Post a picture of your Accord and yourself please. What is your first name?

 

thats like saying the accord and the integra share similar chassis. the lude chassis is much smaller and stiffer. none of the suspension components are interchangeable (some brake parts maybe, axles sometimes.) most hondas have a similar suspension design (double wishbone f/r), but the prelude is definitely designed to be far sportier.

if you want to make an accord handle dramatically better, drop it on some h&r springs or neuspeed sports. you wont need to run aftermarket struts.

full coilovers are really overkill for a street car. i wouldnt reccomend them unless u have cash to burn

 

Yeah, I should have clarified, but I didn't say "suspension" I just said: "You can make it handle well with $1-1.5K."

 

i'm not sure about the new preludes vs. the older ones but i'd take my accord ova the lude in handling any day.. i guess after swapping out my suspension and changing my rims my car rides totally different i cant stand being in a stock 5th gen accord tryn to make turns. i come around a corner at 50+ and make change like nothing and i dont have sway bars nor tie bars on my yet (will soon hopefully they'll make a noticeable difference)

 

Also I hear about people with TL strut bars in their Accords? First off there is a TL strut bar (from Acura?) and it will fit a 6th gen Accord?

 

rear sway (anti-roll, wateveru wanna call it) bar works. about $100 total i think after all parts?

I think 16" wheels are the smallest to get a decent variety of tire sizes... then get 225/50/16 tires.

and just pick a good matching combo of springs+shocks.

 

And that would be why I am swapping the 98 Prelude suspension parts directly onto my 94 Accord...because they aren't interchangeable and they are so different in design

Direct bolt in my friend...same chassis setup.

As for the Integra and Accord comment I agree those two are completely different....but the Integra and the Civic are the exact same no matter what you want to think.

This is part of what pissed people off about Honda for a while...the cars were different in styling but almost no improvements to the rest of the ar and using old chassis designs that were equivelent to a cheaper or more sedate model.

 

I bought my leather kit on ebay. It was very good quality & included every piece need for about $500 + about $100 to get it all put on. Here's a link to the company I bought from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...410903754&rd=1

 

The strut also works.

I have the TL-S rear sway and the strut bar. Both came to about $65 after hardware and bushings for the sway.

 

Forgot to comment on this statement.

Stock struts have a longer rod than the aftermarket struts designed for lowering and performance.

What this means is that you can ride on them for a while but depending on a combination of how you drive, the roads you drive on, and the amount of lowering you go with they will blow out.

Its not a matter of "my car rides fine with stock struts" its a matter of when they are going to blow...not if they are going to blow out.

Dampening suffers when using stock struts with owering springs and because the rod sits lower in the strut it is constantly under heavier pressure than with the stock ride height springs. This means it is constantly trying to rebound from a dampened position which causes fatigue on the sidewall of the strut eventually leading to failure or as it is referred to commonly "blow out".

It may take a year or it may take a week...hell it may happen the same day...but its going to happen regardless of what you want to believe.

Another thing that happens is because of this constant pressure, every time you hit a bump your car is going to bounce...commonly called "ricer ride" which causes you to lose control and full tire contact in corners which causes you car to perform worse in corners than it did with the stock setup.

Argue it how you wish but I have been lowering cars since I was 15 and I have done it every way imaginable both correct and incorrect. I think 15 or so years of playing with it has shown me a few things.