Putting in Factory springs for Winter

[2.2vtec]

Can anyone suggest a good shop to put my factor springs back in for the winter time. I would perfer a shop that won't charge 300 bucks but i dont know if thats the going rate.

[JspecB16]

why do u want to put the factory springs back on for winter?

how low is ur car with the aftermarket springs?

[adam c]

do it urself?
u-wrench

[2.2vtec]

Originally posted by JspecB16
why do u want to put the factory springs back on for winter?

how low is ur car with the aftermarket springs?

Its pretty low, at LEAST a 2inch drop with a oem lip on it.http://www.silentrage.ca/images/000_0686.jpg

[buh_buh]

you'll be fine.
Just take the oem kit off.

[2.2vtec]

I'm pretty sure the oem kit is half screwed half stuck on there with some sort of adhesive. would I need to take the whole kit off or just the front lip?

[bigboom]

you look like you have more than enough room to winter drive that. dont waste your money or time on putting springs in for winter and then swapping back out in spring.

[benyl]

My BMW is lower than that. It gets driven all winter.

Rather than putting OEM springs back in, get coil overs so you adjust them yourself.

[BigShow]

yea dont bother swapping springs, nice looking lude though.

[2.2vtec]

Originally posted by benyl
My BMW is lower than that. It gets driven all winter.

Rather than putting OEM springs back in, get coil overs so you adjust them yourself.

Yea not a fan of coilovers due to the harsher ride, unless I go with a true coilover set up but not into spending that much. I'll slap on winters and see how it goes from there.

[max_boost]

You should be fine. I had a WW kit and B&G springs on my lude and got around without any problems.

[rc2002]

If you're careful, you won't need to do anything to your car. That ride height is fine - I drove year round in my Prelude and it was lower than that.

Reinstalling stock suspension is the biggest pain in the ass EVER. I would gladly pay someone $300 to do it for me.

You have compress the spring to put the strut/spring assembly back together. Plus if you didn't mark where the studs are supposed to be relative to the strut, you'll have a hell of a time lining it up. That's all assuming that your LCA bolts holding your strut fork hasn't seized in its bushing.

If you decide to do it on your own, make sure you undo the upper ball joint for the rear - that'll give you enough room to get the old stock spring/strut assembly back in.

Good buy - I saw that car for sale in Edmonton. :)

[4doorj]

yeah i agree.. u should be ok
plus uninstalling and reinstalling is expensive!!!!
plus u have to get it alligned each time... so just take off your lip would be the best choice
you should be ok with the lip in my o pinion... just get some 3m

[cocoabrova]

Originally posted by 2.2vtec
Can anyone suggest a good shop to put my factor springs back in for the winter time. I would perfer a shop that won't charge 300 bucks but i dont know if thats the going rate.

Check with Speedtech:thumbsup:

[nismodrifter]

That ain't shit son. Remove that front lip and you're good to go.

Watch for ice chunks etc and you will be tizzight.

[SilverBoost]

I drove my car all last year. Mine's lowered 1.5" with a body kit. I have about 4 inches of clearance and I was fine. Calgary is lucky that we don't get a lot of accumulation. ( Not compared to the east coast at least - I had to store mine there for 4 months of the year. ) And even if we do get a heavy snowfall, sit it out for a day and wait for the roads to clear if it's really bad, you'll be fine.

[FiveFreshFish]

When you swap out your suspension, you should get an alignment too. Another reason not to do it along with the advice posted previously.

[Mikey_008]

You should be fine!! My car is a two inch drop.....all I did was take off the front lip....survived last winter with no problems at all!