Does anyone know of a coilover or lowering spring that has the following features/attributes:

1. Ability to only lower car 3/4" to 1" minimum. (I'd like a slightly lower roll center for performance, not looks.)

2. Progressive rating as follows: first one to two inch deflection/spring rate is 10-20% less than the stock CL Type S springs. The spring rate after the 1st 1-2 inch deflection at the reduced spring rate is equal to or 10-20% higher than stock.

I like the feel of "stock" Bilstein shocks. The Koni shockes were great for rock hard racing, but would knock my fillings out of my teeth (older car story). The Bilstein's would ride great over small bumps (progressive valving), but had 20-30% more bound/re-bound damping once I was in a turn or on rough roads. This allowed for a nice smooth, rattle-free drive, but also allowed for better than stock handling.

Anyone have any thoughts/ideas?

I'm not doing this tommorow, but I would love to find some springs and shocks that provided the Jeckel and Hyde character that goes along with our car.

Finally, who (other than Bilstein) makes monotube gas shocks?

(Thanks in advance)

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[This message has been edited by EricL (edited 03-15-2001).]

 

I think your best bet would be to consider a high quality set of real coilovers.Although they are costly they will allow you the precise adjusments that you are looking for in terms of ride height compression and rebound damping.As far as progressive springs go that only lower a car that small amount you will not likely find any.The reason progressive springs came to be for cars is that with a lowered car straight rate springs could be very uncomfortable to ride on so instead they came up with progressives that ride close to stock over minor road blemishes but rapidly increase their spring rate as they compress to prevent bottoming out.I installed APEX coilovers on my Civic and had good results with them some others to consider are TEIN and APEX integration.Jens

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I understand only to well what your getting at and I don't have the answer to your question, though I would like to know myself.

I can say that for what you are looking for (in my opinion) the answer is not Comptech springs + Koni's; and the answer is not Comptech springs + stock shocks.

 

I don't know the exact specs but these coilovers only lower 20mm (about 3/4"). They are for the TL but should work for the CL.

http://www.acura-tl.com/mugen.htm