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Ok this guy wants to sell me these coilovers for like $50 They're brand new. Now I have some questions though. Will I need to get a new camber kit and bushings? He says the coilovers will work for all honda accords execpt for the years 98 and up. That sounded kinda fishy considering when the thread was made about the ground control coilovers for years 86-89. I don't think that the coilovers would be ok to use for that many generations would they?
Ok, he doesn't want to sell them to me now, but I was thinking about buying the Skunk2 coilovers and still need to know if I need a camber kit? Thanks guys.
well, that's kindof a trick question b/c you will be able to adjust ur ride height with the coil overs. If you depending on how low you go will make the difference of whether or not you'll need a camber kit.
Nope, unless they are for the 86-89 accords, I wouldnt use them. The accord coilvoers for 90-93 fit in some cases ( i dont know about Gc's?) As for the 94-97, no one has done it, so I would go with a no on that one too. Unless they are for the 86-89s, dont even risk it. Suspension isnt something to do half ass.
Nate.
And Nate knows that first hand... ...don't ya' bud!Quote:
Originally posted by 89AccordNate
Suspension isnt something to do half ass.
Nate.
Well I wouldn't want to lower it more than 2". But my brother said that it doesn't matter what you drop it you'll still need a camber kit. He needed one for his integra when he got his arospeed coilovers. Maybe his car was screwed up already and needed one. I don't know much about suspension; hense, why i'm asking. Thanks for your help guys.
if you go 2" or more, then yes, you'll need some sort of camber correction on at least the front if not all 4 corners. Actually if you vary any more then 1/2" from stock, I'm gonna say that you'll need a non-stock camber correction kit. The 3G has some moveable points which can be adjusted to correct camber to a certain degree, but once you go beyond that, you'll need something else to correct it.
Some argue that only more then a 2" drop requires a camber kit for the rear, but I'm a firm believer that any ride height alterations require a camber correction. If nothing else, at least pick urself up a set of 2nd gen Prelude (84-87) front upper control arms and a few washers, and replace ur's with those. That really is the best bang for the buck as long as you're not going much lower then 2". As for the rear, that's ur preference.
However, I'm not speaking from experience, but my common sense tells me that as long as you don't alter the ride height, you can have coil-overs, and not have to use a camber correction.
I thought that was the whole point of having coilovers though? I suppose I could get them and put them on and wait to drop it until I have enough money to buy new camber kits for my car.
You have some MAJOR research to do before you take on a suspension job, I will tell you that right now!
Nate.
That's what i'm trying to do now, I think I'm going to go for the power aspect of the 3G for now until I figure it out.
Even a 1 inch drop makes .84 degrees negative camber.
So yah you need a camber kit. Get Ready to break bread,
Yes you can use them, sleave type 90-97 accord coilover will work in our cars. The struts certainly will not work, nor will full bodied coilovers work.Quote:
Originally posted by Mike's89AccordLX
Ok this guy wants to sell me these coilovers for like $50 They're brand new. Now I have some questions though. Will I need to get a new camber kit and bushings? He says the coilovers will work for all honda accords execpt for the years 98 and up. That sounded kinda fishy considering when the thread was made about the ground control coilovers for years 86-89. I don't think that the coilovers would be ok to use for that many generations would they?
The catch with those cheap coilvers is that they are usually much stiffer than regular coilovers. So stiff that even koni's won't be able to control them. Revalved Koni's or revalved Bilstein's would be needed to control them and stop the bounce.
