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[otterrs]

otters- you say i will be better spending my money on ground control kit. what money? lol i never said anything about spending money. this mod i was doing for free, like most of my mods. i've already got a coilover kit. never liked ground controls. and running tokico blue shocks. my reasoning for doing this at all was because i thought shocks were valved for a certain height. motor city hamilton informed me that was a myth. that was really the only reason i thought this might be necessary at all.

My bad man, wasn't tryin to step on any feet, just tryin to help, thats all

lol and hey come on man, you gotta join the club GROUND CONTROL FTW!!!! lol just messin

[kaymo]

you didnt step on any feet and i didnt mean to make you feel like you did. i just never said i was spending money on this LOL.

i'm guessing you haven't checked my build thread at all... i kind of show the cheapskate in me in that thread...
i dont have much of a budget at all on this car, its whatever i can fabricate myself, find cheap in the JY, buy cheap on ebay, or convince my parents i need. i owe them lots of money and i work for them, so instead of paychecks i just have them purchase parts for my car. my poly bushings was the last item that actual money was spent on. past that, i've got to build and fabricate the things i want. a welder, plasma cutter, and machine shop helps alot though.

are ground controls the ones you mount upside down? ive never liked those. my cheap ass APC's are much stiffer than stock and while i haven't driven on them yet, every time i lean on the back of the car i smile, because i know its gonna be better than stock shit! plus i spent 20 bucks and not... well i dunno how much GC's are but more than i want to spend for upsidedown shit.

[otterrs]

you didnt step on any feet and i didnt mean to make you feel like you did. i just never said i was spending money on this LOL.

i'm guessing you haven't checked my build thread at all... i kind of show the cheapskate in me in that thread...
i dont have much of a budget at all on this car, its whatever i can fabricate myself, find cheap in the JY, buy cheap on ebay, or convince my parents i need. i owe them lots of money and i work for them, so instead of paychecks i just have them purchase parts for my car. my poly bushings was the last item that actual money was spent on. past that, i've got to build and fabricate the things i want. a welder, plasma cutter, and machine shop helps alot though.

are ground controls the ones you mount upside down? ive never liked those. my cheap ass APC's are much stiffer than stock and while i haven't driven on them yet, every time i lean on the back of the car i smile, because i know its gonna be better than stock shit! plus i spent 20 bucks and not... well i dunno how much GC's are but more than i want to spend for upsidedown shit.

lol aight, just thought i'd make sure adn yes, they are the ones that mount upside down, and they are easily adjustable (takes like 10 minutes to go from poppin a wheelie to havin a jack up rear end) and if you combine them with the tokico illumina shocks you can adjust from a rock hard suspension, to a soft (almost stock) suspension. Worth the money imo, but if your goin the cheap route i applaud you for that too lol, cheers!

[motormouth]

So what were the dimensions of the tubing you guys used? If you could, is it better to use a different size than original?

 

What are the other options for shocks/springs if you do? Like other Honda shocks, or just more aftermarket options?

[3rd gen sinner]

Wow, way to bring this back from the dead.

[PowerWheels86]

i'm just glad people are using the search function and asking in the appropriate thread as opposed to starting a new thread and having someone link to an old thread... hahaha most of those members are still very active... so i'm sure they'll chime in 

[motormouth]

Does anyone know who has done this?  I would like to order up the tubing and be able to do this over a weekend as it's my daily driver.