Robert is very accurate about being careful not to cut the bump-stops. Just for the record, there is a gentleman here in Ohio who makes "shock-tower extensions" the purpose of his product is to elevate the top of the shock's piston rod to bring the valves of the shock into their optimal range [ie: not on the borderline of bottoming out] If anyone is interested in his product, I can gather some more information, as I intend on using these on my CRX once I choose my spring/shock combo.
-M >From: "Robert K. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Robert K. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mike Buenrostro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: The Rex list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: CRX: Re: I Have some more questions >Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:00:44 -0700 > >On 10:52 AM 07/10/02 -0700, Mike Buenrostro said... > > >> July 10 02 >>Hey what's up Godzilla? Well as for me I took in your advise and I went >>out looking for some coilovers that were respectable. Well I was going to >>buy some OBX but some guy from a car shop told me that "they were shitty" >>He told me to "buy them if I wanted my car to bounce around" and he told >>me that Skunk 2's were a lot better then OBX. He even showed me his 93' >>Civic HB with the Skunk 2's on there. So I kind took his word on it and >>bought the Skunk 2's. Now here is my question, Do you know how hard it is >>to put the coilovers on? Do I need certain tools aside from the spring >>compressor? I can get my alinement done for free so I'm not even worried >>about that. Should I even try to put them on or just pay someone to do it >>for me? Well if you could Godzilla hit me up. Oh dude my girlfriend bought >>me a new Deck for my car it's a Sony EXPLOD CDX M630 so I installed that >>myself but that's tight huh? >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >>http://www.hotmail.com > > >I can't speak for the OBX kit other than I've seen them but from a few >people that I do know that have installed them on their Civic's, they tell >me that the springs that come with the kit are *bad*. In other words, >they're OK for a while but then over time they tend to get *soft*. > >My younger brother has the Skunk-2 kit on his 2000 Civic/Ex. We installed >it last year and so far it's been pretty good. He's running Tokico shocks >and 17 inch Tenzo rims. He's not running with a body kit but he does run >it low at times (2 inches from stock) and it's pretty stiff. :^P > >So... personally, I would go with the Skunk-2 kit over the OBX only because >I've installed them and I know a few other people who are running them who >are very happy with their performance. I only know a few people who >installed the OBX kit (less than 6) and all have pretty much said the same >thing. Again, since I've never installed the OBX or rode in a car with one >in it, I can't verify the claims. > >As far as installing goes... very straight forward. A spring compressor is >needed. Be sure to get one that is designed for the smaller springs used >by the Honda's and that it has safety hooks. > >You can rent these or purchase them. I purchased mine 7 years ago for >another car that I had. I think I paid around $50 (USD) for it. I've seen >some for $20 (USD) at the local Pep Boy's and Kragen. > >Other tools you will need is a torque wrench, at least one jack stand >(though a pair will make it much easier). > >The installation of my VSpec (I need to update it, but the basics are the >same): > > http://www.crx.org/southcal/tech/vspec/default.htm > >It's very similar to the Skunk-2 kit only their sleeves don't use set >screws but rather rubber O-Rings (unless they changed it recently). The >rubber O-Ring slips over the body of the shock and then you slip the sleeve >over the shock and the rubber O-Ring. The sleeve should fit snuggly and >require some effort to slip on. > >They also give you a TON of different width O-Rings which you are left with >when all is said and done. > >I also highly recommend that you do not re-use your stock shocks. I did >this originally and they just could not keep up. I was basically riding on >the springs with no dampening. :^P > >Be sure to keep your bump stops. Trim them down if you think it's needed, >but don't trim too much. I cut about a half inch off mine. I've seen a >lot of people remove the bump stops all together and they end up blowing >out their shocks as a result from it. > >As for the alignment... the most they will most likely be able to do is set >the toe-in. They won't be able to do much about the camber or the caster >unless you happen to install a camber and caster kit. But I would still >have the alignment checked to see where it's at. I have the Ingalls camber >kit which I really need to get off my butt and install one of these days >(I've had it for almost a year now...). > >And as for the Sony ... is that the one with the motorized flip-up face >unit and is XM Satellite ready? > >Anyways... let me know what you decide with the suspension stuff and shoot >me a pic when all is said and done (including the Sony). > > >Robert K. Kuhn >CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > >1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) >ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
