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anyone know where to purchase some or even possible to have some made? i dont have any access to a welder or no friends with one and id like to make the ride a bit smoother in the hatch with it also being lowered to look good. anyone?

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good luck man
thats ---- has to be dead on or your aliment will go to ----
if your going through with it make sure you take every measurement and angel possible

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You want to do something like this??

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Why not buy lowering spring? Anyway you don't want to be at 1 inch of the ground...

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Even with a lowering spring without extending the upper mount you are compressing that shock farther than it was designed compramising drivability and life of the unit.

There was a thread a few months ago about this, there was a link to a forum where a member cut and added in a peice of pipe to extend the stock mounts about an inch. there are also some mods you can do to the shock itself.

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extending the top hats is different than lowering the car, the spring is still in the same spot

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Yeah, I figure it now :y

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exactly, and its nice having a dumped ride that looks good as hell. you ever see and old ef wit 99 si rims just dumped. ---- i could be sitting lower if i actually had ef springs/struts instead of the da ones i have on it now.

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i see EVERYTHIGN dumped on Si's.... also, there will come a point you start cutting your tires on the inner fender sheet metal... obviously fenderliners getting tossed aside..

im actually planning on running HMT extended hats on the front of my CX for my next round of suspension upgrade along with some GC/Koni lovin....

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yeah but theres just one kicker to my ride thats different from everyone else's in my area. everyone rocks the damn gsr blades. and all of the others have 17's or bigger rims. and they all ride around on stock suspension and spend $XXXX dollars on parts that give them 20 hp. i have yet to see a single si hatch or coupe in this town to date. just like when i got my hatch about 10 more popped up in town. but for some reason everyone wants my hatch, and as it stands i got an offer of 1g for mine out the blue. weird.....

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Thats your problem, the Da shocks are longer then a Ef one. Since its longer you compressing it more then it would see in a Da. I had kyb shocks, with H&R springs that someone gave to me; I hated the ride a lot. Eibach springs FTW.

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its only an inch difference and i have it referenced to sit an inch higher than the lowest it can go to have shock travel. its not that bouncy at all, but i think i could benefit from the extra shock travel......

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That HT thread posted is where I would look if you want to get some made.

Personally, if I didn't know someone with a welder, I'd just buy the Groundcontrol top hats since it'll probably be cheaper than paying a welder to make them.


They should help a bit if you are lowered a lot. Most lowered Hondas have very little suspension travel, and they should add another half inch (which might double what you have now, depending at the height you're at.)

If you run the correct, or slightly smaller tires, you won't run into any serious rubbing issues. I've had some very low Hondas and the only one that rubbed the metal was on HUGE tires.

This isn't a ride height vs. function thread, so I won't say anymore. :3

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^^Those look nice. I'd make them myself with some steel pipe like the H-T thread first though.

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I found mine locally on craigslist for $60 for all 4. Just like you i didnt have access to a welder. I think you should try posting in the want to buy thread at HT. I dont have to lower as much to get a dumped ride Shock travel made a load of differences in my experience/opinion.
This is how mine look like:
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I should probably do this...
I've got EF springs/struts on my EG. Love the drop, but I've got maybe all total of 1/2 inch of suspension travel.
Rides ok though with my 195/60/14s.

however, with more travel, the wheels will be traveling UP. into your fenders. My tire shoulders were getting all screwed even with the minimal travel I had until I got a harbor freight dolly set to flare my wells. Wish I still had fender liners though. I pulled a shrub out of my door jamb the other day.

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Do you have a pic of this tool I never seen it at Hf.

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Me neither.

I just used a bat, worked pretty easily on the thin Honda metal.

But unless your tires are oversized from the factor diameter, your control arms will hit the wheelwell before your tires get cut, on an EG/DC chassis at least.