Civic Hatchback Si Rear Suspension Swap [2022-2024] 

Appreciate the comment and support bro!!

Puts the sport back in the trim name, this is how it should have came from the factory!

@@NAUS2K It makes me wonder the reasoning for not doing this from the factory in the first place? Cost perhaps? I guess every penny counts in mass production. Perhaps they just think the person buying this car would prefer a plusher ride? Who knows?

Yes that is correct which is why I show it was 0.75” compression before and 0.5” compression after. If I said that I was just referring to the spring itself.

Awesome , enjoy man!!

@@gerrysilva5957 haha

I’ll keep it in mind thanks! I daily drove a skunk 2 knob back in the day. I will say I do love the oem leather knob. Who knows maybe I’m getting old 😂

I’m may consider it in the future if I do take it to an autocross and what not. I am really happy with how it sits now though

wasn't the sticky steering a recall?

@@troyxhoward I don’t think so. I believe unrelated and it has to do with over travel allowing tire to hit suspension. I think Honda is just ignoring the sticky steering. I had it around 20,000 miles and it miraculously went away completely.

@@robtodd4726 there was a recall for the sticky steering directly from Honda

@@troyxhoward my recall was for the steering rack travel and possible suspension contact. My recall didn’t say “sticky steering”.

@@robtodd4726 yep steering rack plenty people attributed to the sticky steering feeling

Best recommendation is to r Tilt your right side mirror down when parallel parking to make sure you don’t hit the tire into the curb!

Good advise and I think rimsavers may do more harm than good. Won't stress about it.

Yes, this is how it should have came from the factory!

@@NAUS2K Yeah an upgraded suspension.

FL5 has adaptive dampers, this car has no controls for them

@NAUS2K makes sense thanks 😊

Shocks are tuned to work with a specific spring rate. If you just swapped the springs and left the stock struts it would be under-dampened or over dampened. Not sure how big the difference is or how noticeable it would be, but this is the right way to do it

Thanks for your response.

I have 37k miles. I have had zero issues so far. I had a few issues with the 10th gen hatch. I love my si!

Enjoy that Si man !!! Cheers

$180 , mentioned it during the pov review

My man!!!

If you can still handle getting in and out of the civic it wins hands down. Just rolled over 14k on mine and absolutely love it for daily duty. Comfortable seats, good ac, reasonable visibility, butter transmission, revy engine, a better stereo than my 9th gen si, and as close to basic as one can get these days. Still has lots of tech if you're interested; car play, Bluetooth, active cruise, lane departure, ect. It gets great mpg, I'm bumping 40 mpg highway if you can keep your foot out of it. Very easy to get to most standard maintenance parts. I will complain about the lower shield being a bit of a pain to remove for oil changes. Far easier than my 9th gen, to work on, probably on par with my 5th gen.

No it does not. The HPD kit does not change the suspension. It’s only visual

I wasnt aware of that. Ive driven both cars and i find it very similar. Thanks for the info!​ @NAUS2K

The ratios are nearly identical, yes the weight may change but I’m willing to bet it would bring issues electrically. This car does not have drive modes like the Si, the steering weight changes from normal to sport mode on an si, this car does not have a button or the programming to alter that

No thanks I’d rather daily this and have my s2000 for the track , both cars combined were cheaper than a type R. And my s2000 runs circles around the type R on a track