Omni Power Full Sport coilover review

[autokid00si]

I decided to make a new thread for this, because the other one was more of an advertisement. I’m just a normal Honda enthusiast looking for the best parts for my money and in no way am I affiliated with Omni Power USA.

Car: 00' Civic Si
Other mods: Factory front strut tower bar, rear Skunk2 strut bar, Omni power front UCA, Tanabe Sustec front under brace, rear ITR sway bar with Beaks reinforcement kit and rear tie bar. Falken Azenis Sports ST-215 tires 205/50/R15 , factory wheels.

I’ve had the Full sport coilovers for about 700mi and so far I couldn’t be happier with them. The ride is very good, almost stock like. Its not punishing or bouncy, no skate board stuff here. It is noticeably stiffer than stock, but I really can’t stress enough that the ride from these coilovers is incredibly well. Even with 12k-F/10k-R (672lb-F/500lb-R) springs. If your really concerned, you could go with the Streets and the only reason I went with the Sports was because I do a lot of auto-x and track days. I used to be under the impression that I needed adjustable shocks, however after driving on these I no longer feel that way.
The quality of the coilovers is top notch, nicely machined aluminum and anodized very nicely.
The fitment is nice, and right on.
Adjustment ok you have to loosen the top shock nut and then losen the lower locking ring and turn the shock untill the disired height is reached. The preload Adjustment is easy just turn the lower spring perches, The way I did this was to just adjust them till they just had tension on them with out any weight on that shock.
The performance of these coilovers is awesome, I did my first auto-x on April 17th and the handling as right on, very predictable a very promising setup. If anyone is in the Northeast specifically the Boston area and wants to check out the these coilovers on a car let me know.

[littlejuanito]

Originally Posted by autokid00si

Adjustment, this is where the coilovers have their only disability, to adjust height you must remove the shock from the car in the rear and loosen the fork in the front of the car. This is annoying if you need to adjust the height often. The preload Adjustment is easy just turn the lower spring perches, The way I did this was to just adjust them till they just had tension on them with out any weight on that shock.

I just got mine installed last week at the shop where I bought them from. I would like to lower the rears and my front passenger side a little more (Zero gap all around) I also wanna make the springs a little stiffer( I love the stiff ride, no pun intended). Do I do this by adjusting preload?
Help me out on this. I need to lower the rear and I also wanna make them stiffer. Please give me some detailed instructions.
Thanks in advance.

[autokid00si]

Adjusting preload won't increase the stiffness of the spring, the springs on the Omni powers arn't progressive rate springs, meaning they don't get stiffer as they get compressed. Eibach pro-kits for example are progress rate, the winds in the springs get tighter towards one end making spring get stiffer as it compresses. Preload is used to keep tension on the spring as you go over bumps and unload and load the suspension. It stores a small amount of energy in the spring so it doesn't unload completly over a bump in the road, if its set to stiff the car can will bounce and skate over bumps. The way I set my preload was with no weight on the shocks and I turned the collar just till it got tight and the spring was nolonger loose.

set the height by measuring the car, I use the center of the wheelwells and loosen the top nut on the shock then with the car on level ground losen the lower locking ring and turn the shock till the desired height is reached

[autokid00si]

Originally Posted by littlejuanito

I just got mine installed last week at the shop where I bought them from. I would like to lower the rears and my front passenger side a little more (Zero gap all around) I also wanna make the springs a little stiffer( I love the stiff ride, no pun intended). Do I do this by adjusting preload?
Help me out on this. I need to lower the rear and I also wanna make them stiffer. Please give me some detailed instructions.
Thanks in advance.

I was wrong about the height adjustment I corrected it. I thought you had to take them out but apprently you can adjust them on the car

[littlejuanito]

Originally Posted by autokid00si

I was wrong about the height adjustment I corrected it. I thought you had to take them out but apprently you can adjust them on the car

Well I tried doing that last night and I couldn't turn the damn shock body. I loosened the lower locking ring and twisted the shock unit and it wouldn't even move up or down. What am I doing wrong? I need to learn how to raise and lower my car but I wanna do it the right way. I don't wanna fcuk up my shocks doing something wrong.
Thanks.

[lilgrasshopper]

Is there a trick on how to get this bolt out? I tried to adjust the rears but I cannot get the bolt out...if I hold the nut on the other side with a wrench and then use a ratchet on the head of the bolt...it turns and turns but the nut never moves out. I don't get it? My mechanic adjusted for me 2 times already and the last time he did it..he used a wrench to hold the nut and a air gun to get the bolt out..easy. But I can't do it. I asked him too many times already...I don't want to ask for his help anymore.
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[lilgrasshopper]

I have another question....the bigger the gap between the black rings...the stiffer the ride right? Or is it something else? What does moving the springs do???

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[autokid00si]

Originally Posted by lilgrasshopper

I have another question....the bigger the gap between the black rings...the stiffer the ride right? Or is it something else? What does moving the springs do???

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No, the upper black rings adjust preload, the lower black ring is a locking ring for the lower collar(gold part) height adjustment is done by spining the collar lower or higher on the shock body(silver part) then locking the black ring. read my earlier post about preload

[98civcEK]

Ok, so they ride great that was my main concern. They do come with instructions on how to do the preload and height adjustment right?

[autokid00si]

After 6k miles I'm still happy with them. The crappy roads around Boston arn't the best for this setup. But on a smooth auto-x course and the highway the car is awsome. I would say the ride is much better than any type of lowering springs. I didn't get any directions for installing them, however the Omni Power website has them, its very straight forward. Make sure the car is aligned after installation, thats the most important part.

[98civcEK]

Originally Posted by autokid00si

After 6k miles I'm still happy with them. The crappy roads around Boston arn't the best for this setup. But on a smooth auto-x course and the highway the car is awsome. I would say the ride is much better than any type of lowering springs. I didn't get any directions for installing them, however the Omni Power website has them, its very straight forward. Make sure the car is aligned after installation, thats the most important part.

thanks, i think i'm gonna wait to get them cause my shocks are still working well and i don;t want to drop 650 on them now, maybe when i get my tax return next year or as soon as my shocks get bad.

[Schwemmy]

I own a 95 Civic LX 4 Door, w/ a B16, w/ a big brake kit and rear disc, 16" rims wrapped w/ BF Goodrich Sport Comp rubber.

I have about 15,000 km's on my OMNIPower Street Coilover setup and haven't had a problem. My biggest mistake was probably not letting off the preload to asjut the suspension. Its VERY hard to turn the shock body w/ the shocks preloaded. My friend has the Sport version and he is very happy with those as well.

I really love the feel of the suspension and the ability to adjust it. With this setup you can adjust both your ride height individually on all four corners, as well as the preload, which acts the same way as a jack bolt works on a stock car. Essentially you can adjust wedge, or the static weight of the car to a certain degree.

When I set my suspension up using our CASCAR raceteams scales, and the same techniques we use on our road course and oval track cars, I found the best balance was a 4 3/4" ride height at the front, and 5 1/4" at the rear. This is done by measuring from the ground to the bottom of the jack pads.

The top collar on the threaded shock body puts weight on your spring. When setting this collar up on your springs, make sure to adjust them as equally as possible. They do make a difference for weight distribution and handling, although probably insignificant unless your car is a track car.

When adjusting the ride height, 1 turn of the front shock bodies equal about 1/4" ride movement. The rears are only a 1/2 turn per 1/4".

If you would like more information on how I actually set the suspension up, msg me. I have all my notes handy on the computer.

[DriftKingBP]

who makes omnipower?

[Chinese Acrobat]

Taiwanese people

[DriftKingBP]

Originally Posted by Chinese Acrobat

Taiwanese people

no sir I dont trust it.