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Old 02-23-2006, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BELGIUMPAUL,Oct 20 2005, 11:21 PM
the biggest problem you could have is to run the car too high off the ground and then flex the cv joints too far
I would also like to put my .02 cents in. I say just dont go off any jumps and you should be fine!
Old 02-23-2006, 07:38 PM
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yeah, not to be against the spacers or anything but after doing the math with a friend of mine and a protractor as well as some laser equipment to judge the change of angle, the difference in lenght of my half shafts was 2mm @ 2.1 drop.

not enuff for me to be concerned.. but those w/ added HP and drive harder i would suggest the 7.5mm that the Groupbuy is doing. the 10mm j's seem way too wide and might cause damage from going too much. aso if your not dropped on a true triple perch coilover id suggest even more. i have tein flex w/ minimal susp travel as well as it stays preloaded when off ground so change in angle is VERY minimal. more suspension travel causes more change of angle=more stress.

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Old 02-24-2006, 05:28 PM
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Good information here. My friend's RSXS has lost two CV's due to his 2.5 inch drop in 30k miles, and I was curious on the effects of a substantial drop on the s2k's suspension geometry with the rwd format. Not that the S needs much more than an inch or two drop anyhow.
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yeah my old Es1 civic (same body as rsx) had messed up front axles.. but most of which was from stretching/compressing from turning+drop.

i had the axles rebuilt twice on civic.
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Originally Posted by Moemers,Oct 19 2005, 11:02 PM
So i've been reading a lot that says if you lower you car, you stretch your driveshaft and apparently, that's not that great. Is this true? Should i get driveshaft spacers to help prevent this problem?
I got mine (J's Racing driveshaft spacers) on Thursday from aj-racing.com because I had heavy vibrations ONLY under acceleration. I am not only lowered, I run retarded camber and a track only suspension set-up (is going to be swapped this week, cause it's killing me on the streets)
Install took me and my friend 2 hours on the jack. Now I don't feel any shaking at all and have a smile on my face

Well worth the money and time to install
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after measuring i feel safe, but worst case i can be like the slovakian pimp in dubai and add em in later and feel great.

then again prolly the camber+drop+harshness on the axles due to autox in your case.. but ill see.
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^ I say as long as your's is fine, just leave it alone. In my case, it helped to solve out my problem, so I do not regred doing it.
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Would a 0.75" drop affect anything?
Seems pretty minimal compared to the other drops.
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