Fourth Time's the Charm - Another Air Hatch

[Dremetos]

Thanks guys. The cast welder making and shipping my forks also does spindles. If required I shall notch my frame as required and send my spindles out to be shortened 2". Scored at the junkyard today - mint oem 50/50 tails.

Will be removing the interior for air ride this weekend.

[BrokeBallin18]

i like those what monsters do stickers.i know a dude on youtube who's always wearing their stuff lol

[Meeve]

Nice shifter! I dig it. I def suscribed to see it rub.

[Androctonus]

Guess i'll have to sub this thread, curious to see where this is going!

[E.Myers]

What appears to be off?

nevermind, misunderstood what you were saying lol

[ImAcracker]

You've given me a challenge - I like that. I'll do drop spindles if upper control arm travel becomes an issue. The frame will touch the ground or I will make it no longer a car trying to do so.

I intend on chopping as much as required. I've employed a 3-point strut tower bar to ensure rigidity.

LOL. That's what I like to hear. Good luck on drop spindles, I couldn't find any off the shelf ones, so you might need some custom built. Again best of luck! Really hope to see this thing on the ground.

^^somethings off with your measurements

What appears to be off?

[Dremetos]

You've given me a challenge - I like that. I'll do drop spindles if upper control arm travel becomes an issue. The frame will touch the ground or I will make it no longer a car trying to do so.

I intend on chopping as much as required. I've employed a 3-point strut tower bar to ensure rigidity.

[ImAcracker]

I'm running 2" drop forks, going to chop my strut towers out, and running 165/45/15's (which alone drop the car 17mm from 195's, that's dramatic)

This is my fourth 6th gen. I know ALL the struggle to make them frame bang. This one will do it.

This was my last static (low intended) Civic hahaha. Keep in mind - static. I had to make my suspension travel. This was on 195/45's and I ***** it. Car was simply NOT low enough side skirt wise.

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Going to a 165/45/r15 from a 195/40/r16 (this is size I am running) would gain 0.645 inches. If I gained 0.645 inches I would still have about a whole inch before my pan contacts the ground.
And you are coming from 195/45/r15 if I understand correctly. That would gain you 0.53 inches. BTW here is the calculator I am using. https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc...5r15-165-45r15

Also drop forks (Im not trying to say to not get them) arent going to solve the biggest problem, and that is the A arms hitting the shock towers.
Cutting a hole in the top of the shock towers does not gain you any more suspension travel they way people say it does.
I cut that section out on one of my shock towers (just like shown in your pic) and was pissed to find out that all it ended up doing was creating a hole in my engine compartment.I gained zero suspension travel.
The section at the top is a thin area of metal that will self clearance itself in no time and look much better than a hole cut in the shock tower.
The problem is the A arms hit further down the A arm, toward the pivot point.
There is one caveat to not cutting out the shock towers, if you are running a camber kit (the upper control arm kind) cutting out that area at the top is beneficial since all the camber kits I have seen are much larger in the ball joint area of the A arm.

So when you say chop your strut towers out, do you mean something more than that portion at the top where the tip of A arm hit? Or something more substantial.

Im sorry if I sound cynical, but I sat and looked and studied the suspension on my car for hours trying to figure out a relatively easy way to gain more travel and just couldnt see it.

I really really hope you can pull this off, and I can learn a new trick or two to get lower. Best of luck!

This is kind of motivating me to jack my car up and look again to see if I can come up with something.

[Dremetos]

Double post.

Decided to spruce my interior up.

25$ bubble shift knob? Nah.



Also had some stickers that were going to complete the rear window of the RSX. Decided against the kiddy window stickers for this car, and I sure wasn't letting them go to waste.

[Dremetos]

You plan on doing extensive suspension modification up front? Or run really small wheels? The suspension on these 6th gen civics dont allow you to lay frame/pan.


I would be really interested if you could pull this off. Good luck!

I'm running 2" drop forks, going to chop my strut towers out, and running 165/45/15's (which alone drop the car 17mm from 195's, that's dramatic)

This is my fourth 6th gen. I know ALL the struggle to make them frame bang. This one will do it.

This was my last static (low intended) Civic hahaha. Keep in mind - static. I had to make my suspension travel. This was on 195/45's and I ***** it. Car was simply NOT low enough side skirt wise.

[E.Myers]

Midori green

[ImAcracker]

You plan on doing extensive suspension modification up front? Or run really small wheels? The suspension on these 6th gen civics dont allow you to lay frame/pan.

On my 99 civic hatch I am on 195/40/16 tires (already a relatively small tire) and my jack points are 1.75 inches from the ground.
I could MAYBE get another 0.25 lower if I were to just remove the springs and the let the A arms rest on the shock towers.
The A arms already hit the shock towers just from me getting in my car.

I would be really interested if you could pull this off. Good luck!

[Dremetos]

Was the rsx on air? I thought it was static

Yes, it was. Toward the end at least.

Well I guess pictures keep the ball rolling. Still ordering stuff and figuring life out. What color to paint car???????????????????????????? taking suggestionz...

Literally ready to go mud bogging. I can likely out-off road half the bro trucks in my local area.



Retro as h*ck



You asked for it.

[Motoman325]

Was the rsx on air? I thought it was static

[guleibuti]

Just a little teaser. Picked up a face lift 99-00 front end today minus headlights.