Is anyone here running aftermarket lowering springs on stock 240 shocks? I’ve heard from several sources that it’s a bad idea and that the 240’s suspension can’t handle the drop (of say 1-1.9 inches).
If anyone has tried this please let me know how it turned out.
Thanks!
Stock shocks are definetly not designed to handle the higher spring rates associated with springs that ride lower.
You can do it but first of all your car will be bouncy bouncy like those slammed civics you see that hit a bump and keep bouncing all the way until the next intersection. Espically once the stock shocks blow.
Do it right, please.
I have sportlines on stock shocks and it’s not ideal, but also not as bad as some say.
It bounces a bit, but not too bad, I guess mine havn’t blown.
btw, I’ve had this setup for about 5k.
Its normal, just a bit bouncy,my friends doing that, seems to handle really well i was surprised better than mine aftermarking shocks and stock springs ahahaha.
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It’s not HALF as bad as everyone says.
I ran sportlines on stock shocks before I could afford my AGXs back in
the day. Its NOT bad at all, but the firmer damping from the AGXs or other
aftermarket shocks is more ideal.
Using springs with stock shocks won’t hurt performance, it just wont help
as much as it would if it were paired with shocks to match.
it’s not so bad, as long as your shocks don’t blow…
something like this would suck:
we put sportlines on a friends car, with stock shocks. lasted about 6 hrs sitting in the driveway before the stock shocks popped.
we put sportlines on a friends car, with stock shocks. lasted about 6 hrs sitting in the driveway before the stock shocks popped.
that doesn’t really make sense …
normal non adjustable shocks, ( this includes everything from OEM source to heavier HP’s/or GR-2’s ) are a dual zone design, meaing they have a soft and hard ride zone, the soft ride is where you do 95% of the driving for the lift of the strut… so the valving and oil weight inside are setup for this… when you lower the strut with sport springs, your moving the valving out of the soft ride zone into the hard ride zone, this zone is designed for heavy bumps and impacts, the valving works to decelerate the strut( and spring ) to keep you from unweighting too much. The effect of driving in this hard ride zone is that it will blow a seal and heat up the fluid till it’s no longer the OEM viscosity … The ‘bouncing’ effect everyone is taking about is the strut being blown internally in some form or another… and it’s giving the higher weight spring more freedom to pogo… the best thing you can do is get a set of struts that are desinged for lowering the car safely… some compaines like Tokico have a strut for specific cars that match with thier own springs or another conservative brand like Eibach’s prokit line… wich is far less aggressive then the sport line. going from 1" drop (which is fairly safe with a set of performance struts as your still in the soft ride zone)… to 1.9 which is effectivly 2" is a BIG difference…
ahh stfu,
Lowering springs on good condition stock should be ok, woudln’t be as stiff as performance shocks, but the ride should be fine.
It will reduce the life of your stock shocks, and you might have to replace them sooner or later depending on the initial condition of the shocks.
If you have the money to spare I reccommend you get a performace shock that can handle a stiffer and/or shorter spring so you wont have to dismantle the suspension again.
If you are strapped for cash, go for the springs your car isnt going to explode or anything.
… struts/shocks don’t control ‘stiffness’ of the ride just the bound /rebound of the springs…
A blown strut/shock will cause your car to have the pogo effect, this effect causes the car to unweight on the drive and control surfaces which reduces the cars ability to corner, brake, accelerate… not at all a good plan… reccomending that somone use their OEM shock/strut, without proper caveat’s and warnings of the potential dangers is irresponseable.
So there you go. You can do it but it’s not advised.
Springs will make your car look lower but at the cost of damaging your stock shocks sooner or later.
Correct shocks will really improve the feel of the car …
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