sman789

I have a 2000 Civic VP (4dr)
I know very little about suspension (i'm reading up on all the faqs) but I want to know what would be a good choice if i want to be able to drive hard (drifting/road racing[autoX])....I don't really care about ride quality. Most of the time i'll have a 2-12" box in the trunk and a passenger, whenever i'm just cruisin' (maybe this info could be a factor). But when i drive hard i'll take out the subwoofers.
I don't want the low as hell look....maybe a 1"-1.5" gap between the tire and fender. All my friends who have dropped their cars (some all 4" of the coilovers, some with just springs with no fender gap) have had camber problems, thats natural right...but since i'm not dropping it as low, will i have problems.
Right now i'm just buying the spring/coilover/shocks/struts parts. Later i'll be buying the stabilizing bars.
So what should I be considering, what would be the negative effects of dropping the car, what do i do to correct them.
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Thanks alot for the help

HLD_Civic

with that little amount of drop there shouldn't be problems with camber. i'd say just to make sure you get an alignment after the installation to realign anything that might have gotten bumped off from the wrenching.

HLD_Civic

also if you're using stock struts, they probably won't last long with the drop

Crash&Burn

To add to the suspension questions....
When using coilovers, is it necessary to buy new springs, also?

sman789

coilovers (common, not the one piece ones) are the springs...they're just adjustable


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oh yeah, any suggestions on wut kind of setup for me?

Tirod

gc coilovers... and yea you'll have a camber problem ... the rear should stil meat spec if not too low but the front should be corrected... got any more pics of yourself? dayem

sman789

ill bitz.....my name has man in it:fawk:

Tirod

lol.. any more of that hottie in your sig? (easy mistake)

tokyoracer

dood... just buy a full coilover and save urself the hassle in the long run. i plan on autocross too.. so this saturday i'm getting the tanabe sustec pro ss installed for 900 flat.

here is the link where i posted where to buy it at.
https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...ghlight=tanabe

str8edgexx

:ghey: :ghey: :ghey: :ghey:

j/k Anyway, if you're going with coilovers, most people say groundcontrols are the way to go