Good evening. Let me tell you a little story about the time, i accidentally found a cheap way to slam my Accord, keeping acceptable level of comfort.
So first thing's first - I've bought a set of Eibach Pro Kit springs for my car. It lowered my car nicely, and while i was rolling on stock 15'' wheels - everything was good and simple. But the day, i put my long awaited Buddyclub P1 17''s i understood, that the two finger wheel gap just won't cut it.
Since it's my daily, and I've already have a unstoppable money consumer - my EK VTi Civic, i wanted to keep the budged intact. So i started digging in the deep waters of internet and found out, that 5Gen Prelude (HP5) front struts look like just the thing i need - everything looks very similar to Accord strut, but the lower spring perch is about 3cm lower. Perfect! Found some used HP5 struts, took out Accord strut and this is what i saw: (Prelude on the left, Accord on the right)
Put my Eibach spring and Accord strut top-hat and voila - everything came together in full bolt-on fashion.
Ok, so what to do with the rear suspension?
Since i had a set of 1Gen CR-V strut's i decided to check my luck - took out the rear Accord strut and put them next to each other:
Although the lower spring perch looks different, the Accord Eibach spring sits in it perfectly. So once again - the same story - CR-V strut, Eibach spring and Accord top-hat. The only modification, that i had to do, was to add couple of washers in between lower strut bushing and the mounting point, because the Accord bushing is wider by 6mm. Everything else came together perfectly.
So, how does the car look after all this nonsense?
Sorry for ****ty angle of photo - i'll try to do better ones.
How does the suspension cope with the roads - it could be a little stiffer in the front - so some aftermarket or revalved HP5 struts would be perfect. Didn't feel any problems with the back suspension. All in all - quite a comfortable and dirt cheap way to lower you Accord
P.s. Yes, that's snow in the picture. Lithuanian weather - go figure.
P.p.s. Yes, all parts looks rusty as hell. That's what you get, when it snows - salt on roads
P.p.p.s Sorry for my English, not my native language...
So first thing's first - I've bought a set of Eibach Pro Kit springs for my car. It lowered my car nicely, and while i was rolling on stock 15'' wheels - everything was good and simple. But the day, i put my long awaited Buddyclub P1 17''s i understood, that the two finger wheel gap just won't cut it.
Since it's my daily, and I've already have a unstoppable money consumer - my EK VTi Civic, i wanted to keep the budged intact. So i started digging in the deep waters of internet and found out, that 5Gen Prelude (HP5) front struts look like just the thing i need - everything looks very similar to Accord strut, but the lower spring perch is about 3cm lower. Perfect! Found some used HP5 struts, took out Accord strut and this is what i saw: (Prelude on the left, Accord on the right)
Put my Eibach spring and Accord strut top-hat and voila - everything came together in full bolt-on fashion.
Ok, so what to do with the rear suspension?
Since i had a set of 1Gen CR-V strut's i decided to check my luck - took out the rear Accord strut and put them next to each other:
Although the lower spring perch looks different, the Accord Eibach spring sits in it perfectly. So once again - the same story - CR-V strut, Eibach spring and Accord top-hat. The only modification, that i had to do, was to add couple of washers in between lower strut bushing and the mounting point, because the Accord bushing is wider by 6mm. Everything else came together perfectly.
So, how does the car look after all this nonsense?
Sorry for ****ty angle of photo - i'll try to do better ones.
How does the suspension cope with the roads - it could be a little stiffer in the front - so some aftermarket or revalved HP5 struts would be perfect. Didn't feel any problems with the back suspension. All in all - quite a comfortable and dirt cheap way to lower you Accord
P.s. Yes, that's snow in the picture. Lithuanian weather - go figure.
P.p.s. Yes, all parts looks rusty as hell. That's what you get, when it snows - salt on roads
P.p.p.s Sorry for my English, not my native language...