Lowering your car and driveshaft damage?
#11
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
#12
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.
riley
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.
riley
#13
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.
#14
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.
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?
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
#16
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.
then again prolly the camber+drop+harshness on the axles due to autox in your case.. but ill see.
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