Ju_S12_Turbo
11-23-2010, 06:39 AM
Ok long story short, I bought a members old accord. I was told that it had Re valved Bilsteins and that it was very "stiff" Well on the drive back (A horrid one lol) I noted 2 things, One the rear bushing for the strut (Upper part) was shot to all hell and Two The rear struts were toast.
Well about a month later I found some koni yellows for the rear of my car (ish 4gee) So I took out the old and.....There are not blown in the slightest, also very stiff. So new bushings go in, old struts back in. Yup the car still bounces and floats over bumps. I am running H&R springs with these struts which are
F: 1.26, 265 lb/in; R: 1.41, 170 lb/in According to the faq.
The struts were re-valved to these specs 305 Compression, 110 Rebound from this link http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47707
I am trying to figure out what to do with it, the ride is super annoy and it's my DD. I mean it's stiff in all the wrong places.
Now at Auto-x the car is flat and handles great (Giving a good chunk of bushings need to be replaced) and is very flat and really doesn't bounce at all.
So I was think that maybe the progressive springs were causing it to act this way and maybe I needed a linear spring of a higher rate. Really idk, I am still pretty new when it comes to running normal Suspension that is suppose to do things right lol. Also does it matter which way the spring is installed?
And is there any type of upper strut bushings that are poly?
Oh alignment is also bang on (Sweet lifetime firestone alignments!)
Thanks for any help!
Fake edit: after going through his old threads looks like these are 7 years old lol. But that still doesn't change the fact that they do not feel blown outside the car.
Well about a month later I found some koni yellows for the rear of my car (ish 4gee) So I took out the old and.....There are not blown in the slightest, also very stiff. So new bushings go in, old struts back in. Yup the car still bounces and floats over bumps. I am running H&R springs with these struts which are
F: 1.26, 265 lb/in; R: 1.41, 170 lb/in According to the faq.
The struts were re-valved to these specs 305 Compression, 110 Rebound from this link http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47707
I am trying to figure out what to do with it, the ride is super annoy and it's my DD. I mean it's stiff in all the wrong places.
Now at Auto-x the car is flat and handles great (Giving a good chunk of bushings need to be replaced) and is very flat and really doesn't bounce at all.
So I was think that maybe the progressive springs were causing it to act this way and maybe I needed a linear spring of a higher rate. Really idk, I am still pretty new when it comes to running normal Suspension that is suppose to do things right lol. Also does it matter which way the spring is installed?
And is there any type of upper strut bushings that are poly?
Oh alignment is also bang on (Sweet lifetime firestone alignments!)
Thanks for any help!
Fake edit: after going through his old threads looks like these are 7 years old lol. But that still doesn't change the fact that they do not feel blown outside the car.