![]() So Dropzone put up a real stat of the car, nice to know for a lot of people. And your DONE! Rinse Repeat for the other side ( considering the bolt is stuck again)Īfter installing the Dropzone kit I putted the wheels back on and measured the drop rate, here is what I received, Front-2.35 Rear-2.25. install the LCA and and then bolt on the strut, if you having problesm getting the strut up to the bolt bushings use a car jack (OEM) to pushto match the bushings. First assemble up the strut/spring/coilver and hook it up to the chassis again, First install the LCA again meaning dont have the shock/strut bolted on the LCA yet, why? For some reason the Dropzone struts tilts the LCA a bit so the holes wont match up for the bolt closest tot eh center of the car. This is by far harder then the fronts, since I still had the LCA intacted. Now onto the installation of the rear strut. ![]() And that is how I removed the bolt with no lost bushing and still be in good shape Oh and make sure you have another bolt handy a genuine one from your local dealership or goto a hardware store and ask for a metric 10.9. ![]() After verifying that the bolt is turning get a screwdriver and bang it out. Get a air impact wrench and shoot it a couple of times, it should and I mean SHOULD turn since the bushing has no thread in it and you've already cutted the end nut off it should turn with no problem. After you've done that spray some WD40 both on the head of the bolt and the end part, let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Make sure when cutting that you get it as close as possible (meaning try to cut the whole nut off). ![]() Now when cutting the bolt that holds the strut DO NOT cut the head bolt! Instead cut the welded nut on the back. Loosen it up and pull the LCA to the lowest it'll go. Now onto cutting the bolt( the one that holds the Shock/Strut in place ), before cuttin make sure that the bolt closest to the center of the car is out this one should come out with no problem with a air impact. And for the 96-00 civics only one bushing is able to be replaced the strut holder bushing. The LCA does not need to be off COMPLETELY to be able to install a Strut/Shock. Now here is the part that is the most important and what I've learned during my process. Here is my steps to loosen the bolts( unless you have a 99-00 ) it is most likely that your going to be cutting the bolts. Now for the back, everyone seems to be having problems with the backs and lucky enough I ran into it too. Anyways Tightened it back up and it was good to go. And remember that you only need to remove TWO bolts from the front control arms to lossen the shock so if your taking out more then TWO make sure you are doign things right. Fitment went well and fitted just perfect with the exception of a little WD40 to help. Now onto installation, it is pretty much straight forward for the installation on the fronts. The Springs come noted for back and front so you dont mess up while installing them. The springs/struts are well welded and colored. The Dropzone Lowering Springs are said to lower the 96-00 civics 2.5F/2.25R thats good if your wanting clearance space for speed bumps and such. Installation Time: For me 2 hours also depends on your tools that you have avalible. Product: Dropzone (DND) Struts and Lowing Springs Pics soon to come as soon as I get my digi cam back. Now this is a long review mainly because it goes through the process of me installing them and the problems I ran into. Heres is my experience with the Strut/Spring combo I got off ebay for $288 shipped to my door.
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