[QUOTE=negcamber,Jul 25 2008, 08:19 PM] I've driven a CR swapped ap2...the suspension was the best "stock" s2k suspension I've ever felt.

 

i don't like the lowered look myself so the cr suspension is more then good enough. also, since the car will be winter driven, lowering it makes absolutely no sense for me. its a very nice handling set up. noticable different over the stock suspension.

 

to adjust ride height? thats not that hard to do.. as far as the settings, i was referring to the shock absorber adjustments. all i was trying to say was that its not rocket science. a simple reading of the manual that comes with the coilovers is all that is needed, and this shouldnt scare anyone away. and yes everyone does have their own preferences so it just comes down to your wallet, and what you want to do with the coilover.

 

did the ap2 also have the CR stock tires and size ( wider in the rear ) ?

 

negcamber is referring to my car.

and to answer your question, yes, my car has 255 rear tires and 225 fronts (CR runs 215 front). i am also running the CR alignment specs on the rear and the UK specs on the front, plus the CR steering rack stiffners on the stock AP2 rack.

 

I have a 2006, what do the steering rack stiffeners actually feel like? Thanks

 

If all you want is to lower the car, there are much cheaper ways to do that. Just get lowering springs.

And if you aren't going to corner balance the coilovers, you aren't taking advantage of the primary performance capability that coilovers provide. From the testing I've done, just arbitrarily slamming the car isn't going to make the car handle better.

And if you aren't going to use the jounce/rebound adjustability to tune the suspension to maximize potential for your own driving style, then you don't really need that adjustablility.

Like Ks320 said...you can make the handling worse even if you read the manual and adjust the ride height and jounce/rebound to some arbitrary settings picked from a book. To optimize, you should do testing. At least with the CR suspension, Honda engineers spent their professional time doing testing to optimize the spring rates and shock valving to match the swaybars.

None of this is meant to scare anyone away from getting coilovers. But if you aren't going to take advantage of their capabilities...there are better solutions that won't potentially reduce handling.

 

[QUOTE=negcamber,Jul 26 2008, 10:03 AM] If all you want is to lower the car, there are much cheaper ways to do that.

 

Have you had any problems at all with the CR setup on an AP2?

I thought I read something about an improper height in the front... Was i imagining that?

Thanks

 

That is exactly the same thing I heard. The front of the car gets a bigger gap and the back actually gaps less. Not a good thing IMHO.