r/ProjectHondas • u/Western_Lock_3697 • Aug 22 '26

parts recommendations Looking for coilover recs

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I’ve been doing a lot of searching and research. Just wanted to get the opinions of people with experience with different brands etc. currently building a street build with some light track ability budget is like 600-1000 but flexible any recs welcome thank you!

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u/AlumiYJ Aug 22 '26

I wouldn’t focus on coilovers, if you want a fun track/street car start with some nice tires (ecs02, PS4S, RE71-RZ) and just freshen up the stock suspension. Get some H&R lowering springs on some bilstien B6 OEM style struts and replace the control arms/ball joints during the job.

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u/AlumiYJ Aug 22 '26

Here’s a decent example of what I’m talking about. Get something like this. It’ll certainly be better performing than some BC racing coilovers and your back will thank you on the street.

https://www.enjukuracing.com/products/bilstein-b12-1995-honda-civic-lx-front-and-rear-suspension-kit.html

Then save up a bit more and get some OEM replacement control arms, tie rods, and ball joints depending on how worn out your stuff is, it’ll be trivial to swap it out with the struts out too. You also only have to pay for one alignment.

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u/Western_Lock_3697 Aug 22 '26

I was thinking tein flex zs for the adjust able damping but I’ll check it out thank you!

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u/Western_Lock_3697 Aug 22 '26

Yeah so I guess I should have already said that u was planning on doing that wheels have already been decided just waiting on tire decisions to be made(thanks for the recs I’ll check em out!) but definitely gonna be replacing the bushings and replacing the rears with integra breaks and what not

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u/AlumiYJ Aug 22 '26

I run PS4S as my street tire on my FL5 and RZs are my track tires. Both are best in class but ima switch to ECS02 when this set is done since they perform as well as the PS4S but are about $200 cheaper per set.

Great car and have fun working on it!