97-01 Cr-v springs

[markrutherford]

Springs will be in Tuesday and then Wednesday I'll install them then after ill measure and see what size tires I'll get. Either 205/70/15s Geo-outlanders A/T or 205/75/15 Gerenal Grabbers

[steelbluesleepR]

please don't kill anyone when it doesn't work.

[markrutherford]

please don't kill anyone when it doesn't work.

Why do you say it won't work?

[steelbluesleepR]

why would you think it would?

[markrutherford]

Springs came in! Installed the front springs today and it's 2-3 inches higher! Which makes me very happy and will do the backs tomorrow. Already have them mounted in new struts and strut tops ready to go!

[steelbluesleepR]

what shocks are you using?

[markrutherford]

Koni oranges and will upgrade later if they don't last.

[wildBill83]

Pics or it didn't happen, also don't you have to extend the strut rods? Are you worried about axles popping out?

[markrutherford]

Pictures will be up tomorrow guys

[sonikaccord]

Axles shouldn't pop out...I'm worried about/interested in droop.

How tall is the spring?
How tall is the uncompressed shock?

How much is the shock compressed when the car is at ride height?

[johnl]

I'm worried about/interested in droop.

Droop would be directly proportional to the degree of chassis lift, so with say a 3" lift the droop travel will be 3" less. This will be more of an issue at the front which seems to have less droop travel than the rear, but the Accord seems to be relatively well endowed with droop, even at the front (3" might challenge it though). The rear has a huge amount of droop travel.

The droop travel at both front and rear will be important, not just at the front. If (e.g.) if the left front wheel runs out of droop travel then it should still maintain at least some contact with the ground because the remaining droop travel at the diagonally opposite right rear wheel will 'push' the left front wheel down, but with the car largely 'teetering' on the RF / LR diagonal axis.

On the other hand, if (e.g.) the RR runs out of droop travel this means that the RF would be carrying almost no weight (what weight it would be carrying would be a function of the front / rear static weight distribution), it would then more easily reach the limit of it's droop travel and thus lose traction, with the car 'teetering' on the other axis.

This will all be affected by the strength of the springs, and any 'dead' coils the spring may have. Stiffer springs will result in greater diagonal loading / unloading for X droop travel than with softer springs, whether or not droop travel is actually exhausted at any corner of the car.

[sonikaccord]

I know the stock springs are very long compared to my Eibach springs. Are they 10"-12" springs?

The stock shock also has a lot of length to it as well, I should have taken those measurements, but I wasn't thinking about it.

For max droop, you would want to remove the anti-roll bars, right? That would make it "climb" better since it is an off-road car...

[markrutherford]

More pics later!

[cp[mike]]

this is awesome!!! direct swap?

[markrutherford]

this is awesome!!! direct swap?

Yes its a direct swap! Everyone thought it couldn't be done too. The ride is awesome, not to stiff either