Good call TJ. But when you can only afford one vehicle, you usually buy the car over the bike. Sounds like fun though.
Seth, it all depends on how much you lowered your car and by what means. with coilovers, all you have to do is crank down on the spring perches to get closer to stock ride height. If you did lowering springs, then you will need to find springs that are taller. One of the most common tuning myths is that lowering a car will always make it handle better. That's somewhat true, but by going to low, you end up throwing all the suspension geometry out of whack, which plays more of a part in handling than ride height. Case in point: lower the RSX more than an inch and it handles worse than stock. MacPherson strut cars are notorious for losing suspension geometry very quickly. Wishbone cars (pre-2002 Civic, Integra) don't have as much of a problem with that, but they will also develop issues when you go too low. Every car is different, so how low is too low is kind of hard to say. Usually you go a half inch at a time. Then check to see how things are lining up. I will try to get all the formulas and methods together and try to post an article to figure out how low you can get your car before the geometry goes bad.
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