Lowering car = blown axles?

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Saw someone on Facebook that stated he installed Eibach springs around 3k miles and now at 13k miles both his front axles and cv boots are blown. Does it depend on how low you go? coilovers vs springs? I have Ksport coilovers so i'm rather concerned now that my car is a ticking time bomb.
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Nah, lowering your car won't suddenly blow your axles.

The guy probably hit something.
 

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another person here with coilovers that slammed his ride. his boots were ripped after a while
 

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I agree with maaaaackle. I had a fairly low integra for 3 years and did not break any axles. Poor street conditions will definitely wear suspension out faster.
 


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Saw someone on Facebook that stated he installed Eibach springs around 3k miles and now at 13k miles both his front axles and cv boots are blown. Does it depend on how low you go? coilovers vs springs? I have Ksport coilovers so i'm rather concerned now that my car is a ticking time bomb.
Installer probably f*cked them up during the install. I've run coilovers and bags on numerous cars with no issues at all. My EVO had bags for 50k miles with no issues. Switched back to coilovers and am currently at 120K miles with no issues and it's running 400wtq all day every day.
 

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the dude on Facebook did not break his axel.. he just ripped his cv boot thats all..
 

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There's an optimum range for suspension geometry. Generally, slamming the car exceeds that range. Thus, the axle/CV/etc are not designed to operate in that range. I've seen cars that slammed to the point that the tires do not even get a full contact patch (outside of the tires is lifted from the road).....don't complain about your tire wear if you are doing that...
 

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There's an optimum range for suspension geometry. Generally, slamming the car exceeds that range. Thus, the axle/CV/etc are not designed to operate in that range.
This is exactly correct. When you drop (and for that matter, lift) your car aggressively, you're always putting additional stress on the suspension components and putting them in positions (angles) they were not designed to operate at. Obviously there's a difference between lowering an inch or lowering 4 inches. You still stress the suspension and it'll wear earlier than normal, but the more aggressive the drop the sooner parts will show wear. Obviously, driving style and road conditions will also play a factor.
 


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I’ve had the same problem, bought my civic hatchback about a year ago brand new and lowered it at about 6k miles, at 18k miles the cv axles were blown, I only noticed recently when I put drilled and slotted rotors and had fluid everywhere
 

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I’ve had the same problem, bought my civic hatchback about a year ago brand new and lowered it at about 6k miles, at 18k miles the cv axles were blown, I only noticed recently when I put drilled and slotted rotors and had fluid everywhere
Fluid or grease?
 

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Fluid, and it was everywhere from my wheel barrels to the wheel Wells
I also did lower my car on the Eibach Sportline Series Springs
To be honest that sounds like grease from a ripped boot which is a common issue if the installer is not very careful during a lowering spring install. It would be tough for any other liquid to make it to that location.
 

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OP, your car will be fine, based on the picture. Running Eibach Proline on my FC4 (50,000km since lowered) and Swift Springs on my FC3. You'll blow out those Ksports before you have axle issues.

Those clowns who run ridiculous camber will have axle issues, as the CV geometry will cause premature wear and failure. As well as boot damage during install.

Always a good idea to check your boots after install, if there is any cuts in the boot, you can use super glue to seal the boot

Sounds like that owner probably had damaged boots, grease leaked out, and eventually killed the CV.
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