If it gives you the inch/lbs then its already converted? I dont get what your asking.

Depends on what they want the car for, I drive an S14 with 235 bf goodrich KDW in the front and 245 stetched michellen pilot sports out back and a 4.36 F/D w/ VLSD. My car grips amazingly for only having those three main componets at the moment. I have Zero understeer, but my rear tires are on their last leg so I do get oversteer when I push to hard. The car is completly stable and extremely responsive. I can stand the stiff springs but wouldnt suggest them to people who just want to lower the car. I DD with the dampaning set to 5 out of 15.

I never done any spirited driving in a FWD car, they handle a lot differently than my car from the very limited experience I have with them. And if its a civic it more than likely weighs a few hundred pounds less than my car.

Sticky tires is a must, and 5/7k springs would be good for DD and sprited street driving. 8/6 is a little harsher but its bearable to most.

I also dont like coil-over sleeves, even on aftermarket shocks. Mostly because shock/struts not specifically for coil-overs are too long stroke for the spring travel and spring rate. You can adjust spring preload to an extent but I dont see it as being matched properly; Usually causing the ride to be bouncey and causing shitty ride quality and horrible handleing. But I know some people swear by them.

 

You beat me to it Dan, the fact that we still have people in this forum that continue to answer questions to which the answers allude them boggles my mind.

Google does an awesome job if you type in "8 kg/mm to lbs/in" you will see that an 8kg spring is just shy of 448 lb/in around 3 times the typical imported sedan rate.

As for comfort it's subjective, I like a stiff car, but an under-damped stiff car to me is much worse on the street then an over-damped softer sprung car.

and please so we are all on the same page "Damping"
Damping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

is not the same as "dampening" which is the act of making something wet.

I may want to use both in some post and I don't want to confuse anyone.

 

Spelling owns me. I forgot to mention in the post above Im running KTS coil-overs with a 8/6 spring rate.

 

So Vargas,
Did the converting of Kilograms into pounds help with the info that you asked for, as far as comparing pounds to pounds?

While everyone has their own opinion, as to what their comfort/tolerance level is, maybe the next step would be to ride with some of the posters and see if the ride comfort in their car is close to what you find acceptable for your own car.......that will tell you if you have the same preferences, or want to go stiffer or softer.....

It will also give you an idea as to whether the handling is what you are looking for, or if you prefer something different as to over/understeer........-Bob

 

^yea it helped some, i have decided to not go with the stiffer skunk2 setup and instead get Ground Control coilovers which are not as stiff , with Tokico "blue" shocks.

the Ground control 's spring rates are :

Front - 6.25k (350 in/lb)
Rear - 4.5k (250 in/lb)

which is pretty much the closest to stock rates that i could find.

i have also decided to do the rest of my suspension and would like to see what you guys think:

GC coilovers and tokico "blue" shocks

ASR rear subframe brace and 24mm swaybar

skunk2 LCA's and Beaks lower arm bar

OR

 

sorry im late, but best response ever on any internet forum.