I heard somewhere that our cars should not be lowered too much otherwise the handling performance will go down.

Is there and ideal amount of lowering to maximize the handling of our cars ? Such as 1", 2" etc ?

Thanks,

 

my 2 cents, i had springs (tein s tech then skunk2) and it handled similar to stock. then I made the switch to ksport kontrol pro dampers and it handled better then stock. my car is slammed so its just for looks not for any function purposes and once i did that i felt the handling shitty lol.

 

You heard correct and I am sure there are many threads on this.

Don't quote me but I think 2"+ is where it gets funny (aka slamma-jamma)

The whole things boils down to Honda engineering the geometry of the car with stock height. When you lower it, you change the geometry so now things are pushing/pulling/etc. in unintended directions and stressing parts that weren't meant to.

J's Racing has some knuckles and other expensive toys to supposedly return the geometry closer to stock but who knows.

Most people do not need to worry about any of this if they just kill the fender gap with a mild 1~1.5" drop.

 

^ yeah he's 2 cents is waaay better. gosh freaking topper! jk jk

 

Boof when i drove your car a year ago other than a different suspension was you car lowered ?

 

Yes, I had the Tein S.Tech setup. It's supposed to be a 1" drop but I never measured.

http://www.tein.com/tech_info/a58.html

 

I have Buddy Club RS coilovers and matched my ride height level with my friends Eibachs. The Eibachs are supposed to be a 1" drop. I feel that a 1" drop matched with a +1/2 wheel size bump is a great combination. It gets rid of some of the fender gap and is still vary streetable. I feel that it handles better than stock (w/my coilovers) and is much easier to control when the rear end starts to slide mid turn or bump steer. Although mine is an 01 and they were supposed to have "twitch handling". Just my $.02.

 

my car handles significantly better and is much more predictable after installing a set of espelir springs - i'd do it again anytime

 

So it sounds like the 1" drop with the proper springs and/or adjustable shocks would be fine.

 

people can feel free to add to this, but through my research if you looking for a set of springs and shocks you may as well go for a full coilover setup and the kw v3's are recommended highly for street and track use

the espelir springs were recommended over all others based on probably 40 or 50 threads that i read that dealt with calculating spring rates - they are cheap, easy to install, give the car a great stance and makes it much more predictable - both in regular (semi-low-speed) turns and significantly faster turns - i was driving my friends porsche 911 for a couple of weeks while he was trying to sell his s2k and after testing both on the same turns numerous times, the porsche certainly feels smoother, but i noticed after the spring install, i can easily keep up with the porsche around 100+mph sweeping corners and at the track (it was a 99 911)

i'd say if you're not going for a full coilover setup, get a good set of springs (do your research, don't just go by brand names) and keep the stock shocks for the time being - just my opinion - also if you haven't upgraded tires, you'll notice a huge improvement with some summer tires