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Old 05-19-2011 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JulieU
To me, it's not worth the hassle of worrying about scraping everyday in my driveway, whether or not I'll be able to get onto a shop's lift, excessive tire wear due to crazy camber settings, modifying the fenders, cutting and relocating tabs, etc.
Not to get off topic, but to add my 2 cents.. Unless you actually slam the car, there's no need to worry about half that stuff. I haven't rolled my fenders or relocated any tabs and I don't rub on anything. Also, camber on these cars is adjustable as you know, so again unless you slam the car to the point of tucking the tire, you can run stock camber after it is lowered. Toe plays a much larger part in tire wear than camber, so it wouldn't be bad.

Now driveways and stuff is a pain, yes... for me, I live with it. For what it is worth I'm only lowered ~1", I have about a 2 finger gap all the way around.
Old 05-19-2011 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LowFlyin'
Why drop it? The suspension is actually spec'd very well from Honda (aside from the alignment).

I'm sure a .5-1" drop might have slight performance benefits, but really lowering is mostly an aesthetic mod.
knowing Chris...stock suspension and stock height...he can do amazing things with stock stuff LOL imagine if he was after-market (cough *CRX* cough)
Old 05-20-2011 | 09:16 AM
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It's funny you mention the CRX.

I've actually raised it a couple of times over the years to help the chassis hold the road better.

Now, if I wanted to get car down to where it was when I first started, I could do it and it won't be cheap...but I'd still have all of the suspension travel and appropriate geometries.
Old 05-22-2011 | 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LowFlyin'
It's funny you mention the CRX.

I've actually raised it a couple of times over the years to help the chassis hold the road better.

Now, if I wanted to get car down to where it was when I first started, I could do it and it won't be cheap...but I'd still have all of the suspension travel and appropriate geometries.
Many forget the virtue of function over form and the benefits of having proper suspension geometry and travel.
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