Civic Coilovers

[DuckFeet]

Apologies, I spied you made the other thread also. How about at max height? For super-comfy-driving-the-missus-about setting?

And yours is a 180? When I looked at civic stuff before I decided the 1.8 was heavy enough to be comparable to the kv6.

Kudos for trying it, ZSs definitely look better sat a little lower.

[ZS Phil]

Originally Posted by DuckFeet

Apologies, I spied you made the other thread also. How about at max height? For super-comfy-driving-the-missus-about setting?

And yours is a 180? When I looked at civic stuff before I decided the 1.8 was heavy enough to be comparable to the kv6.

Kudos for trying it, ZSs definitely look better sat a little lower.

I would say its going to lower by at least 30-40 mm even if you wind them up. Trouble is you will struggle to fit them until the collars are wound all the way down (even with spring compressors). Then you have to wind the collars back up to get it to a sensible height, to do this you have to take the spring compressors off in order to get the C spanner on the collar. Therefore you are then winding against the spring so plenty of grease on the collar to help it turn. I got to a point on the rears where you really have to lean on the spanner to wind the collar up because of resistance from the spring despite there being plenty of thread left to go higher. For some reason this was more apparent on the right because the collar at a certain point starts to spring back (perhaps because of the direction in which the spring has been wound). You can easily get it so there is a bit of arch gap if you want though.
Regarding driving the missus about, they are more comfy than the motobuild springs which I had on before so I guess similar to standard.
Mine is the diesel but same sort of weight as a v6 due to the iron block.
Cheers for the comments , the ZS deffo pulls off the low look well.

[DuckFeet]

How are you getting on with the kit? Still happy I hope.

I think I'm about to go ahead with it but am worried that my "knots in cotton" muscles won't have the power to wind it high enough. I hope I can get my Mr. Muscle Extender Bar over the spanner.

Does lower = stiffer? Or does it just do it's thing and you choose the height?

[ZS Phil]

Originally Posted by DuckFeet

How are you getting on with the kit? Still happy I hope.

I think I'm about to go ahead with it but am worried that my "knots in cotton" muscles won't have the power to wind it high enough. I hope I can get my Mr. Muscle Extender Bar over the spanner.

Does lower = stiffer? Or does it just do it's thing and you choose the height?

Still all good with it, its been on since the end of September last year so almost a year. Id say the more you raise the car the stiffer it gets because the springs become preloaded before you drop it on the ground. I greased the threads up to try and stop corrosion which has helped. The only complaint I have is the rubber boots have started to crack ever so slightly but for the money Im not bothered.
Im not exactly chuck norris either, more technique than brute fore when adjusting them.