straight up, I wanna slam my teg. It is my DD so any suggestions on what to get? Im leaning towards lowering springs but which ones are the best? I come to TI for answers lol.

 

whats the budget like.


Max you would spend. How stiff is too stiff for you. Do you want SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMAGE, or just a nice drop.

Need more info

 

I just have a couple things I'd like you to think about seriously before you make a decision or start to lean towards anything. Firstly, remember: struts control dampening, springs control rebound. A good combination of the two is what makes or breaks your suspension setup.

@ Lowering springs only : great cheap alternative for lowering, but very limited in tuneability of ride hight and ride comfort altogether. Will eventually kill stock struts, and if you cheap out will ride terrible, especially on harder spring rates.

@ Lowering springs with upgraded struts: To make it worth your while, consider getting upgraded struts as well in combination with the springs. To adjust ride height, you can also consider adjustable coilover sleeves, however ONLY with something like Skunk2's. Anything that has any association with non-big-branded or Ebay should be avoided like the plague.

@ Coilovers - when you're already considering springs, struts, and coilover sleeves, you might as well get the whole nine yards because you're up there in the price range. It's a more than reasonable option if you're already expecting that kind of money. Cheaper ones will, well, suck. I would tend to think anything less than $500, new, here is recipe for fail. You'll be spending a significant amount of money, but will get the option to have adjustable ride height, choose from a variety of spring rates, and control dampening.

Your chioce! Do lots of research and don't rush your decision. Besides, you've still got a whole winter ahead of you.

And in general, please do yourself a favour and don't cheap out here, buy quality parts and don't have a misaligned back for the rest of the ownership of your car lol. There is an insane amount of variation in quality and ride between all the available stuff out there for you to buy, you just have to settle on a balance between your goals of ride comfort vs. handling vs. budget vs. ride height.

In my personal experience, I've had great luck with Type R struts and LCA's with Tein springs, and the ride is excellent. I've seen factory suspension less comfortable, and 2 inches higher lol. At times it's too soft with the S-Tech springs, as a 2.5 inch drop is pretty demanding in keeping stiff to not scrape everything. If you do a lot of downtown driving or anywhere where pavement is less than great, keep this in mind.

Also please remember you'll likely need an alignment after any significant change of suspension, and potentially a camber kit depending on the height.

Regards,
Dave

 

Thanks guys for the input. I guess this is something I would have do more research on and determine how much I would wanna spend. I lean towards springs because I coilovers are a lot of money. I would like something that has a nice feel to it in the corners with nice drop as well. For springs, I was thinking about the Eibach sport line or the skunk2 springs.

 

I still suggest a good coilover its always the best and safest way to go.

 

Maybe I will then if they are that much better. I'll need to do some research on what a good set will cost.

Thanks everyone

 

Get the ground control coils and use your stock suspension. Smooth ride but you'll have to change your fronts shocks every 2 yrs which would cost less than $100 for a used pair. That's bang for your buck.

 

Im on Koni yellows with HnR springs... its a very smooth ride on the straights, but damn it hurts when I hit a bump ... Im not sure on the KM on them, so springtime they are getting all new replacements in each corner. I've almost built a brand new Integra by now haha....

 

I opted for using Type R struts and a set of good lowering springs because I personally like the benefits of stiffer than stock struts yet still offering a very smooth ride, and they're also strong, more resilient to lowering and abuse.. And most of all still cheap to replace! Will be limited in use of LCA's however.