Well, I finally dropped my car and installed a couple other goodies.

Installed...
Ksport Coilovers
Rotora slotted + stock pads

Before rolling on H&R Sports 50103's


After with ksports dropped


First off since I drive in DC daily I'm probably going to bring the front up about half an inch to help with the crappy roads and clearing drive way entrances. I know it's kind of raked right now but I'll correct that once the weather improves.

The drop spec's measuring from the fender to the ground:
For reference I measured the stock ride height at a recent meet of another TL-S
Stock:
Front 28"
Rear 27.5"

After the drop:
Front 25" - 3 inch drop
Rear 26" (hence the rake) 1.5 inch drop

Installation went smoothly on both the rotors and the coilovers. One thing to make note of since the ksports have dampening be sure you put the dampening adjustment knob in before installing the rear coilovers. I forgot to put them in and had to remove the rear suspension after the initial install.

After breaking in the suspension and brakes I'm working on dialing in the suspension to my needs. First off the ksports are really stiff. Stiff to the point where you feel every bump. I have the dampening set to its softest setting on both the front and the rear which has helped immensely.

Here are some pics from the install.



The NSX's is a friend of SoyBoy's brothers and it's superchargered. I encourage anyone who has the money to pickup an older NSX and supercharge it. This car is amazing and pretty much my dream car. If I wasn't trying to buy a house I would be searching for a clean used NSX.

I’ll post up better pictures of the drop once the weather clears in our area. My car is a salt pig from this mornings drive into DC.

The next mods on the way are: UR Pulley, Comptech ice-box and installation of a custom tuned Unichip.

Thanks to SoyBoy once again for hooking me up with the install!

 

The car is coming along nicely Chris I can see the mod bug has got you pretty bad lately Did Brandon's brother trade the red NSX for this silver one?

 

Nice job..I hear its kinda stiff the ride on those though? Can you set the dampenings?

 

Damn you get props just for installing in the COLD!!!

I wont even mention that SSM LOVE!!!! Oops I just did! Oh well....

Get Used To IT!!!

 

congrats, SSM FTW, and i'm betting your coilovers are no where as stiff as mine (nex SR).. its hell when you're on the way home and you gotta pee...

 

Thanks Guys!

JP, Brian still has his red NSX and is now rolling on some sick rims. The silver NSX is one of his friends. The car is ridiculously fast...

In regards to the dampening question... it's adjustable and on the softest setting on all 4 corners. It's still mad stiff though. We did the install a couple weeks ago when it was actually in the 60's down here.

 

lol

 

looks good bro

 

Looks good man, hoping to see it at the meet.

 

Good Job! some one not afraid to do work in teh cold!

 

Lookin good death

 

Oh man, those are awful and cause kidney damage my boy has them on his TL.

 

looks real goood!! ... but how come it looks so high on the H&R... maybe its just the picture though.... LMAO @ kidney damage

 

maybe its because we have better roads down here- but they really only bother me when i gotta go- otherwise it is a little bouncy but that is typical of the car being lowered.. and the handling is so worth it

 

Beautiful car.

 

nice

 

Very nice...

 

it looks better.

 

Nice drop, I would be happy with a set of H&R Sports.

 

i'll make sure to bring cam next time! car is coming along very nicely

 

are those on the lowest setting in the front or do they go lower?? and if so, by how much?? ( i know u said 3 inch in the front, but i just wanted to know if u hav it all the way down)

 

Looking good Chris...I am thinking about getting the K-sports or Apex coilovers myself...give me a call sometime....I would like to sample the ride quality

 

looks fresh!!. did you get the rotoras from excelerate? and how much did you pay for the OEM pads?

 

Your car is looking clean...

 

Yeah I know the picture quality isn't that good. All of those shots are with my camera phone

They will go much lower since they are two way adjustable. I think I have at least another inch drop possible without messing with the spring rates.

Good to see your still lurking. I'll hit you up sometime soon and we can go for a ride. For comparison purposes maybe SoyBoy26 can be there (he has Apexi coilovers)

Yeah I got the rotors from excelerate and picked up the pads from a friend who has a hookup at Acura. I think the pads were around $50?

Thanks for the feedback guys! I'll post up better pictures once I get things leveled out. My ice-box should be in on Friday and that will be my last mod for a long time.

 

good work chris..

 

wassup? man were do you stay at in va. hit me up ok. i stay in vab, va.

 

Your about 4 hrs away. We're all up in NoVA

 

Looks nice, been thinking the same thing. Going from H&R sports to some type of coilovers. Too cold to even touch the car though. That's awesome that you guys did in a parking lot. haha.

 

btw, keep dropping it, i'll tell you when to stop

 

i concur

 

lol, you go lower first. With those 19's I bet I'm lower.

 

NoVA represent!!

 

haha i'll remeasure when i'm not on an incline super nintendo wii is champ; bye mod monies

 

very nice! Seems like it would be hard to install that without a lift, but they are gettin err dunnn

 

Just curious how much you picked those up for and from where. Are they super stiff that it gets annoying? Also do you prefer these over the H&R's?

 

Also did you get a camber kit at all or just an allignment?

 

I picked them up from excelerate in the group buy section. Overall they are more stiff then I would like. I think in the long run I'll look into getting different spring rates that aren't as stiff.

The H&R's were a good setup and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reasonable drop. I think in my case not getting new struts to match the stiffness of the H&R's made me move to coilovers.

One advantage of the H&R's is that you don't need a camber kit. For the ksports I definitely needed a camber kit due to the 3 inch drop in the front. I went with the front & rear SPC camber kit and have had no issues so far. Naturally I got an alignment after installing the camber kit and coilovers. This is necessary for any spring or coilover install.

One thing to make note of is that if you drop your car anywhere near 3 inches in the front expect to rub on any driveway with a slight incline. Maybe it's the fact that I haven't dropped the back down enough but I end up scraping my front lip once or twice a day.

Thanks for the comments guys. Hopefully we'll have a local photoshoot sometime soon with a real camera.

 

looks good.. i want slotted rotors..