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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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well the benefit of FC suspension is on your side when you choose to use something like a kyb agx shock/strut.

because honda boys need spring rates higher than 550 to keep their cars plated stiffly, the FC only needs 350 front and 275 rear and maybe a little more if you want to keep ti as flat as a board for track duty. these lower rates are perfectly within the range that a kyb agx can handle over and over without chancing failure like so many honda boys run into when running overly stiff springs for the kyb agx. its all a result of suspension geometry so you shouldnt fear the kyb agx on an FC, theyre a nice setup and paired with the best rates for your use they will probably be the best choice for the cost.

DAMN YOUR CAR IS JACKED!
hahha I agree you may have some non-stock springs in there. even when my FC had no engine the front didnt lift up that high.

good luck on the project!
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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lol It was much much higher when there was no engine.

I have been looking at coil overs and it looks like they only lower a max of two inches. If this is from stock than they will help me, but I don't really want to spend money or put heavy coil overs on my car.

I looked at pics of stock springs and they seem identical, but what do I know.

Mabey I'll just put in a really heavy cage... heh
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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how low it goes depends on which model coilover you go with.

but generally full coilovers will go much lower than your typical pre-packaged spring kits.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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Are you sure it's a sport? The Sports had T2 springs which sat about an inch lower than the base or GXL springs. When I got my 86 Sport, it had a cracked rear spring. I couldnt find a wrecked turbo or Sport and I didnt have the cash for new springs so I put GXL springs on it. My pass. side rode about an inch higer and looked like crap. With the interior stripped and no exhaust, I could believe those are stock springs.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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IMO, you do not need a super lowering, I think just replacing those springs with stiffer lowering springs or coilovers will solve the problem. You could always pick up a used set of whatever springs are popular for FCs and give those a try. You won't really lose any money on the deal to experiment that way.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:50 PM
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Im 100 percent sure its a sport model. I think it says on the title. It had the black rubber spoiler on it and I spent a long time matching up all the options in the sticky.

I am going to try camber caster plates first, I think that will solve 1-2 inches of the problem. If its still bad I may buy some tannabe gf210s or something.

I will probably get kyb agx's on sleepyheads reccomendation.
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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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you might be able to pickup a set of coilovers from megan racing or similar for under a grand and brand new that will give you loads and loads of adjustability and only end up being a few hundred bucks more than if you went with kyb's and some springs.

man oh man I love the FC sport, rock on!
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