I want to lower but we have adaptive dampers?

[ChefBoyardeez10]

Hello thank you for clicking on this noob thread,

I have a 17' Si Coupe (@icy_fc3 on instagram), and I would like to get a slight 1' drop in the front and back, I know we have adaptive dampers so how does lowering either with springs or full coils affect our sport buttons and our Si suspension.

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[dark_knight097]

Hello thank you for clicking on this noob thread,

I have a 17' Si Coupe (@icy_fc3 on instagram), and I would like to get a slight 1' drop in the front and back, I know we have adaptive dampers so how does lowering either with springs or full coils affect our sport buttons and our Si suspension.

You'll be fine going with lowering springs. It will not affect sport mode. Myself and many others on here use lowering springs

You can use coilovers, but you lose the active damping and you'll have a suspension error on the dash. If you get an error cancelling kit that plugs into the sensor that control the active dampers you will no longer have the error on the dash.

If you only want a drop and are not looking to improve over the stock suspension then lowering springs will be the better option.

 

[NHCivicGuy]

There are a ton of us that are on lowering springs and have zero issues, you'll be fine.

 

[VAN]

I just put in eibach pros on my 2020 si. You'll be fine. I got about a 1 inch drop and it looks great. Sport mode is just a little more bouncy at times.

 

[CanadiaegeanBlue]

You'll be good

I have tried H&R springs which sat really well and rode incredible, but were too soft on track. I have K-tuned Coilovers now, which are great because they have 30-way dampening adjustability, and with front camber plates I was able to dial in the fronts to -1.5 which was excellent for track use.

I will now be testing Whiteline Springs because I sell them, which means also reverting to stock dampers. The next time I'll have coilovers is if a tier 1 brand like Ohlins, KW, or JRZ wants to give the FC some attention as well.

 

[Slow_FC1]

You will be fine, bud.

 

[PDCruzer]

Does anyone know with the Eibach Pro Kit we need a camber kit to go with it? For alignments?

 

[joe3456789]

Does anyone know with the Eibach Pro Kit we need a camber kit to go with it? For alignments?

No

 

[zerointerrupt]

I have the flex z’s on mine, other than a cold weather ticking noise on the front coils they ride great. Big improvement over stock.

 

[Braiton]

I bought the eibach pro springs, and SPC rear camber arm kit off procivic going on Wednesday. Very excited!

 

[MutatedMango]

I bought the eibach pro springs, and SPC rear camber arm kit off procivic going on Wednesday. Very excited!

I'm a suspension noob. Can someone explain why some people by camber arm kits when running lowering springs and others just run the springs and nothing else? Is that only if you're looking to track the car? Does not running a camber kit with lowering springs mess with your tire wear or something?

 

[Braiton]

I'm a suspension noob. Can someone explain why some people by camber arm kits when running lowering springs and others just run the springs and nothing else? Is that only if you're looking to track the car? Does not running a camber kit with lowering springs mess with your tire wear or something?

I did It because someone highly recommended it. They say handling is insanely night and day if you put springs and arms on. I’m not doing the biggest drop only about an inch so it’s not going to alter my angle that much to really wear on my tires I don’t think. This is my first time lowering a car, so if I said anything wrong just weigh in.

 

[WOPSiWOT]

I'm a suspension noob. Can someone explain why some people by camber arm kits when running lowering springs and others just run the springs and nothing else? Is that only if you're looking to track the car? Does not running a camber kit with lowering springs mess with your tire wear or something?

You will increase negative camber at the rear by lowering. You will need arms to have it back to factory spec (or for greater adjustability). The bigger concern, if you aren’t tracking car, is that you will increase/have uneven wear on tires from camber change. I originally ordered the Spec arms to go with Swift springs. Install seemed like more of a PITA than I wanted so I sold them and have monitored wear with every tire rotation (rotate my own every oil change). I have not noticed uneven wear. At a ~1 inch drop I don’t think you need them. Something more aggressive and you would (camber change will increase as drop increases).

 

[Braiton]

You will increase negative camber at the rear by lowering. You will need arms to have it back to factory spec (or for greater adjustability). The bigger concern, if you aren’t tracking car, is that you will increase/have uneven wear on tires from camber change. I originally ordered the Spec arms to go with Swift springs. Install seemed like more of a PITA than I wanted so I sold them and have monitored wear with every tire rotation (rotate my own every oil change). I have not noticed uneven wear. At a ~1 inch drop I don’t think you need them. Something more aggressive and you would (camber change will increase as drop increases).

Yeah man I agree. Already got them so they going on tomorrow haha

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