I have a 2000 EX coupe. I put on tokico shocks and ground control coilovers, In my opinion the front looks awesome now, but even after lowering the rear as far as possible there's still a gap between the tire and fender. Anyone have a remedy? I've heard I could cut the cup on the shocks, but I dont know if I should do anything that drastic, plus I dont want to weaken the strut. Thanks.
Lower the rear more????
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your saying a 4" drop isnt low enough!!!...holy s**t...thats all I gotta say
I wish I could...my camera died in a tragic swimming incident. I'll try to borrow my dad's camera today. but, I put the coilovers on about 13 months ago. I've noticed, the more I leave them alone and dont adjust them weekly, the harder it is to adjust when I want to. I wish someone would invent a sleeve to go over the threaded part so sand and crap wouldn't get in there....unless they already have and I dont know about it...
Sounds to me like you have the springs and sleeves mismatched. I did that the first time I installed my GC's. You need to make sure the sleeve with the longer smooth bottom section are in the rear (to fit down in the shock cup) and are matched up with the shorter springs. You probably have the longer springs in the rear and the shorters in the front which will make the front fine, but the rears won't drop much at all. Check it out and let me know if you have questions.
As far as keeping stuff out of the sleeves threads, just use a wire brush to clean the threads before you adjust them.
As far as keeping stuff out of the sleeves threads, just use a wire brush to clean the threads before you adjust them.
well i got GC's too and my rear has a little bit of a negative drop where as my front is dead even no gap but i got the si rim's soooooooooo.......................
Did you just imply that bigger rims make your car lower i cant believe you just siad thatshinobi said:
Get smaller tires thats all you should need to do and someone can correct me if im wrong but my coils got lower with age because they are not as stiff as when they are first put on.
As I stated above...if they are installed correctly, the perches should be just about the same # of threads from the bottom (or top) on both the front and rear when the car is set level. So basically, if you spin the collars the same # of threads on all for sleeves before you even put them on the car, the car will sit relatively level all the way around. (Not counting the normal Civic driver side lean.edhgreatone said:
Oh, and wheel size will have little to do with this.
if you lower it to much the tires can rub under a hard turn, unless you put a rear upper and lower strut bar on.
This has got to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard! Yes, if you lower it too much you will rub...but strut bars have absolutely nothing to do with it! Please read a little more a nd learn alot more before you give advise. thanks.pearlgreenciv said:
I'll look into seeing if they are on backwards.. so the sleeves with the longer bottom section in rear, and short springs in rear... I do know that when I jack up my car the springs in the front fall about 2" from the shock tower. I'll look into it tomorrow.
strutbars help prevent chassis flex, you do get some flex when turning hard. strutbars do help, its not all coilovers for a suspension setup. i use to get tire rub on my EX until i added a strutbar. so dont shut me down dude. what the hell do mean by saying strutbars have nothing to do with cornering. if your so f**king smart exlain to the "dumb" guy.
I'm not gonna get in a pissing contest here...but, I never said they didn't affect cornering, and yes they do reduce chassis flex, but there is no way the chassis flexes so much that it would cause your tires to rub. Rubbing is usually from the wrong offset on the wheels and/or the car being lowered too much.pearlgreenciv said:
The guys post was about the car not getting low enough in the rear, I suggested a solution, thats all. I just hate to see throwing out inaccurate information...sorry if it got your panties in a bunch.
