Just Lowered My 88' Rt Wagon

byrne_06byrne_06 New Wagonist
in General Civic Wagon Discussion
Stock 88' Rt wagon lowered on Pic's

Rolled the fenders, Sportmaxx's with a +0 offset
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Will be going lowering here soon, had to order some locking collars for the p.i.c's

Comments

  • NZ-DB8RNZ-DB8R Moderator
    Would you rather that this was in a Build thread?
  • byrne_06byrne_06 New Wagonist
    Ya i probably should have it moved there ?
  • CSM ShaunCSM Shaun Band Wagon
    Any chance you used a baseball bat to roll those fenders?
  • byrne_06byrne_06 New Wagonist
    no i used an actually fender roller my buddy has and it was my first time doing it. Close up you can really tell where the roller was and it made lines, so i decided im probably going to just buy fender flares
  • CSM ShaunCSM Shaun Band Wagon
    Word. Are the lines in the metal or the paint? A heat gun should be used to keep the paint pliable.
  • JackVJackV Wagonist
    i totally used an old drive shaft when i rolled my fenders, but the fenders were garbage anyways so i said screw it. ha.

    looks good man
  • gunsup0331gunsup0331 New Wagonist
    looks like crap. mexiflush for sure
  • CSM ShaunCSM Shaun Band Wagon
    Where's the other two Sportmax rims?
  • byrne_06byrne_06 New Wagonist
    They are on there i just had a picture with the wagon lowered on Hx's also, Mexiflush? lol It needs to be lowered still. My locking collars on my coilovers were froze so i ordered new ones. The lines are from the roller i had no clue what i was doing since it was my first time. I had the basic idea on how to do it but ya, with the rims being a 0 offset i had to stretch the fenders out so much.
  • jchen360jchen360 Wagonist
    So what did you lower it with? I want to lower my 88 rt too but I read that you have to replace the rear lca's among other things since they're different from the 89-91.
  • Mandalore88Mandalore88 Senior Wagonist
    PopoCh3n wrote:
    So what did you lower it with? I want to lower my 88 rt too but I read that you have to replace the rear lca's among other things since they're different from the 89-91.


    On my 88 I just took rear DA LCA's from the junkyard and found some used rear wagon struts from a 89-91

    Finding 88 struts is just a head ache.


    OP did you apply any heat to the paint when you rolled the fenders or just went all out on them?
  • byrne_06byrne_06 New Wagonist
    sorry im not on here much.

    The 88's are the only year where the shock goes into the rear lca's, so you gotta but 90-91 civic hatch or crx lca's and same with suspension.

    No i didnt apply any heat to the fenders, i should have but i plan on painting it white some time this summer.

    the rear coilovers were frozen so thats as low as i could get it in the rear, im ordering new adjusting rings so i can make it look flush
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