Which 3 way coilover is the easiest to adjust on the go?

[lancercool1992]

Hi All,

I've been thinking about getting a 3 way system for this car and options seems to be between Nitron, Moton, KW, or AST. Personally prefer KW and Nitron because included camber plates.

I have a 2 way penske system on my other car and it was about as user unfriendly as a system can get (gotta take wheel off, control arm in the way, and there's no click), so my question is if anyone's had experience with any of these systems and comment on the difficulty to make adjsutments in the garage or on the side of the track.

Thanks
Wei

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[MERAKIAUTOWORKS]

They're all pretty familiar with adjustability. AST and Moton coils were discontinued. We can help you with the KW.

-Josh

 

[Sporky McGeuschky]

They're all pretty familiar with adjustability. AST and Moton coils were discontinued. We can help you with the KW.

-Josh

Hi @lancercool1992 , welcome to the forum. Good question. You reminded me of something that's been bugging me.

Hi Josh. Piggybacking this thread.
Probably an off question, but I have been wanting to explore suspension options myself... for the exact opposite reasons as everyone else here, to Unslam my Civic. See my "Civic Unslammed" thread for my unhinged Redneck fever dream.
In actuality though, I did, in the past, have a '98 Subaru Forester upon which I had a shop install Tien coilovers (I don't remeber which model), and on that set I was able to get the rear of the car to actually sit a bit higher than stock. The shop called it a "rake" stance, since the front of the car was about stock height, and the rear of the car was higher than stock.
I did this for rear passenger and trunk cargo weight, in order to prevent the car from "pants saggin', tailpipe draggin'" while under load.

Long question short:
Is something like this possible with the FL5? , and is it possible with just simply longer springs?

Since I now always carry a full size matching spare wheel in my trunk, along with tools, my FL5 is now always "pants saggin'" in the rear. The FL5 rear springs are dissapointingly short and squishy when it involves carrying any sort of load whatsoever.

I almost pulled the trigger on some Honda Oddysey springs last night, but they are kinda expensive, and may not quite fit the FL5, so didn't quite go there, for now.

I'm not so concerned with adjustability as much as just simply keeping my tailpipes off the ground.

Apologies to @lancercool1992 for jacking your first thread on the forum!
And again, welcome to CivicXI!

 

[lancercool1992]

well I just found out KW clubsport for the FK5 is a 2 way and same price as nitron, that's kind of dissapointing and kinda ends my question

 

[MERAKIAUTOWORKS]

Hi @lancercool1992 , welcome to the forum. Good question. You reminded me of something that's been bugging me.

Hi Josh. Piggybacking this thread.
Probably an off question, but I have been wanting to explore suspension options myself... for the exact opposite reasons as everyone else here, to Unslam my Civic. See my "Civic Unslammed" thread for my unhinged Redneck fever dream.
In actuality though, I did, in the past, have a '98 Subaru Forester upon which I had a shop install Tien coilovers (I don't remeber which model), and on that set I was able to get the rear of the car to actually sit a bit higher than stock. The shop called it a "rake" stance, since the front of the car was about stock height, and the rear of the car was higher than stock.
I did this for rear passenger and trunk cargo weight, in order to prevent the car from "pants saggin', tailpipe draggin'" while under load.

Long question short:
Is something like this possible with the FL5? , and is it possible with just simply longer springs?

Since I now always carry a full size matching spare wheel in my trunk, along with tools, my FL5 is now always "pants saggin'" in the rear. The FL5 rear springs are dissapointingly short and squishy when it involves carrying any sort of load whatsoever.

I almost pulled the trigger on some Honda Oddysey springs last night, but they are kinda expensive, and may not quite fit the FL5, so didn't quite go there, for now.

I'm not so concerned with adjustability as much as just simply keeping my tailpipes off the ground.

Apologies to @lancercool1992 for jacking your first thread on the forum!
And again, welcome to CivicXI!

That I have not seen..

-Josh

 

[SlowAP2]

Have you reached out to MCS too? Ive heard their new stuff isnt as good as they originally where but they probably have a 3WR or can convert a 2WR to 3WR with different cans. Also try shaftworks, link below. He sells JRZs and his own in house brand Bilanx stuff. Basically he buys cheap cores and shoves high quality valving and seals in them. He can build them out with remote canisters and adjusters plus how ever you want the valving to be. https://shaftworksusa.com/collectio...fl5-bilanx-competition?variant=46815257428135

 

[CG13]

I was thinking KW offered the V4 Clubsport kit for the FL5. Is that not the case? I had it on my list of potential future mods, with a price in my notes.

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