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09-22-05, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Age: 24
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Car 1: 88 Legend Sedan |
suspension question G1
i have 88 legend sedan v6 5 speed i wanted to know if they were any coilovers available for the car and what are the choices also what are the spring choices if any?
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10-16-05, 09:52 PM
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this legend is a sleeper
Join Date: Jul 2005
Age: 26
Posts: 45
Car 1: 1988 Legend L Coupe |
just picked up some eibach pro series springs and tokico perfomance shocks. check out their websites. i should have them installed in the next few weeks and should be able to give a good review.
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10-30-05, 10:08 PM
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Legend's Never Die
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Portland, OR
Age: 24
Posts: 34
Car 1: 90 Legend Coupe L |
There are 2 choices for Coilovers for a G1.
1. Cheap Ebay Coilovers (garbage) Ride like crap and are WAY to stiff for daily driving 2. Ground Control Coilovers (Very Nice) The best coilover system you can get before spending $1000's on a full system, ride is good and handles great. Personally I went with Eibach Pro-Kit's and Bilstien Self Adjusting Struts on my G1 and I love it, pretty damn smooth for a car thats lowered 2.00inches all the way around, yet when you push it in a corner it stiffens up automatically and pins you in the seat. 
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10-31-05, 01:24 PM
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Bitter Old Man
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: La Porte, Texas
Age: 51
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The really nice thing about the crappy-riding coil-overs is that it's a piece of cake to change the springs before installing the kit. Then you get appropriate rates and whatever drop you want. I'm fixing to document the G1 spring rates (coupe and sedan) so as to determine a relevant starting point.
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11-16-05, 01:39 PM
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this legend is a sleeper
Join Date: Jul 2005
Age: 26
Posts: 45
Car 1: 1988 Legend L Coupe |
the tokico/eibach settup is in! wow, what a difference! 1.25" drop, no more squat during heavy acceleration, no more dive under heavy breaking, no more excessive body roll, nor more loss of traction on inside front tire during hard banked turns (hence, no more corkscrewing during understeer). the car is more or less predictable now, understeers and oversteers flat--not at a diagonal (i.e. only front right and left rear tracking) like it used to. one of the best upgrades yet. the ride is a little stiffer but my passengers don't seem to mind and i like not having that "floating"feel anymore... just watch the clearance on dips, potholes, alley enterances, large chunks of ice, etc...
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1988 Acura (Honda) Legend L Coupe (Silver) __5sp Manual Transmission__Magnaflow Custom cat-back w/ 14816 SS Muffler__Weapon-R Dragon Short-Ram Intake__NGK IX Iridium Spark Plugs__Eibach "Pro-Series" Springs__Tokico Performance (blue) Shocks__Brembo Slotted Brake Rotors__Brembo Sport Brake Pads__P205/60R15 Good Year Assurance TripleTred (90H) Tires__APC Aluminum Pedal Covers__Alpine CDA-9805 Head Unit__Infiniti Refrence Speakers__Kicker Comp 12 VR Subwoofer__Phoenix Gold XS-2500 Amp__Honda badge conversion |
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05-06-08, 12:37 PM
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 The Mongolian
 Join Date: Dec 2002
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For the 86-88 sedans, unfortunetly, there's not much in terms of options. When I had my 87 sedan, I had it dropped on Intrax springs with Bilstein struts up front and KYB GR-2 in the back.
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