what to do?

[89 chris lxi]

hi,


what i want to do is prevent my car form having a lot of roll and dive when i go threw corners.

are the tokico struts enough to prevent it from doing that?
do u think i still need springs? are the h&r springs to much for them?

thanks guys!
chris

[socal3rdgen]

no and i think jim can elaborate more on this subject.

[AZmike]

The the tokicos would be able to dampen the softer (relative to the front) rear H&Rs ok. However, the tokicos will not be able to provide enough dampening for the stiffer front springs. You'll end up with less bounce if you spend the extra money for Koni specials for at least the front. Moving to Konis in the rear would also give an improvement, but it's not as necessary.

Running with underdampened suspenion will give you a bouncy, unsettled ride.

Gettting just the tokicos should improve the ride with stock springs since they will be able to dampen all of the softer springs.

[89 chris lxi]

well i might be able to get the lowering springs with the koni front

but the only problem i think i will encounter with lowering springs
is the amount of negative camber i will have with H&R 1.5" drop

i dont want to look llike a goon with my tires worn out on the inner side and my wheels riding like this / \ .

thanks again

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Ok I had the H&R's and you have to really really staire at the car for a long time with a eye towards finding even a hair of off camber. It's thier, but just a smidge, absolutely not enough to spend a dime on fixing. Frankly it is universely understood that a 1.5" drop does NOT warrarant camber correction.


What has been said about the tokico's in this thread is spot on correct. Same applies to Kyb GR-2's and Bilstien H.D.s, unless the Bilsteins get revalved.

[AccordEpicenter]

get a strut tower bar too... thatll help in the corners