Tag: Suspension

We’re in the home stretch now. With my new set of Progress coilovers freshly assembled, and the rest of the new suspension components already installed, I had the comparatively easy task of installing the coilovers in the car. I think this is the kind of job that makes people say Hondas are easy to work… Continue reading Installing Progress Coilovers

Budget means doing some of it yourself. Everyone knows that once you buy a Honda, you have to lower it. Forget ride quality and comfort, you bought a Honda to look cool and take those corners hard. The problem is, quality coilovers are expensive and cheap coilovers are, well, cheap. Who cares how many clicks… Continue reading Assembling Progress Coilovers

Budget parts need a little finesse. The great thing about old Hondas is there are lots of affordable parts available. The bad thing is that some of those parts are a little too affordable. Some manufacturers are a bit lacking in quality control, but if you’re willing to fuss with things a little, you can… Continue reading New Front Control Arms

New hardware, anti-seize everywhere. With a fresh coat of paint on the trailing arms, I was eager to get them back in the car with all the new control arms and hardware. I wanted to be sure that the new hardware would assemble smoothly, so after peeling off all the masking tape, I used my… Continue reading Reinstalling Trailing Arms

Keeping the rust at bay a little longer. There are some jobs I still hand off to the professionals. I took my recently removed and partially disassembled trailing arms to King Motorsports to have them replace the main bushings, mostly because I do not have a press. I also had them make up new solid… Continue reading Refinishing a 28 Year Old Suspension

Everything must go! With the rear suspension removed, I turned my attention to getting the front suspension out. Aside from the steering knuckles and the shock absorber forks, which you cannot purchase new replacements for, there really wasn’t much worth saving. Everything that could be purchased new was getting replaced. Ancient Brakes The first obstacle… Continue reading Tearing Apart a 28 Year Old Suspension, Part Two: Front Knuckles & Arms

Sometimes you have to break something before you can fix it. Few projects encapsulate both immense frustration and eventual satisfaction like taking apart something very old and rusty and replacing it entirely with brand new stuff. My del Sol needed a full replacement of all the suspension components, as most of the metal was corroded… Continue reading Tearing Apart a 28 Year Old Suspension, Part One: Trailing Arms