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[Cooljnateman]

My suspension is shot, badly. And I have done research and narrowed it down to these 4 selections.

F1 type 1 coilovers
Blox coilovers (idk which stiffness to get)
Skunk 2 coiloversl
Koni /gc setup

For a daily setupnis 12k front good 10k bak?

[dvst8r]

My suspension is shot, badly. And I have done research and narrowed it down to this 1 selection.

Koni /gc setup

[chris]

Ground controls have lifetime warranty and not the ebay style warranty they actually fix shit if something goes uber wrong which it wont.

[turbob16hatch]

For one you never mentioned what you want out of the car. And you never said what you ever intend on doing with this shit.

If you want a semi cheap setup that is proven to work out the box get the gc/koni's. But if your looking for a mild drop with "good" ride quality ( No gc's don't ride good, there pretty much a road race setup that 20 somethings deal with because it works so well) You need to look into a quality spring like eibach's or similer.

But NONE of this means shit as you failed to list wtf you want/need out of this shit. And 12k/10k means dick as you probably didn't take the time to do the math on the springs rates, so i won't ether.

 

[Cooljnateman]

My suspension is shot, badly. And I have done research and narrowed it down to this 1 selection.

Koni /gc setup

See i want to be different and i know this is PROVEN or w.e. but i feel i want to try something different. The blox drag setup seems appealing to me though, because the car will be used as a drag car not auto cross because one the turbo is to big for autocross and doesnt make significant boost till up in the 5000 range and when it does it comes on hard. Also i will drive the car around town here and there, and would like to take a corner or go over a bump here and there while still maintaining some what of a smooth ride but i can sacrifice some driveability.

[dvst8r]

See i want to be different...

Don't buy Honda's then. If you must buy honda's being different in your case is the GC koni setup, as it is not the normally niggered out civic you would drive... 

[HiProfile]

Overly hard springs for a mostly street car won't make it much faster around corners. Have a talk with that PIC guy on hater-tech about weight transfer and tire contact patch. It may just change your mind.

For the street I'd really recommend big sways over rockhard springs.

[narfdanarf]

I have the blox 12k/10k setup.  I like it good enough I guess...they are a little underdamped, but not too bad. I know where there is a a set of the omnipower drag coilovers for sale for $600 shipped.  But like $50 more you can get the blox ones if they are off back order AFAIK they have been on back order for 5 months.  That's why I just said fuck it and bought the 12k/10k ones.

[Joseph Davis]

You listed a bunch of crap and then put Koni/GC at the bottom like it would be your last choice.

Eibach makes the springs for GC.  They, or Carrerra, make all of the springs in the world including china coilover kits.  Matt, if you wanted to say an Eibach Pro-kit drop spring I would wholly approve because they are perfect for a pure street car, but you simply said Eibach spring so now I am arguing with you on the internet!!

Nate, hope you listen to reason instead of following the allure of some brightly anodized crap with an advertising campaign.

[Towdogg]

He isn't gonna buy anything nice.....  If he does I bet he'll sell the whole car a month later....

[HiProfile]

He isn't gonna buy anything nice.....  If he does I bet he'll sell the whole car a month later....

It's a Honda, so it would be par for the course. Buy a car, fix it up beyond a daily driver, realize you need a driver not a glorified econobox, part it out/sell for a loss.

[Joseph Davis]

bump for evidence of lack of follow-through

[Robb]

I had some Eibach springs with Konis on the Integra. Rode WAY smoother than a dropped import is supposed to, went around corners, and did some drag duty on the weekends.

[Joseph Davis]

I knew that thing felt fucking awesome, but I didn't know it had awesome bolted to all four corners.

The Eiback Pro-kit is (for Civics) 275 lb/in front and 225 lb/in rear.  It is by no means real track rates, but for a street car with a bit of power that doesn't beat out your kidneys it fucking works.

[BoostedSchemes]

i had the complete tokico setup for my DA

it was fine

OK

[d112crzy]

For one you never mentioned what you want out of the car. And you never said what you ever intend on doing with this shit.

If you want a semi cheap setup that is proven to work out the box get the gc/koni's. But if your looking for a mild drop with "good" ride quality ( No gc's don't ride good, there pretty much a road race setup that 20 somethings deal with because it works so well) You need to look into a quality spring like eibach's or similer.

But NONE of this means shit as you failed to list wtf you want/need out of this shit. And 12k/10k means dick as you probably didn't take the time to do the math on the springs rates, so i won't ether.

 

Like JD said, Eibach makes GC coils. Also, GC coils can be ordered in custom rates.

350lb/in is the max i'd go for a street setup. Proper damping is more important.