I think that has a lot to do with it. The Civic is factory lowered, but I
would guess that it coil binds or bottoms out on the suspension snubbers
before the strut/shock hits bottom.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Weinstock" <weinstro@hotmail.com>
To: <mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com>; <CMerritt@luminous.com>;
<butchgarcia@earthlink.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Shocks
> >I've had a set of Tokico Illuminas on my Civic SI for at least 170K and
> >they
> >were used when I put them on. They don't leak or squeak. Very pleased
w/
> >them. Of course, I've only auto-xed the car 6 or so times, but have been
> >known to push it a bit on the streets at times.
>
> I think some models of shocks work better on some cars than others.
>
> The Tokico Illuminas have a reputation of premature failure on 2nd Gen
> RX-7's. I'm beginning to suspect suspension bottoming problems on this
> car.....
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob
>
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