Cost of lowering my cb7...

[Fr0z3N]

How about the skunk2 springs or coilovers?

[owequitit]

How about the skunk2 springs or coilovers?

As previously mentioned. ALL slipover coilovers suck balls. They all ride like shit.

You can't tell your struts are bad by looking at them...unless there is oil all over, but even if there isn't, they can still be bad.

[lokuputha]

Springs - $140-210 depending on choice
Struts - $260-500 depending on choice

Install - $100-200 depending on where you go for a shop, or save that by DIYing.

Be prepared to break parts doing it. I broke my axle installing my suspension.

holy thread revival Batman o_O

also add:

*Ball Joints & Connecting Rods - $300 - OEM Honda Part Prefered
You should replace all old suspension pieces to avoid them failing under the increased shock loads.

*Sway Bars - $300 - Suspension Techniques or Intrax
A lot of people ignore to tighten up the car's swaying motion when dropping a car. Not upgrading the sway bars when upgrading the springs and shocks usually leads to an imbalance between the fore/aft movement and the side-to-side motion of the car; thus making the handling not as predictable.

[deevergote]

hey how much does it cost to lower my car a few inches? or can i do it myself without too much trouble?

Bypassing all other replies...

You can do it yourself easily enough, as long as you have the tools. You can do it CHEAP with crap parts, but don't expect good results. Get quality springs, new struts (people will say you can drop on stock... I say it's a bad idea... do what you want there), and a camber kit (again, people say it's not needed. I have tires in my basement that say otherwise... do as you will...)

The springs will cost you $100-$150 in most cases. Some are $200. Struts can be had for $200 all around for low-end, but decent...
A camber kit can be bought for the front (which is most important) for about $50-$75. You can get better ones for more, but as long as you don't abuse the cheao ones, they'll work just fine.
Then you're looking at an alignment. You NEED to get an alignment after you lower your car. $65 is what I pay. You'd be wise to go to Firestone and pay for their lifetime alignment service... like $200, but you'll NEVER pay again!


So, in all... to do it right, you're looking at $400-$500. To halfass it, you can do it for under $100... but new tires aren't cheap, and a crappy ride is no fun.

[deevergote]

And wow... didn't notice this was so old I'll leave my post for future Cb7ers though!

[luckyflip]

i did the mistake of burning my springs when i first got my cb7 a year and half ago.then i bought some cheap coilovers hoping this it was going to make it better .( i was 17 so i didnt know better) well now the bouncing around and weak handling is starting to get on my nerves.well i have my eye on some skunk 2 coilovers with some tokico struts.what do yall think.think it will work?

[pretty_ricky302]

Shocks $60-$150piece
Springs $100-$400
coilover $50-$400

Labor-diy

[JakeBlume]

I just put some Matrix Coilovers on mine. Stock struts. Ride is bumpy but handles well. No problems after about 2 years.

[deevergote]

I just put some Matrix Coilovers on mine. Stock struts. Ride is bumpy but handles well. No problems after about 2 years.

Wow... that has to be the worst combination ever! Matrix makes terrible products (I had a strut bar that bent!), and lowering on stock shocks is just... a bad idea. Many people who are dropped on stockers have just gotten accustomed to having them completely blown. Not all, I suppose... but ANYTHING that old, that isn't designed for such abuse, will fail.

[Bcozzi71]

i just got done putting on my tein springs with juan (icedplaya123) he is a pro haha..but we didnt break anything and im waiting untill march to get struts..... im OEM till than....

[deevergote]

I think that finally puts him 1 suspension job over me.

[JakeBlume]

Wow... that has to be the worst combination ever! Matrix makes terrible products (I had a strut bar that bent!), and lowering on stock shocks is just... a bad idea. Many people who are dropped on stockers have just gotten accustomed to having them completely blown. Not all, I suppose... but ANYTHING that old, that isn't designed for such abuse, will fail.

haha I realize its not the smartest idea, but when I got the car one of the front springs and one of the rear srpings was broken. Pressed for money, it was cheaper to do that than to get OEM replacement springs. I plan on getting full coilovers in the future.

[WhiteAccord]

i bought a set of lowering springs from ebay and they work great, acekogyo is the sellers name, the springs are blue no namers, ive had no problems with them and ive been ridin them like that for about 5 months.