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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 08:16 PM
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I have ground control coil overs on my 00 CIvic EX, and I just recently put in the Tokico Blue shocks, the drop is like about a 1 finger separation from the tires, so probably about a 1.8 drop? My question is if I should go lower, i compared it to a stock civic height and i can barely tell the difference, stock height is about a 4 finger seperation. I am also wondering how well can these tokico blue absorb a clean drop car, like if i go lower now, will my shocks blow? I personally don't wann risk buying new shocks again.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicAF
I have ground control coil overs on my 00 CIvic EX, and I just recently put in the Tokico Blue shocks, the drop is like about a 1 finger separation from the tires, so probably about a 1.8 drop? My question is if I should go lower, i compared it to a stock civic height and i can barely tell the difference, stock height is about a 4 finger seperation. I am also wondering how well can these tokico blue absorb a clean drop car, like if i go lower now, will my shocks blow? I personally don't wann risk buying new shocks again.

i am sure that for the blues they dont recommend much lower then 1.5"
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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1.8 inch drop is quite abit.. itll probably be fine, they just wont last long.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:17 PM
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how long will the blues last with the type of drop i have? Its about a 1 finger seperation, i dont kno the exact inch drop. I have the Si rims with tire size 195 55 15, dunno if that makes any difference
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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i dunno how long they'll last but if you get a decent adjustable camber kit in the front, and use the washer trick in the back for camber, you wont need that much of a drop...

- you can pick up a nice one at http://www.autodynamic.com
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 10:31 PM
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Whats the washer trick in the back of the camber kit? How do you do it? What exactly does it do?
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