Body Kit Lowering?...

[96Accord96]

I want to get a body kit on my car, and my friend says since I'm going to get a body kit, I won't need to lower my car. But what I don't get is how does putting a body kit on your car lower it? Because I've read on here about people saying how body kits lower your car as well. And when I get the body kit, will I need to buy new shocks to support the lowered vehicle?

[matts]

a body kit will make your car look lower, but the rest of the car sits at the same height, except if you had a body kit made of lead, that weighed like 500 lbs. depending on the driving conditions you experience, you can put a body kit on, as well as lower it, but i think you'd find yourself scraping just about everything that isn't smooth pavement. if you do this, DON"T get a fiberglass front bumper, you'll crack it the first time you scrape anything. the one thing that lowering a car does, that a body kit doesn't is get rid of wheel gap, well, that and handling performance.

[bcramer915]

the only way you could get away w/ not lowering your car is maybe if u went w/ 19s....even then im not sure about rubbing issues....

if ur gonna get a kit and you drive ur car everyday....if def go w/ a urethane kit....unless u feel like fixing cracked bumpers all the time....all i have is a 94-95 lip on a 96-97 bumper and lower on eibach springs and i even occasioanlly have troubles w/ scraping going into steap grades....and for further reference....its common sense but if you do get a kit and your entering a steap area...go in at an gle to spread the grade out.....it will make you scrape less or not at all

[anasowner]

do any of you guys know what the name of the kit is, thats in the photo gallery labeld as "Touring" and is it available for a 94 2 dr?

[bcramer915]

well there are a couple different lips in that gallery....all the ones along the top and others matching those are the Stillen lip kit....which is only for the 96-97 front....which luckily enough is swappable between the 94-95 accords.....if its isnt one of those....give a link to which u are wondeirng about

[matts]

the one that is on some of the white cars, without any vents or anything in the front is a wings west lip kit. check out wingswest.com