i was thinking on lowering my car, but i was also wondering if i could get away with buying just lowering springs and stay with stock struds/shocks. planing on about 1.5 to 2.0 inches drop.
plus any ideas on good springs??

Thank you

 

No.

 

You can do it, but keep the drop to 1.5" or less all around.

 

Moved to 4th Gen. This isn't Advanced, but more basic, specific to generation.

Short answer: you can do it, but it isn't recommended.

 

it will work, but your best bet is to save for coilovers. ive been thru about 4 strut mounts 'cause i used tein s tech springs roughly 2" drop. and dont buy tokico blue, or kyb struts thinking they can handle the drop, plain and simple, they cant. those struts are pretty much OEM, and they wont last long before you start to buttom out, bounce, and hear popping noise from your strut mount.

 

Q: Can it physically be done?
A: Yes.

Q: Will you still be happy with the result after you've put some miles on the combination?
A: Probably not.

At this point, I can only assume that the struts/shocks are the originals, and are already being overpowered by the OE springs. Aftermarket springs will only make this worse.


Norm

 

be careful.

 

As said above, you can if you're being cheap, but have fun 6 months down the road (so to speak) when you have to take your suspension apart again because your struts are blown.

 

What do you mean KYBs can't handle a drop? What KYBs are you referring to?

You are aware that they make more than one model of struts, right?

 

Thanks for the input guys.