has anyone done this? to slam your car

[TheATLien]

found this video on youtube....just wondering if anyone out here has done this before

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxvsG9y7_8"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxvsG9y7_8

[bitchface]

I saw a Ford Festiva with this type system at the Pull-a-Part off Moreland Ave. No joke.

[TheATLien]

i think i might do this ....i thinkkkk...idk yet dont want to fuck shit up lol
but has anyone on ia done this and let me know!

[Sneezin]

ummm...if the sleeve is going to sit exactly where the "perch" was at, why would you even cut it off?

[Relentless]

X2^ So the weight of the car is gona be resting right where the welds are?

[Kyle]

I mean try if you like, but I think it'll probably be a waste of time. Coilovers are so cheap these days I wouldn't bother modifying struts (especially if stock because they will just blow and/or be really bouncy).

[quickdodge®]

Coilovers are so cheap these days ...

Not for his car.

[TheATLien]

I mean try if you like, but I think it'll probably be a waste of time. Coilovers are so cheap these days I wouldn't bother modifying struts (especially if stock because they will just blow and/or be really bouncy).

okay find me some that aree soo cheap and that are made for my 82 honda accord ....

[quickdodge®]

okay find me some that aree soo cheap and that are made for my 82 honda accord ....

Hey ease up, dude. You failed to mention the car you're working on so these guys had no clue.

[Durtie]

This isn't anything special. I though all coilovers were installed this way. I had to cut my perch so I can put my skunk2 coilovers on. Thats what the instructions from skunk2 told me to do.

[draggbody]

This isn't anything special. I though all coilovers were installed this way. I had to cut my perch so I can put my skunk2 coilovers on. Thats what the instructions from skunk2 told me to do.

but when your eBay default search choices are set to 'lowest price including shipping' and you dont look at anything except the first page, this the post you get... just go have someone heat your springs for $50-$60 and bounce out...

[Sinfix_15]

This isn't anything special. I though all coilovers were installed this way. I had to cut my perch so I can put my skunk2 coilovers on. Thats what the instructions from skunk2 told me to do.

this kind of makes me sad.......

[Durtie]

this kind of makes me sad.......

I know that full coilovers are direct bolt ons. I just thought that coilover sleeves were all installed this way.

note: My coilover sleeves were professionally installed and they did it this way. The reason they did this is explained pretty well in post 28.

[Sinfix_15]

I know that full coilovers are direct bolt ons. I just thought that coilover sleeves were all installed this way.

note: My coilover sleeves were professionally installed and they did it this way. The reason they did this is explained pretty well in post 28.

gotcha, i personally have never used a coilover sleeve and as long as a real coilover option is available, probably never will.

[TheATLien]

This isn't anything special. I though all coilovers were installed this way. I had to cut my perch so I can put my skunk2 coilovers on. Thats what the instructions from skunk2 told me to do.

so you did exaclty what the person in the video did?if you did can i see some pictures of how they turned out to look?

[bitchface]

I hate to be Mr.Negative here but I don't think this car is going to end well.

[quickdodge®]

just go have someone heat your springs for $50-$60 and bounce out...

Now you're speaking my language.

I hate to be Mr.Negative here but I don't think this car is going to end well.

Mmmmm hmm.

[draggbody]

Now you're speaking my language..

i probably do 4-5 of them a month in my area... cant tell you how many lowered cars with springs come in that people say they arent low enough... burn them bitches down... lol

[quickdodge®]

i probably do 4-5 of them a month in my area... cant tell you how many lowered cars with springs come in that people say they arent low enough... burn them bitches down... lol

I dropped my first car via the $2 torch from K Mart back in 1986, lolol. I used to do them for people for money but stopped after a few years because I didn't want to be liable for any (possible) mishaps.

[TheATLien]

I hate to be Mr.Negative here but I don't think this car is going to end well.

like i said

t I dont want to fuck shit up!

dammmmn

[PTCDC5]

Why would you do this? Used, half decent suspension will be just as cheap, safer, and ride better.

[draggbody]

QD, i figured you were more of a zayre's shopper... lol

[quickdodge®]

Why would you do this? Used, half decent suspension will be just as cheap, safer, and ride better.

Look. Here's where some people aren't as "in the know" about the car. No one makes after market lowering springs or coil overs or anything that will lower his car. He's going to have to go the old school route on an old school car. Just as I did. Fortunately for me though, is a few people over in the UK did some work for BC Racing and now I have a coil over option for mine. As far as the video and doing what he did, I don't know anything about that. I trust what I know and that's pretty much it, lolol.

i figured you were more of a zayre's shopper... lol

Haha. Nope. They want $3 for their torches.

[draggbody]

Haha. Nope. They want $3 for their torches.

i wonder how many people are wondering what a zayre is... lol... you old bastid... oh, wait, i know too...

[quickdodge®]

i wonder how many people are wondering what a zayre is... lol... you old bastid... oh, wait, i know too...

People today know that store pretty much as TJ Maxx.

[Elbow]

I don't see the point in cutting stuff off? There's nothing wrong with coilover sleeves, sleeves and good shocks are better than half of the cheap full coilovers people ride around on these days.

[alex14]

Wow. i thought the video explained it well enough. guess not.


The left is a stock strut, the right is one with the cut purch.

Grey is the sleeve that you put over the strut.
Red is the locking ring that the spring rests on.
Green in the purch.



As you can see, the locking ring(red) hits the purch (green) before it gets to the bottom of the sleeve's threads (grey). If you cut the purch (green), you can lower the car another .5"-1.5" depending on your strut.

I would leave more of the purch on than he did, but that strut looks pretty used so I guess it didnt hurt. This wont mess up your shocks as long as you dont cut anything but the purch. I would however recommend extended top hats so you dont blow your shocks out as quickly.

[TheATLien]

i just don't want to drive a monster truck fml

[alex14]

I dont blame you. I helped my friend do this on his EF. Worked great. I say go for it man.

[NeWTRouBLeArMy]

Well just to throw in my opinion, just listen to QD have someone who knows what their doing heat the springs. I've done several of my own cars and had some that were done by others the ride only gets really bad if they are done incorrectly

[NeWTRouBLeArMy]

With that said if done correctly as pictured above i see it working fine, i just dont like the idea of the weight of the car sittin on just that, but in turn to begin with its just the welds that hold the spring cup to the shock thats holding it. Id say the key to anyone of these methods would be to let someone with the experince of doing them before do it and not just try it yourself

[TheATLien]

@sinfix that bug thingy always gets me im always slapping my computer screen thinking its a real bug! lol

anyway if anyone can do this or knows anyone who has done this right and knows what he is doing hit me up ill pay

[Sinfix_15]

@sinfix that bug thingy always gets me im always slapping my computer screen thinking its a real bug! lol

anyway if anyone can do this or knows anyone who has done this right and knows what he is doing hit me up ill pay

Any machine shop or exhaust shop that isnt a franchise would do that for you.

[TheATLien]

ima see wassup

[metalmatt47]

Nothing wrong with that method at all if it's done right and properly welded. I know dozens of guys that track cars with these coilovers. Ground control makes them with the intent of having them welded onto the strut.

[eklanta]

This seems suspect. But if you do it, make sure you have a good seat for the sleeve to sit on. And do more research on it.

[TheATLien]

i mean i want some one kind enough to say hey ive done this before and names his price! because i dont have the tools

[bitchface]

Let me give you some friendly advice from someone with some real life experience. Cars are a terrible thing to spend your money on when you are in your twenties. You will RUIN this car on your fast food budget. Just leave it stock. If you put your money into keeping this car running well you'll be so much better off; save your money for college. You'll be far better off later in life but just driving it and enjoying the fact that you have a future CLASSIC Japaneese car. Keeping it stock and not doing stupid shit like lowering it and putting idioic round headlamps in will ruin the value and appeal. You will ruin the resale value GREATLY once you get ready to sell it down the road. Trying to sell a modded car like this one is like trying to sell your dirty underwear, no one wants it once you put your skidmarks in it.

[quickdodge®]

Let me give you some friendly advice from someone with some real life experience. Cars are a terrible thing to spend your money on when you are in your twenties. You will RUIN this car on your fast food budget. Just leave it stock. If you put your money into keeping this car running well you'll be so much better off; save your money for college. You'll be far better off later in life but just driving it and enjoying the fact that you have a future CLASSIC Japaneese car. Keeping it stock and not doing stupid shit like lowering it and putting idioic round headlamps in will ruin the value and appeal. You will ruin the resale value GREATLY once you get ready to sell it down the road. Trying to sell a modded car like this one is like trying to sell your dirty underwear, no one wants it once you put your skidmarks in it.

I disagree in a way, man. Cars are NOT a bad thing to spend money on in your twenties...............if you can afford it. I do agree that with a fast food income, the only thing that money should be spent on (in relation to the car) is in keeping that car running. With my "real life experience," I can definitely relate. For most of my adult life, I did just that. I used the only car I had available to me as my easel. I was sinking what little money I would have on making my car look good (in my eyes) and a lot less on keeping it running. It didn't work so good. Now although my Civic is my daily, I have three other cars at my disposal should it go down. And one of those cars is only a few years old. I am able to afford to have a hobby car. So you do give good advice, bitchface, on that count.

To add, his car is already a classic Japanese car, not a future classic, lolol. Lowering the car will not necessarily make it lose it's appeal. I have the same people tell me how great my car looks now that I have it on the ground that told me how great it looked sitting up higher. And I don't mean younger folks. Lastly, as far as value or resale value goes, you can't lose resale value greatly (when modifying) when the initial value wasn't that great to begin with. These cars do not go for that much money. That's if you're even planning on selling it. I have no designs on selling mine so I did want I wanted to do to mine.

But the important point is the one you made at the beginning of your post.

[bitchface]

Ok, points taken. I should have mentioned that lowering (correctly) might be ok as far as resale value but it will still cost money to do it right. And I should have said "overlooked" classic rather than "future"classic. I was trying to suggest that years from now the car would be worth more than it is because they will only become more rare.