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Hey I been watching Eric the car guy repeatedly to get the best information I can. But I got a problem, I bought some lowering springs 1 34 drop. The compatibility said they can mount to a stock strut. But when i went to the alignment shop they said they couldn’t do it. Is there anyway i can keep my new lowering springs and get a proper alignment? I heard there are camber kits to help with alignment but not to sure how they work or go. Can anyone help please? My car is a 99 Honda civic ex. Just changed both CV axles, shocks all around, and all new springs. The back doesn’t look to much lower than original, but the front is super low. Also weary of it being too low.
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What brand of springs did you use, what’s their spring rate? What was the reason your alignment shop gave you as to why they couldn’t align your car? Gotta break it down a little more…
Some of the camber kits are nothing more than a bolt with a cam built onto it or a recessed area along sides of bolt. These are usually for front struts only. You can then move it to desired camber IF there is enough adjustment. I have ran into a few issues with lowered cars in my shop where we couldn’t do anything with the rear of the car after being lowered, rare instances but it happens. I’d ask around and get some recommendations on an alignment shop. Some can perform magic but the ones that can generally aren’t cheap.
Not too sure on the brand, got them on eBay from DNA motoring a 1.75″ drop springs. I wasn’t too sure on the techs reason for not being able to align the car. I’m assuming the car is way too low by the looks of it. Guessing the camber is all out of wack due to the drop. And I decided to go back to the stock springs for now, since I’m afraid its way too low. May have messed up and bought to low of drop springs.
[quote=”fallenguy” post=90793]Ok the brand is speed daddy from DNA motors. 1.75 in the front and 1.5 in the back.[/quote]
usually a 1 inch drop is the best drop without disturbing
the cars geometry. Your to for out with what you got.I currently have some no name Ebay adjustable coilovers on mine, the drop is set to about 1.5 front and back and blox rear LCA’a and I’ve never had a problem at the alignment shop… however being lowered, and shorter spring travel she bottoms out on pot holes even going slow… Because of this, I now have a leaky oil pan gasket… the pan itself might even be slightly warped. the bottom of my header also has a few scrapes and a dent in it too. The moral of the story, I think if you’re going to daily drive your civic, I wouldn’t lower it.
If you want the aftermarket springs, with your car, it sounds like w/ that much drop, you’ve changed the angle of the front LCA’s… Check the angle of your LCA’s, they should look parallel to each other, not bending up or down. If they’re bending up, then you might want to look into getting extended ball joints to change the angle back normal.
There’s two reliable companies I know of that I would trust buying lowering springs from. They’ve done the research to know how much the car can be lowered while keeping it off of the bump stops or blowing the shocks and what spring rate you need.
I’m not going to advertise for these people here but you will pay a little more and you won’t find them selling on ebay.
It is true that you will need a camber correction kit in order to properly align the vehicle after lowering it. I don’t know specific brands, but usually the cheaper parts are just that. You may have to spend real money on quality parts to get good results.
Please keep us posted on what works for you.
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