KYB AGX

 

Yea i have to admit....car was a dog to begin with....even with stock tires and stock everything my car didnt really raise up in the front.

KYB are any good? They seem kinda cheap...will i notice a difference from my stock stuff? My stuff was checked out a few weeks ago in a tune up. We changed oil, filter, fluids, did the flush for the oil. Shocks seem to be in perfect shape.

 

We put KYB GR2s in my girl's ride, but we only dropped it 3/4". I'd spend a bit more and get the AGXs because of adjustability.

 

i was rolling on agx and gc's and my dealer replaced my cv boots under warranty @ 68kmi (extended warr). but everyone knows that cv boots wear faster when you car is lowered..... oh well

 

They're good enough. Yes, i settled for good enough because KONI sports are so darn expensive ... they definately are better than stock stuff, that's a fo sho

 

They seem kinda of cheap cause they are cheap $$ wise. Suspension is one of those things that you should never cheap on. Plus on a car the last thing you want to do it rush anything. Just set your goals ...I want this, this, this, this before next summer and save you money and earn those goals.

Instead of spending $400 on a ****ty suspension right now, save $500 more and buy some true coilovers (shock/spring combo). Trust me, you can ask alot of people on this board I bet that they have changed there suspension a few times to get it right.

you want something to tide ya over? maybe start upgrading your fuel management for your turbo bigger fuel pump, injectors, fuel lines

 

I still dont notice ANY difference what so ever between my car and a 1999 Civic EX with Koni's yellows and Nuespeed springs. I just got back from my buds house and ask him if i could take his car our for a test. I pulled out as fast as the car would take me. I noticed the ride was MUCH more bumpy in his car then mine. He car bumps and scraps, when i hit a portion of the road that has new black top, my head nearly hit the roof of the car , it lauched my butt right outta the seat. My car NEVER scrapped bumped me like that.

 

Your first sentence is "I didn't notice ANY difference between my car and..."

Then you said his is more bumpy, and this and that.

So obviously you don't know what you are saying. Your buddies car is stiffer. Having the the god all mighty suspension doesn't give you better handling. But the stock arospeed car you are using is complete junk. They aren't stiff at all, and the spring rates are probably something stupid. If you are gonna go better go stiffer, cause your suspenion will be more solid then, and react better. Yes it'll be more bumpy but you'll handle better. Your car won't be all over the place when you around a corner, and be more stable around turns. AGX's or other better than stock shocks will react better to the road, and give again a more stable ride.

Here's a good way of looking at it.

What would you use to hammer something out? A straw or a piece of metal? What would transfer the force better down? All that flexing and movement in the suspension relates back to you losing power mean. The power that's being sent the wheels is being sent else where cause your suspension can't keep **** together when you do your hard launch. All that body lean you get going around a turn hard? Make **** unstable without a good suspension. Again that doesn't mean get the stiffest **** in the world cause for the street it has to have some give for the bumps and ****. My suspension is stiff but not bumpy,

If you want sports car handling and a nice pleasant ride, buy a porsche.

 

I think you looking at this wrong. I dont want to stiffin my suspension any more then it is now. What im saying is everything here telling me to get new suspension and im saying that i DONT want that. What i do want more is overall ride performance. Not just turning. Florida should be known as the POTHOLE state. We have very bumpy roads. My stuff has worked and worked since i bought it. Only thing is its alittle more bumpy then stock. Well everyone saying to get new shocks and struts so i decided to test a car with the shocks everyone was talking about. I said that i thought the ride was bumpy, as in to bumpy for me. I dont care how fast i can turn really. I want OVERALL riding performance and that setup was NOT it.

So let write a brief synopsis of what i want--

NO BUMPING
NO STIFFER SPRINGS
NO STIFFER SHOCKS

What i do want-

Better overall driving performance
Ability to take a few bumps without lauching me threw the sunroof.
Softer suspension, but hard enough to give me little better handling.


And Bumnah if you would read the first few posts above, you will see that when i say notice a difference, i mean it as any difference for the better...not for the worst. UNderstand?

 

sounds like you want to lower your car for looks. so leave it alone.