Civic EG

hey i have a 1992 civic cx with coilovers all away around. the front is to low and eats tires. i dont have a spanner wrench.. so my questions how can i get them to move???? any help would be appreciated

nobody can help me?

red92hatchback wrote:to low

NO SUCH THING

Try gettin an alignment first... its most likely that! Camber / being low doesnt chew tires up, if the toe is off that will eat them up like no other! So... Alignment!!!

The vehicle's toe is one of the most critical alignment settings relative to tire wear. A toe setting that is just a little off its appropriate setting can make a huge difference in their wear. Consider that if the toe setting is just 1/16-inch off of its appropriate setting, each tire on that axle will scrub almost seven feet sideways every mile! Extend it out and you'll discover that rather than running parallel to each other, the front tires will scrub over 1/4-mile sideways during every 100 miles of driving! Incorrect toe will rob you of tire life.

pshh too low..

Chance wrote:

The vehicle's toe is one of the most critical alignment settings relative to tire wear. A toe setting that is just a little off its appropriate setting can make a huge difference in their wear. Consider that if the toe setting is just 1/16-inch off of its appropriate setting, each tire on that axle will scrub almost seven feet sideways every mile! Extend it out and you'll discover that rather than running parallel to each other, the front tires will scrub over 1/4-mile sideways during every 100 miles of driving! Incorrect toe will rob you of tire life.

pshh too low..

Love that rub when you turn

Low cars suck

I dont have a spanner for my coilovers either, just use a large flathead screwdriver or something like that and hammer it to free the rings up, then tap it the other way when you've set the height to tighten them - its actually easier than those piece of shit spanners

low cars=sex pft I don't know what you guys are talking about

Jdm_Katie wrote:low cars=sex pft I don't know what you guys are talking about

lol i love low cars

drago742gtr wrote:

Jdm_Katie wrote:low cars=sex pft I don't know what you guys are talking about

lol i love low cars

Low cars are sexy as hell.

However Scraping on stuff is Lame.

I cant blame anyone for wanting to not Slam there car as they dont want to scrape.

chrono404 wrote:I cant blame anyone for wanting to not Slam there car as they dont want to scrape.

I can, man up and find a route where you won't scrape

lol i know for the longest i couldnt cross the high way at a certain lights cuz it would scrape alot but its wht ever i love when people look and wonder why the car is so low

On one curve around here I have to go all the way to the shoulder to not scrape. I just hope I don't do it when a cop is coming the other way that would be fun to explain. Either way i love riding low to the ground.

same exact problem my friend had with his DA teg. we just jacked the car up,got the wheels off then used a punch and hammerd the coils up. takes longer but if you have WD-40 squirt the shit out of the threads and you might even be able to twist them up. next align it. when changing your ride height you should get you car aligned because steering angles change with ride height

dawg316 wrote:next align it. when changing your ride height you should get you car aligned because steering angles change with ride height

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If you want tire life, Make sure to get your toe Set to "0". As long as your Toe is 0 you will have good tire life, Even with lots of Negative Camber.

low is hot .. had a mazda truck for awhile that whould chew up reflector turtles whenever i changed lanes it was a dd and not adjustable just loved bein low ass S ... also was drivin my hatch once and swirving to avoid bumps and shit the people behind me called the cops and followed me cause they thaught i was drunk then pulled over to wait and and see what the cop did ..