1999 Acura Integra

[Steve85]

About the shocks...Koni are adjustable so they can be suited for several different spring rates and conditions. The Bilstein can be custom valved, but for exactly what conditions? And when one is faced with different conditions...now what? There is of course the argument that if you don;t know what you're doing, having adjust-ability can be worse. I actually took my Koni adjustables off the Vette in favor of the Bilstein designed for the Z51 performance suspension package because I trusted Bilstein to get it more right than myself. But ultimately it's up to the user to learn. So, most of the autox/roadracers end up with Koni/GC, which is also under a grand. The "brodawgs" just copy it and instead of buying springs to make the car work, they buy the mostest low spring which is usually too soft for the Koni.

New business: The need for new pads comes at a good time. To pass inspection and get ready for VIR I am replacing rear pads with Duracrap Gold (cuz us C4 owners can't have enough gold) and some Hawk HPS up front. HPS seem to fit the street tire on track / DD - purpose.

I did the rear pads tonight. I hate the screw in pistons, mostly because I don't have the tool. I used a seal puller with vice grips on the handle for leverage. I prefer to just squeeze pistons in with channel locks. The left rear caliper decided to stop going in as I was turning it which is just BS. I eventually got it to go in the fraction of an inch more I needed but lots'o time was lost.

I'm also going to throw a cap, rotor and some new plugs in. I've put 80k on it (it's at 168k) and quite frankly have no idea when that stuff was last done.