I did some searching for a cheap drop didnt get anywhere. i was wondering whats the best combo, for a good drop (Springs/shocks/camberkit) <--(thats everything right?) for a price around 500-650. i got some extra money and i really want to drop my whip.


ps: i spotted a very very clean cl today 200-325 in Vacaville,CA. it was slammed, debadged, and i think it had a custom dark grey(anthracite?) paint job. also had black rims with a chrome lip. it was parked near bj's.

 

Depends on how you want the car to ride, and how low you want to go

 

1.25-1.5 inch drop pretty low. i live in cali i can take it. besides suspension should i be worried about anything else being worn on the car?

 

thats my friend howards car. hes on this forum with the username rottenbanana or something. He's the assistant manager over at that BJ's

anways excelerate sells the k-sport coilovers (same ones I have) for $650 shipped, check out the vendors forum

 

His CL is ILL. i love it. and about the k-sports are they adjustable hight?

 

yes they are fully adjustable.

i was gunna say cut springs..

 

1.25-1.5 inches is not "pretty low"

 

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Worry about your rubber bushings, they're 10 years old, and are decaying trust me

 

do em all if you have the chance

 

maybe 1.25-1.5" from the GROUND

 

That's how radiators get cracked

 

I'd get TEINs.

 

lol sorry bout the inches..i basicly want a <1 finger gap but i want to be able to raise it to a street legal hight if i need too... and im worried about those bushings... but its such a bitch to do that when i say replace all and bushings in the same sentence around any shop they all say "oh shit",(also its around 800+in labor) and i dont have the knowledge to do it my self.. so i may just start replacing them as they go out. dropping a car is so much damn trouble but man its worth it, cuz with out a drop.. you really cant do anything cosmetic-wise to a car with out it looking tacky

 

$800 labor? I went to a chassis shop and the guy charged me around $300 for ALL the bushings in the master kit, and if you want adjustability I'd get teins, d2's or ksports. But you need to learn that height adjustability is not cheap

 

WTF is legal height. get some ksports, slam that bitch so all the collars touch and call it a day. I live in the same area you do with all the shitty roads so no excuse

 

ive heard stories of people getting fix-it tickets for there cars being "too-low" so im worried that ill get the ticket then have to put the oem shit back in. will k-sport slam me as low as you klepto? and if so, how bad does the popo harass you(if they do)

 

i have the same setup, so of course they'll drop you as low as I am. Ive never gotten harass for having a "too low of a ride" and ive NEVER heard of anyone getting pulled over for JUST that. I get pulled over for fix it tickets all the time, but its for tints and no front plate

 

m i think im sold on these k-sports... where can i find a side pic of your car klepto? and is your car a daily driver?

 

^^^ found side pic.. but still wondering if its a daily drivers

 

Well i've heard a few people get pulled over and told to raise it but never heard of any tickets. how low do y ou guys suggest for a 97 cl, i drive mine pretty much everyday to work and stuff so i dont wanna crack or scratch anything under. or have to go 2 miles per hour over bumps??

 

yes its a daily

 

If you don't wanna creep over bumps then don't lower your car

 

just creep over those bumps, its a big part of my day

 

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yeah i dont mind creeping over bumps.. ill just jave to give up parking in the brenden theature parking lot. (if any one knows the brenden theature in vacaville.. the speedbumps are mountains.) alright i think im gonna go with k-sports thanks for the info guys your a good help as usual . any one good any suggestions for a shop to go to get them installed at? anywhere in the bay area is good

 

Your garage. Swapping stock suspension with coilovers is easier than just doing the springs or shocks alone. So, with that said, doing all four coilovers, should only take about 30 minutes.

 

is there a DIY available? ive never done anything to my car that had anything to do with suspension so im not sure if i have the knowledge to do it

 

30 minutes i had all my bolts already broken. Was still a huge pain in the ass, maybe with air tools and a lift, course I was going from coils back to stock that was a huge bitch, took me 2 days

There is a diy here. This is what i used.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171820

 

I heard klepto motorsports was good no but seriously, if youre down to drive to the bay and are free on weekends i can prolly do it for you. plus you can watch and learn and shit


and yea it takes me like 30 min to adj my coils once theyre in, but to to install. install takes a few hours, but whatever you just make a day of it

 

hm il need to think about doing it myself. look like i could really fuck something up if i mess up. when i order the coil-overs ill make my desicion but thats a month or month 1/2 away.

edit: i might do that klepto. if your willing to help im glad to take it. ill post when i order the coilovers. right now im 1/2 the way there

 

well let me know, im always down to help a fellow CLer out and of course always down to make some cash

plus you can come to my hood. i show you my crib.

 

Klepto motorsports ftw, hey naut, did you check out the ksport group buy we had going on? You may still be able to go through that

 

really? got a link? im terrible at looking for specific threads

edit: nvm found it

 

in retrospect, i should have just said distinctiv_tuning :gheylaugh:

 

That was too funny

 

LoL. Takes me 30 minutes to install just coilovers. You guys suck. 3 bolts in the rear per side, and 6 in the front (3 of them being the ones up top) per side. Then again, I do have 4 jack stands and 2 jacks. I just throw the car up on the stands, and get to work. Like I said, 30 minutes is what it takes once the tires are off and the car is up on stands on all 4 corners. How the hell did it take you 2 days Chris? What went wrong?

 

i agree with the cocoa monster, full coilovers are easy as hell. dude maybe i need to take a trip to 'da bay' to help..

 

wel thing is i dont have any stands short of a tire jack which definitly wont cut it. and i dont have a spring compresser. also dont have any experience. i know i can go rent/borrow the tools i needd but all i have ever done to any car is swap out a normal intke for a short ram. do you think me and my dad would be able to do this in a few hours (him not having much exp)?

 

u dont need a spring compressor if u buy full coilovers. Also, the honda jack would work because ur only doing one strut at a time.