i say as long as ur shocks dont blow, which only happens to heavy cars like a maxima, dont worry about shocks. unless ur balling then get it, but me, i think hondas are lite enoughto roll with stock shocks, especially them civics, u never need shocks, maybe if u want a better ride all around but shocks are damn expensive, what ever happend to just cutting the springs and rolling on dookies???? hehehe