it is final here Civic shocks/springs
Well we all hope this day would come and it is now here, no more OEM quality suspension. Well this will not be all bolt on as I wished but nothing that some grinding can achomplish.
parts needed
86-89 accord top shock mounts F&R
86-89 accord front lower A-arm
92-95 civic shocks/springs. F&R
92-95 civic front shock pinch forks
So the front civic is a taller then the accord and the rear is shorter. The rear is pretty straight forward only thing that it needs is to have the lower shock legs extended. Without that the rear will be dropped 3", so if you extend the legs 2" it will drop it 1" and the shock will still be at max height will little chance of bottoming out.
Here you can see the difference at full height.......
The front take more work since it is taller. Take the civic front pinch forks and grind off the inside of it, a 4.5" angle grinder works great for this and they are cheap to get.
Then take the accord lower A-arm and grind it down on both sides where the pinch fork mounts to it. Do so until the pinch fork fits nicely over the A-arm.
It is also recomended that you grind off the top of the pinch fork to help lower it more. On the civic shock where the spring mounts it 5/8" of an inch heigher, so chopping off the pinch fork 3/8" will help bring the spring back close to it's original location.
The front civic shock is 2.5" taller then the accord so we need to prevent it from bottoming out. This little mod works great for it.
What it does is change the mounting location of the shock rod, an easy way to prevent it from bottoming out. Do to this you need a metal saw (hand or mechanical), welder, and either a die/dremel grinder or gas cutter.
Take your front top mounts remove all the ruber bushings from it. On the bottom side there is the shock mounting point and this needs to be cut off and used again. Next take a peice of round pipe, 2" diameter and .120" wall. cut a peice 2.75" long. The peice you cut off the shock mount now needs to be welded to that peice of pipe. With that done weld it to the top of the shock mount base. With that done it will give the 2.5" needed to make the shock ride at full height and an extra 1" to prevent bottoming out. Now to get that larger 2" pipe to fit throught takes some grinding. The stock hole needs to be enlarged to a little over 2" diameter. It will come close to the 3 holes for the shock mount but won't compromise the holes.
Even with peice of pipe up there it won't hit the hood long as you don't make that section of pipe longer then 2.875". It will also still work with your strut bar but it might take some grinding to enlarge the inside hole to fit over the pipe. It is important that you make it so the front top mount can be removed, other wise you can remove or put on a strut bar. That also means everytime you need to remove the strut bar you also need to pull the shock/spring.
Lastly this mod is best suited for adjustable coilovers only. As mention above the spring mounting locations are different on the civic shocks. With the front they are 5/8" higher up and on the rear they are 1.25" lower then stock. By cutting off the top of the front pinch fork and on the rear you can make the shock arms longer, it will work with the accord lowering springs. The civic lowering springs will not work. On the front pinch forks you can cut off a max off 3/8" so that will make it 1/4" higher. With the rear you would want to make the legs 4' longer that way you still have an equal drop front and rear.
I also checked on 4g accord shocks/springs and they are all to tall esp in the front. The rear 4g shock could work but you will need to use 10" coils instead on 7" tall coils and you will have to do that same mod on the front to the rear to stop it from bottoming out. But the 4G rear will mount up with out having to have the lower legs extended or changes in any way. The 4g hubs are another thing that just might work, lets see if I can get ahold of some.
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Originally Posted by NXRacer
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