hello,

sorry, but this is going to sound REALLY noobish, but help me out lol. i want to get my 2000 civic ex lowered, but what all do i need in order to get it lowered? and how low can i get it without screwing up stuff? (i dont have a body kit ) thanks! peace

 

uhmm you need lowering springs or coil overs, and some new struts would be nice.

 

what are some brands you would suggest?

 

depends on what kind of a drop..if its just for street use then I would suggest some springs..for example some teins give you about a 1.8 drop all around..those with some aftermarket shocks would be a nice combo(either adjustable(kyb AGX's/ Illuminas) or some non-adjustables like gr-2's or koni reds..other than the actual lowering componens your going to need your basic tool set... o, and a breaker bar..I suggest looking into the different types of springs that are out there and their spring rates.. good luck
some other brand of springs are eibach(pro-kit 1" drop and sportline 1.6 drop), goldline springs(either 1.25 or 2 inch srop), H&R, Progress, skunk2.. I cant remember the drops for the last ones...again just do some research..

 

about how much does it cost to get your car lowered? and if you were me, what brand/product would you buy?

 

I have GC with tokico blues, I paid like 600 for mine total

 

Good spring brands include H&R, Neuspeed, Eibach

Good coil-over sleeves include Skunk2 and Groud Control

Good shocks include KYB, Tokico, Koni

Good full coil-overs are Tein.

Stay awayfrom cheap ebay stuff.

 

you can almost do whatever you want with how low you want to be, there are tons of springs and coilovers out there, if you look throughout the web, you will see what im talking about. (by no means do i mean that in a negitive way)
my sugestion is to search this forum to see what others have put on their cars, then you can get a better feel of what it is you like, im sure theres even pictures of what it will look like dropped a specific amout around this fourm.

 

i have kyb agx's and cheap no name coil overs---i'm kinda dreading putting the coil overs on, i gotta wait for summer to throw it on, but eventually i'm gonna up for some Skunk2 coil-overs sleeves

edit: agx's were 325 shipped, coils were 80 shipped....why o why didn't i just save haha

 

http://www.bseries.net/html/garage/spring.php

This might help save you some money.