I just recently purchased a MY02 and am loving every minute of it. I have a few questions about lowering the vehicle along with some knowledge I have gained over the years. I have spent about 2 hours reading through post after post, and it seems to not really answer my questions.....

1. Koni Yellows seem to be the meal ticket, but I do have a question on the design. Was the Koni strut designed to be used with a lowered spring assembly. The reason I ask is when lowering a vehicle on springs you are effectively only using a certain % of the struts travel, causing it to be less effective. Thoughts?

2. Will the Koni Yellows accept a spring drop as low as 1.5 or so inches on the lowest perch? Coming from a coilover background I am have been very happy in the past where I was able to adjust the lower mounting perch so I could retain the upmost shock travel as possible. I am just thinking that if I were to lower the car that much, I may be causing the Koni Yellows to enter out of their effective range, and cause premature harm to the strut.

3. I am shooting for a 1.5 inch drop being on the lowest perch on the Koni Yellows.....I am not too fond of Espiler as they are owned by Mackin Industries, and have not been happy with their products in the past. I believe the top choice would be the Eibach pro kit correct?

I have owned 3 full coilover systems in my life, and realized after much money spent, that once I get the car dialed in, I never tend to touch the settings at all, and leave them be, only adjusting the dampening usually on track days. I am not an avid corner carver, but like to get very spirited when prompted. I am hoping with the combo of eiback/koni I can achieve handling as good or better than a 1400 dollar run of the mill coilover setup.


Thoughts??

Thanks in advance!

-M

 

How about the Koni Yellows and the adjustable Eibach/Ground Control sleeve combo. You can adjust the height of your car the way that you want and you can also customize your spring rates to maintain ride quality.

 

I actually used to have the Koni Yellow and Eibach Ground Control kit on my 99 Prelude. What a big difference it made. Handles like I was on rails.

I have also been thinking about this on the S2000 since it was awesome on my prelude. No body roll, trust me.

Though, the S2000 is perfect out the lot I believe lowering it a bit more and increasing the spring rates will obviously improve it's performance.

Make sure you analyze the spring rates that you want on it. Also, try to get the non polyurethane tops if possible. I don't know if it can be done....

good luck

 

I just need to be sure that the Koni Yellows were engineered for a lowering spring, such as the Tokico HTS's were. They actually have a shortened tube so you get the same amount of travel even when lowered.

1.5 inches to 2 inches lower is what I am going for, and with further reading I would like to get a linear spring, so I can have constant handling all the time. Springs is not the most worrysome part right now, it's more over the handlings of the Koni's, any input would be great. I will contact Koni also to hear what they have to say.

 

I was under the impression that overloading a shock with a stiff spring is more detrimental than lowering.

Two inches is a pretty big drop.