Lowering en1 Sedan

[croolies]

hey guys, ive tried a bit of searching etc, but still lost,

i have my new car



but its got mixed springs etc to get it to that height,

is there anything thing out there that will get me about 1" lower? or at the current height but alot stiffer

[DrRubber]

unfortunatly there isnt really any aftermarket support for those models.....

I take it you dont have the stock springs?

[croolies]

nope EG up front and toyota maybe in the back

[DrRubber]

ok so ef should bone the front and the rears just mesure the spring diameters top and bottom then mesure the unsprung length of the spring.....also mesure the thickness of the wire.

call autolign and they should be able to mate something up for ya with those dimensions

[croolies]

ef struts and superlows? for the front? and well that place for the rear?

[DrRubber]

Originally Posted by croolies

ef struts and superlows? for the front? and well that place for the rear?

na just ef springs id say would do it......

trial and error, you may even find ef works all round.....im speculating here so dont hold me to it.


best thing is to mesure up and then post it here to see if someone else can mesure theirs to see what fits.....or random combo ftw

[chrisellis211]

Actually as it happens i have ones of these to and there is a company that still sells the bit in Australia! I'll try find the link and post it up tommrrow. Koni even do shocks for them still but i'm not sure if they have an NZ importer??

Chris

[DrRubber]

heh, only in austrailia eh

stocks is the nz distributor of koni shocks......so the springs would have to be either kings/dobi/ or pedders(?) i would imagine

*edit*

dobi list that era civic but not that chassis code

http://www.dobinsonsprings.com/site/...itmentlist.pdf

pedders do also

http://www.pedders.com.au/catalogue

and kings

http://www.kingsprings.com/kings_master_catalogue.pdf

[chrisellis211]

King thats the springs i was thinking of!!

[gary]

Originally Posted by badcf4

just mesure the spring diameters top and bottom then mesure the unsprung length of the spring.....also mesure the thickness of the wire.

call autolign and they should be able to mate something up for ya with those dimensions

Yeah its amazing what they can actually find to fit!

[AccordB20A]

do you have to lower it any more?? i thought justin did a good enough job shortening the shocks 60mm and so on. i reckon you leave it. but also i like the idea of konis. bring it around here here and we will see what we can make fit. your cars too old for people on this forum to know too much about.

[croolies]

its a nice height but feels dodgy to drive, bounces etc like cut springs, really just needs to be stiffer

[Snoozin]

Originally Posted by croolies

its a nice height but feels dodgy to drive, bounces etc like cut springs, really just needs to be stiffer

Sounds like your shocks aren't up to controlling the heavier spring rates you've already got?

[croolies]

haha bit of a late bump kinda lol

but found out the back springs where out fo a ae101 corrola and was driving 100ks under mt ruapehu in the wops no cell reception at night, and well the spring actually snapped in half. so this got me off my arse and got into gear, i talked to my mate from appco and he got some springs made and sent up from the south island (low springs not superlow) and well to my joy it lowerd in more than the toyota superlows, and handles much better now custom springs are quite cheap too, 186 for a pair