have a 94 coupe and thinking of lowering it. i have a choice between coilovers and lowering springs right? i have a friend who has a accord which were eating tires like hell because of no camber kit, but i dont know alot about suspensions, so i dont know what does he have. so whats the best price wise and wont eat too much treads? or do i need camber kits on both the coilover andlowering springs?

 

I think you need camber kits on both.
Coilovers are more expensive at first, but they will save you from haveing to take your car apart again later on, because even the best lowering springs will eventually take out your stock shocks. Lower ride = more pressure on the shocks...
So I would say go with the coilovers in the beginning to save yourself the work later on.
Not getting camber kits is bad for the tires and it's not safe for the driver and all the other motorist out there.

 

coilovers and a nice camber would be good

 

so what would a decent coilover + camber kit be? i dont need to be like super high priced with high preformance, or cheap ebay crap... just in the mid range

 

In the mid range would be the Ground Control and Skunk2 coilovers. At around $300-400, they fall pretty evenly between full coilover shocks/struts ($1200+) and cheap ebay springs (~$125)

 

If your car is in spec which on most honda's spec for camber is -1.5 then you do not need a camber kit in fact I used to run -2.5 in the front and -2.0 in the rear an had no ill effect on my tire wear, if your toe is out it will wear your tires out very very fast. When ever you change the ride height of do suspension work you should get an aligment.

 

It is not camber that really eats the tires, it's toe. The problem is people don't get a full wheel alignment after they install their suspension stuff. Toe will kill a tire much faster than camber is.

My perception on this, is that people think camber is the killer of tires because that's all they sell a 'fix' for, is camber and not toe.

 

No drop under 2 " should affect tire wear on a 92-95 civic. I have had several suspension set-ups on my coupe over the years (all 1.5-2.0" drops) and I have never had tire wear problems (except when I dump the clutch at 15 psi ) But the alignment afterwards is the key.

 

So, if you get coilovers to drop your car, you wouldn't need to get new shocks?
I am also thinking of doing this once the snow melts away.
I want to lower my del Sol around 1.5-2.0. Thanks for any help.
If anyone knows of a great setup, that would be super.
Thanks again.

 

Well, you would need new shocks pretty soon. Coilovers are overrated unless you actually road race. I could'nt imagine messing with that shit all the time. When Tein can actually adjust the ride height as well as the dampening then I will buck out for a set. Just get a good set of shocks and springs. And don't believe the hype. I have had from the cheapest to the best and I have not really noticed that much of a difference other than packaging and support. Then again I just drag race so....