Hey guys...I've been struggling on what to get to drop my car whole summer long. First I was thinking to get rims, (I just saw this great deal on groupbuycenter: http://www.groupbuycenter.com/buy.asp?row_id=6094) but it's not like the wheel gap will go away. Specially after reading EliteAccord's thread https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...threadid=7182, I think I wanna keep my car's reading correctly since I will be selling this car in less than a year. I think I've done enough research, and saved up enough to lower my ride. I know I am not going to spend $810 on a fullcoilovers system because mine is an automatic. I just want to lower the car so the wheel gap will stop looking like a flat truck/SUV rolling on the road. Here are my cheap solutions to lowering my car:

1.Tokico HP (blue) suspension kit $405 shipped. Non-adjustable, lowers 1.25".

2.H&R cup kit $610 shipped. Damping adjustable, not sure about ride height adjustbility. Lowers 2" front, 1.75" rear.

3.KYB GR-2 shocks w/ Sportline or H&R sports. $160 + $195 or $160 + $135. Absolutely no adjustbility. Lowers about 1.75" front and 1.7" or 1.5" rear.

I will most likely go with H&R cup kit. I am not sure how GR-2's will perform with lowering springs and how low and comfy they get. Or even no guarantee on their life, but cheap as hell tho. The HP kit is just sitting somewhere in the middle ground.


What do you guys think?? Post ur thoughts, thanks!

 

4. Eibachs Pro-Kits with Koni Yellows. (Sportline if you dont want a kit)

5. Teins!!! - you definetly wont regret it.

 

with the eibach pro kits on a 5thgen, can you even notice the drop since its only like 1.2 inches?

 

did you even read this guy's post? he said he's not lookin to spend a small fortune on ****.

 

You get what you pay for, and I don't think any of us wants to watch another Accord owner complain about their suspension 2 years down the road. Just helping out.

 

However he's mentioning that he's selling his car in less than a year.

I dunno...since you mentioned that you will selling you car in less than a year, don't drop it, but that's IMO. Save the money.

 

Good points here guys. Thanks so much. However, I really want to drop my sweet ride before the summer is gone, and keep this lowered ride until I get out of school next summer. (If I graduate on time...haha) Maybe will be keeping it for about 1 1/2 year since I'll need a job to keep the monthly payments on new car... give more thoughts!! Has anyone had experiences with any of the setups I mentioned up there?? Let me know...thank you thank you...

 

Seems like you can use just springs and save yourself the money if you really want that drop really really bad. You don't seem to want to full-out race your car or take turns extremely fast.

I have 1.5" Eibach Pro-kits and they haven't killed my shocks yet and I let women drive my car. The Prokits seem perfect in your situation because they give you the drop without the bounciness of most springs and you can still clear most all driveways, etc. Which is very important as you will find out later.