I agree that a lot of people get things that are beyond what they really need. In my case, I know that I am going to drop my car 1.4-1.5" which would more or less dictate an Eibach Prokit, Tein H-tech or H&R fixed height springs. I'm still getting coilovers for a few reasons. First, most coilover setups come with adjustable dampers .... granted, the fixed height choice would be Koni's, so they'd have this as well, but the selection of dampers gets cut to about 35% when adjustability is required. More importantly, I intend to corner cross-balance my car and also balance the anti-sway bars as well. On some cars, Koni offers about an inch of adjustability on their shocks, which is plenty, but for their product for my car, it is 2-position rather than a threaded perch.

I just wanted to point out some advantages of the coilover system that matter to me. As noted, the type of handling that I am looking for is well beyond the needs of most drivers. My accord could hold 0.9g's and it wasn't enough for me ..... for a 6th gen sedan, sick, but now I have something more capable by design.

Also, I agree that if ride comfort is your main concern that a moderate drop, fixed progressive spring is probably the best bet. If I were to do that, I'd probably use Eibach Pro-Kit springs and Koni dampers to retain adjustability.

For the best of both worlds, I've recently seen a progressive springrate coilover. I think H&R makes it and it doesn't go very low, plus I'm sure that it's stiffer than a fixed height progressive, but this setup would tend to offer more comfort than a standard coilover ...... unless they made them tighter than necessary (no first hand experience w/ that setup).

 

Unfortunately, H&R doesn't make a Cup Kit for the Accord... at least the 6th gen they don't.

I have H&R Race and they advertise it as a track only spring, while it is streetable, I can definitely see their reason in making it track only.

 

it all depends on how low you want to go, if you want to drop it to the ground, go with coilovers for more inches, i have tein basic damper kit and it rides like factory suspension when i'm on the floor in the summer time and when i raise the car back up for the winter to avoid plowing the snow for the city of boston. if your keeping your factory wheels and just want a desent drop go with springs like Eibach sportline. but know that once the springs are on that will be the height of the vehicle unless you decided to cut the spring which i would not do cause you will be bouncing after every pothole or pebble you hit