EP3 Suspension recommendation

[auex]

I currently have the HFP suspension and I am looking to upgrade. I would prefer to have a softer ride. Anyone have any suggestions? Don't really need adjustiblility.

[EPthree04]

i used to have tokico blues and nuespeed race and that was a pretty soft ride. they are for sale right now also!

[taggart_lumpy]

tokico blues and skunk2 coilovers

[DirtyEP3]

im rocking tein flex, if u can afford it i say go that route.

[ALL DRiVER]

What do you guys have coilovers or lowering springs, my budget went down till i get a second job, but i still want to lower my Ep soon...

[EPthree04]

i have full coilovers. its the easiest and besy way to go imo. there are alot of nice full coilovers out there for the price of most strut/spring/camberkit combos out there.

[hawaii_DA6]

I currently have the HFP suspension and I am looking to upgrade. I would prefer to have a softer ride. Anyone have any suggestions? Don't really need adjustiblility.


lemme get this strait, Honda Factory Performance suspension? and you wanna go w/ somthing softer? wait a minute... huh???

:poke: :poke: :poke:

[EPthree04]

lol yeah get a cadillac lol. hfp suspension is pretty soft man. only thing softer really is original suspension

[auex]

lemme get this strait, Honda Factory Performance suspension? and you wanna go w/ somthing softer? wait a minute... huh???

:poke: :poke: :poke:

It sure as hell isn't soft in my wife's car. In fact it is one of the roughest lowered cars I have riden in. Bleh, maybe it is the seats.

[hawaii_DA6]

thats crazy. lol. Do you by any chance know the Spring rates of the HFP suspension on your wifes car? I would have never thought that HFP susp. would be near the firmness of any other after marker coilovers.

maybe I need to take you for a ride, then it might change your veiws on whats a firm ride, and whats soft lol.

[hawaii_DA6]

It sure as hell isn't soft in my wife's car. In fact it is one of the roughest lowered cars I have riden in. Bleh, maybe it is the seats.

well wait, who installed the suspension? came w/ vehicle? Dealer instaled? or you put it on?

[ILIKETODRIVE]

Do some Tokico's and Progress Group springs.

If you reeeaaally want a 'softer' ride, get the gold Tein springs. They're called Luxury-somethingorothers...

[auex]

Dealer installed. I was thinking about the Tein HTech, the gold ones. I was just seeing what other were recommending.

[hawaii_DA6]

did you check to see if they f*cked up the install?

Jack up the vehicle and perform a visual inspection first, before you end up throwing money at a set-up that was wrongly installed in the first place.

look to see that the upper srtut mounts are in properly, that the top and bottom spring seats are in there correctly, and that there are no binding components that would cause an unusually hasrh ride. These are your first steps in NVH (noise, vinration, harshness) diagnosis.

this way you dont throw parts at a car only to find that it wasnt the thing you thought it was all along.

[EPthree04]

yeah it doesnt sound right. see if the struts are froze up. thats the only thing i can think of. i remember a 2000 civic coupe coming into my work with all stock suspension, it rode like shit and we found out all 4 struts were frozen up and werent even moving

[91integrs]

i used to have tokico blues and nuespeed race and that was a pretty soft ride. they are for sale right now also!


You still got the Tokico blues for sale?

[illusionsoflife]

i went with tokico dspecs...a little expensive but amazing. i am lowered 2 inches on 18s. 17s arrive this weekend

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/illusions_of_life/DSC00870.jpg

[illusionsoflife]

what did you go with or you still looking? ill sell you my springs that are on the car in the pic above. for 60 bucks. i dont want to be this low

[Guerillah]

looks nice illusion

[illusionsoflife]

thanks a lot! i think it looks bad ass but the 18s rub. having a 225 width tire. going to 17s with 205

[EPthree04]

dont sell the springs. just get the 17s they wont rub. get 205 45(or 40) 17 on it

[illusionsoflife]

yeah im thinking that. with 17s i would go 40. wouldnt my car be an inch lower going to 17s from 18s?

[EPthree04]

not really. it will be a little lower but not too much

[jimmyep3]

thanks a lot! i think it looks bad ass but the 18s rub. having a 225 width tire. going to 17s with 205

i have 18s with 225's..... mine don't rub? is the offset wrong? are you lowered too much? that is weird cuz i got Tein basics and mine don't rub unless i was to take a speedbump at 95 or so! LMAO!

[illusionsoflife]

i believe its about a 42 offset....

[Guerillah]

you can get a more aggressive alignment to cure rubbing problems sometimes as well.

[all MotR EP3]

go with Progress full coilovers.... i used to have springs with the stock shocks and it looked great and the ride was really close to stock. ive heard great things about their full coilover system.

[EPthree04]

progress full coilovers are good for the amount of money. i would go with buddyclun n+ specs tho. they are under a g and are dope! i wish i got those instead!

[illusionsoflife]

you little thugit. how about you lose a jrsc. and lose it around river and craycroft