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bullard123
03-17-2006, 11:17 AM
Just wondering if the springs from a hatch will work on a four door accord.
89AccordResto
03-17-2006, 11:31 AM
I think they'd fit but they have different spring rates. They're listed in the manual you can download from that russian dude's site.
smufguy
03-17-2006, 11:36 AM
Just wondering if the springs from a hatch will work on a four door accord.

yupper sayre. :)
halxi
03-17-2006, 01:04 PM
No reason why they wouldnt... but why would anybody wanna go back to stock height? lol :P
bullard123
03-17-2006, 01:13 PM
No reason why they wouldnt... but why would anybody wanna go back to stock height? lol :P
Camber problems I'm thinking. I'm selling them on ebay.
89AccordResto
03-17-2006, 01:45 PM
No reason why they wouldnt... but why would anybody wanna go back to stock height? lol :P

Stock springs ride well... and you don't feel like you're going to kill your car when you hit a pothole. :\ The streets around where I live are horrid. If I had a lowered car it would DIE. Seriously.
Oldblueaccord
03-19-2006, 03:50 PM
Camber problems I'm thinking. I'm selling them on ebay.


Negative camber is your friend. I think anything less than a 2 inch drop you will be fine.

When people tell you there car handles so great after they lower it is 80% because they have negative camber prolly around -2 degrees. The rest is a higher spring rate.

I run -2 thru many set of tires with no uneven wear on very soft performance tires.


wp
bullard123
03-19-2006, 04:26 PM
Negative camber is your friend. I think anything less than a 2 inch drop you will be fine.
When people tell you there car handles so great after they lower it is 80% because they have negative camber prolly around -2 degrees. The rest is a higher spring rate.
I run -2 thru many set of tires with no uneven wear on very soft performance tires.
wp

Yeah I'm dropped 2.2.inches all around and for some reason my rear camber was of -2 degrees. I'd go through a brand new set of tires in a month or so. And I mean they would look like racing slicks. But my front was only off -1 degrees and they barely got any wear on them. I still need to get a alingnment however.
89AccordResto
03-19-2006, 06:13 PM
Negative camber is your friend. I think anything less than a 2 inch drop you will be fine.
When people tell you there car handles so great after they lower it is 80% because they have negative camber prolly around -2 degrees. The rest is a higher spring rate.
I run -2 thru many set of tires with no uneven wear on very soft performance tires.
wp

How wide are your tires?
SteveDX89
03-19-2006, 07:05 PM
Yeah I'm dropped 2.2.inches all around and for some reason my rear camber was of -2 degrees. I'd go through a brand new set of tires in a month or so. And I mean they would look like racing slicks. But my front was only off -1 degrees and they barely got any wear on them. I still need to get a alingnment however.

Toe is much much worse on tires than camber. Since you need an alignment, that's probably the problem. Get the alignment before you raise it back up and see how it goes.
bullard123
03-20-2006, 11:45 AM
Toe is much much worse on tires than camber. Since you need an alignment, that's probably the problem. Get the alignment before you raise it back up and see how it goes.

Cool thanks dude. When did you become a mod??
SteveDX89
03-20-2006, 02:26 PM
Cool thanks dude. When did you become a mod??

About a week ago. :rockon:
bullard123
03-20-2006, 02:28 PM
About a week ago. :rockon:
Cool man congrats. You bring a lot of knowledge to the board.
ghettogeddy
03-30-2006, 09:23 PM
so im gona lower my car 2.25 inch's should get the camber kit or will i be fine
MessyHonda
03-30-2006, 09:24 PM
so im gona lower my car 2.25 inch's should get the camber kit or will i be fine

wut springs u geting? thoes on ebay dont look bad for 80 bucks
ghettogeddy
03-30-2006, 09:29 PM
tech 5's from someone here on the board for 100 shiped
they no longer make them cause i cant find the company on line and there phone number is well no longer theres but iv seen a couple of reveus an such on other forums and they said they liked them so sounds like a good price for new springs
bullard123
03-31-2006, 06:29 PM
so im gona lower my car 2.25 inch's should get the camber kit or will i be fine
You will need camber kits bro. Mine is lowered 2.25 inches. I wish I could have waited till I had my camber kits before I lowered mine since you have to take the suspension apart anyways.
ghettogeddy
03-31-2006, 06:34 PM
how low can i go before i need a camber kit
smufguy
04-01-2006, 06:40 AM
how low can i go before i need a camber kit

normally 1" is the standard. I have seen guys go 1.5"s with no problem with crazy camber. I have -2 and -1.7 degrees of camber even with prelude arms and for some weird reason, i still get even tire wear.