Gabriel shocks and struts gas charged
wago_90
Wagonist
i was wondering if anybody has had any good luck with these shocks
i searched and could only find a couple postings but nobody that has reviewed them
i was looking at getting the 88-91 ef rear gas charged and the 89 accord fronts cuz i heard when lowering that year accord would give u more room but if not then just get the 88-91 fronts
and if i buy seperately it would save me like 100
as compared to buying the set together
right now im just gonna put some ebay coilovers till i get some more money saved and try the washer trick i only have 2 months b4 basic and then ill be able to get some better coilovers after
any input would be appreciated
i searched and could only find a couple postings but nobody that has reviewed them
i was looking at getting the 88-91 ef rear gas charged and the 89 accord fronts cuz i heard when lowering that year accord would give u more room but if not then just get the 88-91 fronts
and if i buy seperately it would save me like 100
as compared to buying the set together
right now im just gonna put some ebay coilovers till i get some more money saved and try the washer trick i only have 2 months b4 basic and then ill be able to get some better coilovers after
any input would be appreciated
Comments
:? I'm a little confused :?: You mention using frt. '88-91 struts(you meant Accord ,right?),but isn't '86-89 struts different from 90+ accd struts?or can you use either?
You also mentioned saving a $100,but I saw a set of Gabriels in your configuration for only $199. and a set of (probably better)KYB GR-2 for only $49 more.
for a set of 88-91 front and rear its like 180
but if i buy the rears its like 42 shipped
and the fronts for the 89 accord are 32-40 shipped
That sounds like the trick set-up for lowering springs w/o a tophat.The Accord shx looks like a extra 2"(50mm) of travel .Though the Accord shx perch looks about a 1/2" higher.
and work on getting my exhaust fully done
met a guy who is a honda enthusists and wanted to fabricate me a a 421 header like that guy on dseries.org for my rt for like 40 bucks and i might just have him do my whole exhaust system since he is a master welder/fabricator
i ordered the rears already just waitn for a nice day to come so i can go to the yard and find some forks so i can get the front accord struts
If you look at the picture posted above of the civic strut next to the accord strut, you can see how much shorter the accord strut is. As the car sits lowered on an accord strut the rod on the damper will be about halfway out of the strut body, that means it has a good range of motion both in and out of the strut. Now imagine if you lower the car on the civic strut, probably only about a third of the damper rod will be left coming out of the strut body, leaving it with a very strange range of motion - it will be much closer to bottoming out at that low ride height than the accord strut. This restricted range of motion is what will cause a stock type replacement strut to blow relatively quickly on a lowered car. How fast they blow is relative to how low the car is compared to stock.
I would make a diagram but it's late...
im guessing the front should be fine if i order those and get the forks as well
im not gonna dump it just wanted to give it a lower stance than stock height
i have seen the extendend tophats just no clue as to how i would do it or find someone who knows how at that point i would be better off gettin some other aftermarket shocks for the rear
thanks again
oh and when it comes to like kyb gr2 are those like shorter or is it like having a shock with an extended tophat?
The next struts I buy will probably be Koni's. Ask just about anybody that's done any road racing, and they will point your towards Koni's as a good priced performance strut. Koni struts are also rebuildable, so if you ever blow them out, you can just send them back to Koni to have them rebuilt.
i read you were making your own tophats hows that coming?
is it just cut add weld?
Or any brand that will work?
Done the Google thing...searched here..maybe not holding my mouth right..just hard to find em...
http://motors.shop.ebay.com/__?_from=R4 ... el&_sacat=
the bottom ebay stores have front rear civic gabriel gas struts 84-87 dont know if they will work for the wagon
hope that helps
I don't know whether the 84-87 WagoVan shocks was different like the 88-91 Wgn.It should be.The best place to check is at a junkyard.