Was just looking around on Cattman.com and noticed they list the konis as fitting 95-01 maxes. Make you breath a tad easier kev?

 

Geez..you guys are so slow, I posted that message like 2 months ago indicating that Brian emailed me telling me that the Konis (from 4th gen) would fit on 5th gen max, but like Kev is doing, I never seen it in person, I still hold some doubts!!!!

But i guess it will fit as Brian indicated!!!I hope...

Kev????

Tim

 

Still waiting on the stupid Ground Controls to come in before I put the Koni's on. They are back ordered on top hats... but they told me my order will be shipped out on Monday. We'll see.......

Thanks for the heads up punk... dork.

 

whats the difference between coilovers and springs? Dont the groundcontrol coilovers use eibach springs? what is the advantage of them?

 

Coil-overs allow you to adjust ride height.

 

how is it adjustable? is it easy to do? do you have to remove the rims to adjust them? what is the range that you can adjust it in?

 

All that depends on the coil-over design... check out their site cause I don't really know

 

http://www.ground-control.com

No, you don't have to take off your wheel to adjust the ride height. The range of adjustability depends on the spring height you get. I believe the default spring height is 7" all around, so that'll let you lower your car to about 2"(?).

I got 6" springs all around with 500 lbs. spring rate for the fronts and 375 lbs. for the rears. It's going to be a VERY stiff ride.

<~~~ This is how we'll feel with the new setup.

 

Kev's gonna look like one of those slammed integras... here's a view from the back of his car:

/-------\

Tires oughtta last at least 500 miles with camber like that!

 

I'm probably going to get the camber plates from Stillen. Imagine the cornering ability with camber like that!

 

Kev just a word of warning, I took my ground control's off because of my koni shocks. You are going to have to do some mods in the back to get them to not make a lot of noise.

 

OH and Kev you will not need camber plates. With my car all the way down the wheels were still straight.

 

Thanks for the heads up. Did you get the newer top hats from Ground Control? The supposedly "new urethane" top hats? Jane has them on her car and there aren't any noises at all. Thanks for the heads up.

What spring rates and what was your spring height? I'm interested in what setup you ran. Thanks.

 

I've got 575's up front, and 375's in the rear.. its a handling dream. The Tok's have improved the ride 100%.. but keep in mind my stock shocks were COMPELTELY shot.. no rebound whatsoever!

Please keep us posted on the Koni's as I am more interested in putting adjustables on..

 

No problem.

I have a question for you. You ordered a 4th gen GC kit, correct? They said they don't have 5th gen rear top hats, so did you have to make any modifications to make the coilovers fit? Thanks in advance for the info.

 

I have a 4th gen, and with the old tophats they made alot of noise. They sent me the new tophat but have not put it on yet. hope it does not squeak anymore. let us know on how the ride is with the Konis. thanks
matt

 

Actually.. it was a 5th gen kit.. as far as I knew back then.. and nope.. absolutely no modifacation to it at all.. fits perfectly.

 

Thanks for the info. Thank you too Matt.

I called GC and they said no 5th gen top hats were in production yet. Guess I'll be using the 97 version.

 

I really don't think there is that much of a difference between the 4th and 5th gen. i think it should work. but hey i guess you get to be the guinea pig.......again.

 

Yeah, I thought the 4th gen top hats would be the same as the 5th gens, but GC told me it wasn't so.

Shox.com told me the 5th gen struts were totally different than 4th gen struts also...

 

uh-oh!!! Gotta take out a dremel and start welding!

 

OK, I'll take my dremel out and weld... after I'm done, I'll take my soldering gun out and drill.

So, how long do you think Koni's or Tokico's will last?

 

hehe... hmm maybe i should take out my heat gun and start smashing

 

You guys gotta put down the pipe and quit smoking!

 

<choke cough cough> maaanthiss is some good ishhh.. lemme take another hit of themz koni's