Where do I find coilovers for 1g Accord GUISE?!?!

[Hazwan]

Oh I realized that this is not the lame ass 3geez group on failbook but







































Say wuuuut?



Yep.

[obdriver6]

Are those for your car?

[Hazwan]

Nope. Theres nothing available for my car haha!

Its off an Evo III and obviously it won't fit without a lot of work

What I did is remove the bottom mounts since its threaded in and mount it directly into my spindle.



Close enough


So much shorter


Bottom machined and theres still a lot of material left

[Christofur]

very nice. now lets see em on the car on the ground

[AccordB20A]

oh how creative!!!

[Hazwan]

Car is on the ground now but its on the same ride height like it used to as the stupid header is hitting the axle now LOL. I gotta get that fixed and soon I shall be LOWARRRRRRRRRRRRR.

But FUCK my ride quality is just amazing LOL. Going from 3-4 coils off cut springs and stock blown struts to this is like riding a BMW now hahahahah!

Did I mention that I can go at least another 2 inch lower too?

[Hazwan]

double post wut

[Hazwan]

oh how creative!!!

You <3 the mitsi part

Anyway here are some moar PICS!

Reused upper spring perch and top mount. They fit but I might get a camber plate made eventually as the springs are mounted about 2" lower than it should be using this setup. Every inch counts!


Its on!


Gotta fine tune the right height and such. I'm surprised at how easy everything goes.

Now heres hoping that this wont happen to me


I'm gonna be fine right? right??????

[2ndGenGuy]

I would think as long as that strut is designed to be used in a MacStrut setup, it should be strong enough. I don't know if a strut in a double-wishbone configuration would have to be a strong, since the control arms prevent any movement of the wheel... Looks great man, I knew you could do it.

[Hazwan]

Yeah I was thinking of going with the struts off an EG or something but decided against it since the shaft is so tiny compared to what I have now. But I'm just worried since I've took quite a bit of materials down there.

I didn't really measure the before and after but I can honestly say I've took off about 3mm max and half of it is just the threads and I think the threads doesn't count as the body rigidity no? Please say no LOL. But theres still about 3mm left so I don't know

[obdriver6]

You should be fine! Like 2ndgenguy said, if its design that way it should be strong enough. That guy probably hit a curb or a big hole!

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Good work man! looks like it should be a nice suspension setup

[dark_accord]

me gusta. now just need to work on the moar low

[PDXAccord79]

How are you doing the back? If this works I'll be doing it to my 79!

[Hazwan]

I'll figure out another way since the Evo's rear struts are way too small and too tall to fit. It should be similar to the front anyway since the design is similar (Y)

[gfrg88]

where the hell are the pics of said car?!

[Hazwan]

Haha nothing to see, its still on the same height as the old one. I need to fix my pass axle hitting the header before I can go any lower (N)

[Honda Man]

I've seen for a while that you have been dying to go low for a while and now you have the chance. Its going to look sick when its lowered. I've always wanted to see what a first gen looks like slammed. Good work so far, your almost there man!

[gfrg88]

Pics of your car never get old.. no matter how many times we've seen them!! I should start looking around for a nice clean 1st gen!!

[2ndGenGuy]

Now do the rears!

[Hazwan]

I've seen for a while that you have been dying to go low for a while and now you have the chance. Its going to look sick when its slammed. I've always wanted to see what a first gen looks like slammed. Good work so far, your almost there man!

Thanks! Gotta get the header issue fixed first before I can go lower!

Pics of your car never get old.. no matter how many times we've seen them!! I should start looking around for a nice clean 1st gen!!

Do it

Now do the rears!

As soon as I have the money, and when I got the horrendous bump steer fixed D:

[79cord]

Great to see the progress.
Always looked gorgeous low but so much better when it doesn't cripple the cars dynamics.
Makes my temptations to buy some cheap old mk1 Golf front struts (just to try) seem silly.

Re bump-steer
I wonder if there are different types of steering tie-rod end mountings available so that it could be mounted to the underside of the knuckle, instead of top, without irreversibly drilling out the tapered mounting holes to taper them the opposite way.

[Hazwan]

Re bump-steer
I wonder if there are different types of steering tie-rod end mountings available so that it could be mounted to the underside of the knuckle, instead of top, without irreversibly drilling out the tapered mounting holes to taper them the opposite way.

Exactly what I thought! Looks like I gotta do another junkyard run to see what fits and stuffs haha.

[A18A]

I thought I already posted in this thread, I guess I haven't yet. Oh well, I'm posting in it now

[MessyHonda]

low low low 1st gen is looking great.