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Old May 10, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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In order to keep your springs from compressing, you'll need to get spring rates that are a LOT stiffer than the shelf rates. Rolling your fenders involves rolling a specialty tool or baseball bat along the lip on the underside of the fender to bend it up and out of the way to reduce tire rubbing in the wheel wells. There should be some posts about it somewhere around here. Try and search and see what you come up with.
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Old May 10, 2004 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 98WhtCivicEx
How do you recommend I set the shocks? Should I have the back set to 5 to be firm and the front set to say...3? Would that help out at all?
riding with the shocks at anything other than full soft for daily driving will do nothing but wear out your shocks faster and make the ride unpleasant... Just leave 'em at full soft unless you're doing some spirited driving or an autocross.
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Old May 10, 2004 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by shivers
In order to keep your springs from compressing, you'll need to get spring rates that are a LOT stiffer than the shelf rates. Rolling your fenders involves rolling a specialty tool or baseball bat along the lip on the underside of the fender to bend it up and out of the way to reduce tire rubbing in the wheel wells. There should be some posts about it somewhere around here. Try and search and see what you come up with.
Wouldn't rolling my fenders bend it to where it causes bad dents in the fenders or no? I suppose I will haveto do a search and hope to come up with something. Maybe pics to show the end result


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riding with the shocks at anything other than full soft for daily driving will do nothing but wear out your shocks faster and make the ride unpleasant... Just leave 'em at full soft unless you're doing some spirited driving or an autocross.
So, both the front and rear should be at 1? I read somewhere that you usually want the rear a little stiffer then the front to better traction and what not...Is that true or?
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Old May 10, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 98WhtCivicEx

So, both the front and rear should be at 1? I read somewhere that you usually want the rear a little stiffer then the front to better traction and what not...Is that true or?
sure, if you're racing.

I race with the rears set at full stiff and the fronts at 1/4 (mostly soft). But just for daily driving, its not gonna make enough difference to be worth the rapid wear and harsh ride. I ride on full soft all around (Koni Yellows).
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