I can't decide which coilovers?!

Scornio

Scornio

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Texas, Midland
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Civic Si
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Sedan
Ok so I'm finally saved the money and gonna buy some coils. I dont have any experience on them so I dont really what what's spring rates mean and the differences between them all I know is that I want a good quality set of coils but I want something that feels close to stock stiffness but I want it to be a little bit stiffer and of course make it more stiff if I wanted to. I also want to be able to lower past 2" for summer time. Well Iv been looking at the buddy club coils on @PRO Civic because of that super combo deal but I mean if the coils aren't all that then I don't care about the deal. They're more pricey and reality is you get what you pay for. But I'm also looking at the d2 coils cause Iv heard they have the ultimate slammage and the adjustable front camber is awesome. So I need help don't know what to do!!!
 
I've had my buddy clubs on for almost a year, daily driven 100 miles a day. The ride is incredible for a coilover setup. Most who run coils are impressed with how it rides. I also have my dampers set pretty stiff. As far as them being super stiff, not at all. For coils, they are impressive IMO. As for lowness. They can go pretty low. Fully maxed out fronts will get you maybe 2.5 inches down. I took out one lock ring and bottomed them out to the perches and I'm tucking tire on my 17s and having to run 2.4 neg camber up front. The ride, still great. Quality is top notch. They still look new and adjust with ease still. I can get drop pics that are up to date tomorrow if you'd like.
 
silver04v said:
I've had my buddy clubs on for almost a year, daily driven 100 miles a day. The ride is incredible for a coilover setup. Most who run coils are impressed with how it rides. I also have my dampers set pretty stiff. As far as them being super stiff, not at all. For coils, they are impressive IMO. As for lowness. They can go pretty low. Fully maxed out fronts will get you maybe 2.5 inches down. I took out one lock ring and bottomed them out to the perches and I'm tucking tire on my 17s and having to run 2.4 neg camber up front. The ride, still great. Quality is top notch. They still look new and adjust with ease still. I can get drop pics that are up to date tomorrow if you'd like.
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Pics aren't neccessary you just cleared it up for me on my decision lol I really don't need to go that low anyway with The roads here but then again i just might lol so buddy clubs it is!! thanks for the help!
 
^Yeah that Buddy Club deal makes it tough to pass these up. The Buddy Clubs are great quality. The only advantage (price aside) the D2 Racing coilovers have is that they come with Pillow-ball upper mounts.

It's a tough call. I've had experience with both, and you can't go wrong with either one in my mind.
 
The pillow ball mounts might be an advantage but the buddy clubs have slotted strut mounts that allow for more than 3 degrees of neg camber. I haven't had one budge either. IMO, it's more simple and just works. Plus, less to fail.
 
silver04v said:
The pillow ball mounts might be an advantage but the buddy clubs have slotted strut mounts that allow for more than 3 degrees of neg camber. I haven't had one budge either. IMO, it's more simple and just works. Plus, less to fail.
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The non-2014 Civic D2 coilovers have slots as well. The adjustment range looks to be as much as the Buddy Clubs, but I don't know the exact # on how negative you can go in terms of camber.
 
PRO Civic said:
We just finished 3 videos on these new D2 coilovers.

Unboxing:


Install:


Driving Impressions:
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So I'm guessing the d2's are amazing coilovers cause they're chosen for videos and are popular but so are the buddy clubs. Which ones are better for me who wants good tire tuck, a comfortable ride, performance and longitivity?
 
Hey @PRO Civic or anyone on here in fixing to buy these d2 coilovers (I ended up changing my mind lol) and I saw in your install video that the rear shocks shaft needs to be a third of the way inside of the shock...I'm not sure I understand how I would do that?
 
Scornio said:
Hey @PRO Civic or anyone on here in fixing to buy these d2 coilovers (I ended up changing my mind lol) and I saw in your install video that the rear shocks shaft needs to be a third of the way inside of the shock...I'm not sure I understand how I would do that?
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All that we're trying to say in the video is that D2 recommends the shock in it's "resting state" should have some of the shock shaft inside the shock body. Basically, you don't want the shock fully extended or compressed when you install it. The optimal position is with one third of the shock shaft sitting inside the shock body when the car is at rest.
 
PRO Civic said:
All that we're trying to say in the video is that D2 recommends the shock in it's "resting state" should have some of the shock shaft inside the shock body. Basically, you don't want the shock fully extended or compressed when you install it. The optimal position is with one third of the shock shaft sitting inside the shock body when the car is at rest.
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How do you really measure that practically? I am still having trouble picturing how to make sure the shocks only compress 1/3 in its resting state.
 
Hella JDM said:
How do you really measure that practically? I am still having trouble picturing how to make sure the shocks only compress 1/3 in its resting state.
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I figured it out I think. What you do is set your ride height with the spring portion then you use the jack to jack up the axle as if the car was resting on the ground, you'll know this once the whole car is lifting you've lifted a little bit to much,then you measure the distance from where the spring rests on the bottom and where it goes on top. Then you basically you adjust the shock to add more inches to the shock that way when you install the shock the shaft will go in a third of the way. I believe that's the way you do it. I'm sure the other member will chime in.
 
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