i've been thinking of lowering the car lately.
but... i heard from someone that if you
just change the springs, the shocks and
other things could get messed up quickly.
is this true?
what kind of "bad things" happen when
i change just the springs?

 

stock shocks are designed to work with stock springs are stock ride height.

Usually, with lowering springs, obviously the spring is shorter so the shock rod itself is compressed more. This just causes the shock to wear faster. I understand that the stook's stock hardware is pretty beefy, so a slight drop and increase in springrates won't be all that bad.

Phantom has I beleive comptech coilovers with stock shocks and no complaints.

With a "normal" car like my CRX, if I decided to simply replace the springs with my Ground Controls I have now and utilize my stock shocks...that would be bad. My stockers definately can't keep up with the 325/225lb linear springs, and they also won't appreciate the loss of 2" in suspension travel.

Good luck.

 

please read my response here:

http://www.s2000online.com/forums/showthre...?threadid=17040

UL, GTRPower, Jason, and many others can explain the caveats of lowering your car much better than I can, but that's a short version of it.

 

There is at least two ways to lower a car and not all experts agree on what is best. Some prefer to lower the spring perch and still use a full height spring, while others prefer to use a shorter spring.

Some shocks are not sensitive to lowering, providing the same damping anywhere in the stroke as long as they don

 

I wasn't thrilled with my stock shock's control over my lowered Comptech Springs... so I switched to the Mugen coilover system because the new shocks are "perfectly" matched to the springs...

 

I use HKS springs on stock shocks. The shocks have not yet shown any noticable deterioration and I've been running these springs for about 10k miles now. The dampening is just the slightest bit too soft for the springs... but I doubt most people would notice. What most people notice is that the car now scrapes on EVERYTHING. And it's only 1.1 inches lower. The front overhand of the car is long enough that you have to treat the car like a total lowrider from just that 1 inch of lowering. Anyway, looks great tho... handles great too.