Hi,
Recently bought my first decent car, as have always had old bangers. It's a 2008 nighthawk black FN2 which me and the missus absolutely love, it's reignited the joy of driving and see it as a new ongoing hobby.
We bought it just over a month ago from a garage and they did an MOT before we picked it up. However, we'd noticed knocking noises from the front but put it down to the harder suspension (not having a sporty car before). We ended up taking it to our local garage that we've used for decades and he was shocked (no pun intended) that it had passed its MOT. Basically both front shocks are badly leaking oil and need replacing.
We are going to approach the garage as they obviously just had it pushed through the MOT and we are meant to have a 3 month warranty but I am not holding my breath.
So was thinking, I don't want to just have them put any old cheap shocks back on so will try and get some money back and we use it to go towards an upgrade, some Coil Over Shocks all round front and back.
Can anyone recommend some coil over shock kits for this car, budget, mid and high end?
I'm up for lowering the ride height, but would def want it adjustable. Doubt I will be doing track so don't need anything too fancy.
The budget is not massive but once I get an idea of the range I'll have to see what I can do lol
So far have found these
https://prosportperformance.co.uk/c...-honda-civic-mk8-2-0-type-r-fn2-150129-detail
https://www.tegiwaimports.com/selec...o-sport-coilovers-honda-civic-type-r-fn2.html
out of price range really:
https://www.tegiwaimports.com/selec...k2-pro-c-coilovers-06-11-honda-civic-fd2.html
Please bear with me as I am a noob when it comes to mechanics and cars but very much want to learn.
Recently bought my first decent car, as have always had old bangers. It's a 2008 nighthawk black FN2 which me and the missus absolutely love, it's reignited the joy of driving and see it as a new ongoing hobby.
We bought it just over a month ago from a garage and they did an MOT before we picked it up. However, we'd noticed knocking noises from the front but put it down to the harder suspension (not having a sporty car before). We ended up taking it to our local garage that we've used for decades and he was shocked (no pun intended) that it had passed its MOT. Basically both front shocks are badly leaking oil and need replacing.
We are going to approach the garage as they obviously just had it pushed through the MOT and we are meant to have a 3 month warranty but I am not holding my breath.
So was thinking, I don't want to just have them put any old cheap shocks back on so will try and get some money back and we use it to go towards an upgrade, some Coil Over Shocks all round front and back.
Can anyone recommend some coil over shock kits for this car, budget, mid and high end?
I'm up for lowering the ride height, but would def want it adjustable. Doubt I will be doing track so don't need anything too fancy.
The budget is not massive but once I get an idea of the range I'll have to see what I can do lol
So far have found these
https://prosportperformance.co.uk/c...-honda-civic-mk8-2-0-type-r-fn2-150129-detail
https://www.tegiwaimports.com/selec...o-sport-coilovers-honda-civic-type-r-fn2.html
out of price range really:
https://www.tegiwaimports.com/selec...k2-pro-c-coilovers-06-11-honda-civic-fd2.html
Please bear with me as I am a noob when it comes to mechanics and cars but very much want to learn.
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