i dont know i guess it was an idea, so anyway do you guys think it whould be a good idea to make a v-shaped rlca to move the strut lower and get more travel?
and some what the same idea with the front fork, but cut the fork in half,shorten it and reweld it?
i just need some opinons! i am 21.5 inches from the bottom of the fender arch to the ground....and need to be lower.
i know for a fact there is a better alternative for the rear.. i wont say exactly but maybe you'll figure it out as for the front i would even bother with the fork idea.. more along the lines of shortening the knuckle! something ive been meaning to do but never found someone who can weld on ****ty honda cast parts.
demon camber the way your car is sitting with 16's wont really allow you to lower your ride much more................reason why im saying is the rim is too big for the wheel wells.
Seems to me like the EF chassis had a poor deisgn made for small wheels..........So if you for some reason find the magic trick to make your ride lower you'll shortly run into tires hitting things they shouldn't........might lead to cutting things down......not good idea but.......
Not to mention onther parts touching. like axles running into the alternator and tie rods scraping the subframe.
new suggestion could be to run a 15 inch wheel. but then again thats just me. Running a 15 inch wheel will drop the car a little tiny bit.
Forks well..........plenty of people are finding alternatives to lower the car, but you can only do so much before the UCA hits the shock tower, and from there your ****ed. Your car will only get so low untill the car reaches its oem limit.
The rear is a piece of cake to do..............they always seem so easy to slam in the rear. but front is a different case.
Just look at it like this, if you can find a way to mount your spring lower, you'll get lower.
Too bad CA has its' law about your rim not being lower than the lowest part of your car, so 15's and up are a big help from tickets.
ST made rear lca shaped as V's but if you see the design its made to lower a car by mounting the strut lower.................but since it mounts lower dont you think the lca will scrape the ground?
There Are drop spindles available..............too bad there isnt any for EF, physically mounts the axels and ball joints 1 1/5 from the way the car sits even if its maxxed. which if in fact this **** is correct you can raise your car up and increase UCA travel by lifting the car up and changing the position of the UCA with a shorter spindle.
just to give you an idea of how low my car is: roughly between 19 1/4 -19 3/8 inches at the top of the fender
-- Edited by mitsubishiv5 on Friday 30th of April 2010 11:57:08 PM
-- Edited by mitsubishiv5 on Saturday 1st of May 2010 12:04:23 AM
thanks for the input guys. i guess i"ll try and do something with the knuckles then. and mitsubishiv5 i am getting rid of the 16's and going with a 15.
It's really hard to weld the cast parts, I chased cracks for about an hour on my gay ass forged oil pan. I would be very scared to fuk with knuckles and forks, those are forged for a good reason lol, they take a beating and I would not want to ever alter the structural integrity of them. It can be done but a scary process to weld cast knuckles and forks. Like you said, there are much better ways than to alter the forged pieces.
And to the OP I know for EK/DC that Suspension Techniques made a Rear LCA/fork combo. The fork was a shorter forged piece, and the rear LCA was a check mark shape intended to do exactly what you want. I would like to get a whole set, but they are very rare and pricey.
best of luck to you in getting lower. 408wdy wrote:
i know for a fact there is a better alternative for the rear.. i wont say exactly but maybe you'll figure it out as for the front i would even bother with the fork idea.. more along the lines of shortening the knuckle! something ive been meaning to do but never found someone who can weld on ****ty honda cast parts.
as for the front i would even bother with the fork idea.. more along the lines of shortening the knuckle! something ive been meaning to do but never found someone who can weld on ****ty honda cast parts.
