i have a 2000 Special Edition, and i cant decide if i should lower it first or put some new wheels on it.

thanks in advance

 

Save up and get both at same time. If you can't afford it right away then just get coil-overs so that when you get the rims, you can adjust the height of the car however needed. Good Luck!!!:thumbup:

 

bgood7061 : thats actually a good idea i like it (the saving up part to get both)

 

Save up for an adjustable suspension system (ie ground control coilover sleeves). Then save up for some lightweight wheels (15", 16", 18", whatever floats your boat).

I got my 17" wheels 2 months after my GC's, and I was very very glad I was able to adjust my ride height.

Putting larger wheels on your integra (even with low profile tires) mysteriously has a lift-kit effect.

Shingo

 

Always lower first.

 

Wheels first, or else it will look Half-Ass.
I would rather have nice looking wheels that compliment the car (even if it looks like a 4x4), than to lower a car with stock wheels.
Even if someone said something about it looking like a 4x4, you just tell them it is Rally-Prepared!!

That's my $.02....you asked for it!

-c

 

I'd get the wheels first unless you was going to get coilovers because if you was go get lowering springs and then you got bigger tires, you'd have a major rubbing problem.

 

Get both at the same time. I had some Neuspeed springs and lowered my car on stock wheels. Then I decided to get 18's and put them on and the car was TOOOO LOW. The fenders sat on the tires. So I had to take those off (springs) and get some coilovers so then I had to wait on them to get here and then put them on. So I had to pay for
~Neuspeed Springs $100
~Wheels and Tires $1600
~Alignment $60
~Fix an Axle $100
some idiot ****ed
up while putting
the springs on my
car. (Not the shop)
~Ground Controls $350
~Overnight Shipping $35
~New Alignment $60
~Camber Kit $120
~Install Camber Kit $60

**All Together Around $2500!!!!

 

I would rather have good tires on the stock wheels and suspension than anything else. Sure it looks the same but that will make the most appreciable increase in performance. Besides, fancy looking wheels just attract more attention from theives. If you do want to get rims, it's better to cheap out a little bit on the wheels themselves (as long as the ones you pick aren't trash) and get nicer tires than to put some crap tires on fancy wheels.

Adjustable suspension setups are quite overkill for driving on the street. I still don't understand why they're so popular. I guess people are really attatched to the concept of "pick-yer-own drop" or maybe they've been fed a line of BS.

Finally, good shocks with stock springs will make more of an improvement in the behavior of the car than lowering springs on stock shocks.

So....

Step 1: Get good tires. Obviously if rims are in the plan, they would be attatched to the tires.
Step 2: Get a set of lowering springs and upgraded shocks.

 

GC sleeves cost $200 more than a quality set of lowering springs. Obviously they've been proven in competition, but is the $200 extra bones worth it for just street use?

I found the adjustability of the GC's to be a blessing when I put on my wheels and had MAJOR issues with tire rub. I ended up raising the car .2 inches all around and the rubbing problem was solved.


Shingo