Lowered Comfort

[gloryaccordy]

Tire size makes a huge difference too. I recently went from 205/50R16s to 205/60R15s just in front and it feels like a totally different car

[TheNextEpisode]

Good point.

I've been running 215/45-17 General Altimax HP tires at 40-42 psi, for mileage reasons. I bet a LOT could be gained with 205/55 or 205/60-17s @ 28-30 psi.
That'd help fill out my agx-heightened wheel gap as well.

[90LXCB7Newbie]

You're still stuck with limited travel.

I want to get my hands on some AGXs, but given how much they bitch about drop heights for the warranty I would bet the travel on them is limited, and the perch sits higher than stock.

The height you sit at makes a HUGE difference in ride quality. I have 440/300 sleeves on my car now with Illuminas. When I was at the height in my sig it rode like absolute shit. I raised it up to maybe a little lower than a Neuspeed Sport drop (about 13"-13.5" from fender to wheel center) and now it's pretty tolerable even on shitty NYC streets.

As far as that setup, I would definitely want something welded up over something with bolts like that. All it takes is one jolt to strip those bolts clean. It wouldn't take much for someone to rig up something like this



Even still though that wouldn't solve the UCA issue. Best bet, don't go too low if bumps + comfort are a problem, and def. go with Koni Yellows over all else

so these top hats wuld be ideal for a coilover setup???
(not ebay crap but a good name brand set)

[gloryaccordy]

so these top hats wuld be ideal for a coilover setup???
(not ebay crap but a good name brand set)

Well I think for one most new Taiwanese (FF, D2, K-Sport) coilovers come with their own top hats so these wouldn't help for people with those. Plus shock travel isn't an issue on those as you adjust height by moving the whole shock body.

But for someone with stock style shocks (Koni Yellows, AGXs, Illuminas etc) extended top hats would be a godsend. One inch of extra stroke makes a huge difference in ride height.

[jhoff]

tein ca coil overs, there made for street comfort

[ilovemycb7]

My tein super street got me pretty low and they were nearly as comfortable as stock, sometimes they felt better only rarely would I get a bad ride. It was never uncomfortable at all.

[Ant]

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Thats exactly the setup i plan on doing (i have this setup on my civic). I just need to measure how much metal tubing i need for the front.

I lowered the strut body to gain extra travel aswell.

[TheNextEpisode]

My tein super street got me pretty low and they were nearly as comfortable as stock, sometimes they felt better only rarely would I get a bad ride. It was never uncomfortable at all.

The spring rate on those is pretty decent.

Here's a link to all of Tein's spring rates:
Tein Spring Rates

Here's pwrusr's findings for Neuspeed:
Neuspeed Spring Rates


Maybe that'll be of use to someone in the future.

[nachocb7]

I've been trying to make my Accord more of a cruiser. While my current ride quality is decent, I get the feeling that the spring rate (roughly 450/300) on my Neuspeed Race springs is really messing with my ride quality. But, there's no way in hell I'm not going back to stock ride height to get stock spring rates.

And stock spring rates on a 2"+ lowering springs will most likely lead to destroyed bump stops.


So here goes the question. What's holding me back from running springs like the Tein S-tech that have a soft spring rate (roughly 250/160), cutting them until I get back to about a 2.2" drop, and then running elevated spring perches, a la:


Picture credits to the '09 Atlanta Meet thread.

Theoretically, this would get me back to a respectable drop, give me soft spring rates, and give me the shock travel necessary to avoid bump stop devastation.


Someone tell me what I'm missing and shoot down my plan.
Or, if someone can think of a better way of staying low but having a decent spring rate, fire away.
When I get a chance, I'll try to gather more spring rate figures.

That is really creative thinking, but that looks scarry as hell.It was probably only a show car that saw no road action. That looks like a wheel could fall off at any time. Maybe some steel tubing to raise the plate could work.I'll try it after at least 5 of you try it first.