Sup yalll im a new member on the forum ive got an 02 accord with 60,000 miles on it. its pretty sexy and i love driving the thing.. i bought some 17 inch wheels this summer and had alot of fun looking at those but at the end of the summer i hated the huge gaps between the tire and the wheel wells! haha so i was wondering if anyone out there has any good suspension tips for me obviously i want to lower it a bit but how much? and coilovers or coilover sleeves? or just reg struts and shocks? any help would be great

 

Cheaper route would be struts and springs, more for a daily driver, good coilovers are usually aimed more for making the car handle better, and are more expensive.

I'd say a 2 inch drop would look good, and eliminate most if not all of the wheel gap.

 

I have a 2.5 drop on my accord,and it still handles amazingly well. I have Skunk 2 springs,working on koni yellow struts.

 

What about coilover sleeves? are these any good?

 

Not necessarily. Tein Basics go for about $600 and my setup was $800+ for springs/shocks. I have H&R Race and I think they may be the lowest you can go on a quality spring (2.2F/1.75R). With that I have about a .5" wheel gap front and rear.

As for sleeve, they're okay and a comprise between going either way. Skunk2 and Ground Control are the best you can buy, unfortunately Skunk2 were discontinued. The ground Control ones are an Eibach spring, so that's quality.

Here's what I have to give you an idea:

H&R Race springs 2.2F/1.75R - $240
Koni Sport (Yellow) dampers - $580
SPC Rear Camber Kit - $150
2004+ TL-S 21mm Rear Sway - $65
Sway Bar Links - $112
Misc. suspension parts that should be replaced - $60
Alignment - $80

TOTAL: ~$1300

But then again those are top o' the line springs and dampers. You can get away without a camber kit, even with my drop it wasnt too severe.

 

did you just get the camber kit for the rear? and how off was it im looking at about the same amount of drop you have

 

Well, I won't know the numbers until my alignment on Friday, but probably about 1 or 2 degrees.

The front is adjustable and right now it doesnt look like it needs one. The rear isnt adjustable so any camber more than -1* should be fixed with a camber kit.

Here's a crappy cell phone pic of the rear camber...:

 

so ur saying no need for a front camber kit?

 

I run Skunk2 Sleeves and HP's on my 98 and I couldn't be happier.

Front camber kits are useless IMO, unless you're seriously dumped.