it gets old after awhile, and I definitely understand there is no cheap way with suspension and drivetrain ive spent at least 3000 grand in suspension in these last three years.