Skunk2 Pro-S II Coilovers 92-95 Civic / 94-01 Integra

Skunk2 Pro-S II Coilovers 92-95 Civic / 94-01 Integra

Your EG or DC2 is riding on shocks that are old enough to vote, and you've decided it's time for a real coilover instead of another set of lowering springs on tired dampers. The Skunk2 Pro-S II is the entry point into Skunk2's Pro Series, a full set of four height-adjustable mono-tube coilovers on 8K springs. Before you go further: this kit does not fit the Integra Type R. Skunk2 builds it for the non-Type-R DC2, the EG Civic, and the del Sol.

What It Is and Why It Works

The shock bodies are threaded, so you set ride height by moving the lower mount rather than by winding down on the spring. That matters more than it sounds. Sleeve-style kits that adjust height by compressing the spring lose travel and preload the spring as you go lower, which is how you end up with a car that rides like it's out of shocks at two inches down. Adjusting on the body means you keep the shock stroke you started with, and it makes corner balancing possible if you ever put the car on scales.

Skunk2 shortened the bodies and reduced shaft stroke on the Pro-S II specifically so a lowered car still has somewhere to travel. Drop range runs roughly one to three inches depending on how you set them.

Springs are 8 kg/mm front and rear, which is around 448 lb/in at all four corners. On an EG or a DC2 that's a firm street rate, not a race rate. It's stiff enough to keep the car flat and take the vague, floaty feeling out of a worn chassis, and soft enough that you can still drive it on bad pavement without hating it. If you want softer or stiffer later, Skunk2 sells Race Springs in 10K, 16K, and 18K that drop straight onto these, so the spring rate is the one thing you can change your mind about.

Here's what nobody's listing tells you, and it's the most important thing on this page: the damping is not adjustable. The Pro-S II uses fixed valving that Skunk2 set at the factory. There's no knob on top. If you're cross-shopping this against a Tein Street Advance Z with 16-way adjustment, or against Skunk2's own Pro-C with 12-way, you're comparing different things. Fixed valving isn't a flaw, it's the trade you make at this level of the line, and plenty of people are better off with a well-chosen fixed setup than with an adjustable one they'll never dial in properly. But you should know before you buy, not after.

Where Pro-S II Sits in the Skunk2 Line

If the car is a street car that sees a few track days a year, the Pro-S II does the job. If you're chasing lap times and want to change the car's balance between sessions, the extra money for the Pro-C buys you something you'll actually use. If it's a drag car, the Drag Spec springs are built for a completely different job and the standard 8K/8K rates aren't it.

Specs

Fitment

The Integra Type R is not covered by this part number. If you have a DC2 ITR, this is the wrong kit and you should ask us rather than ordering and finding out. Note also that this does not fit the 96-00 EK Civic, which takes a different Skunk2 part number entirely. The 1996 and 1997 years above are del Sol only.

What to Know Before You Buy

Budget for an alignment the day you finish the install. Any time you change ride height on an EG or a DC you change camber and toe, and driving it for a month before you get it aligned is how a set of tires disappears. While the car is apart, look at the top mounts and the bushings you're reusing, because new coilovers bolted to twenty-five-year-old mounts still clunk and you'll blame the coilovers.

These lower more than most people plan for. Three inches on an EG puts the car somewhere you probably don't want it for street use, and going that low on any coilover starts working the suspension geometry against you regardless of how much shock travel the design preserves. Most people end up an inch and a half down and happier there.

Set the spring rate expectation honestly. 8K at all four corners is a real step up in stiffness from stock. On a car that's already stripped or already track-focused, that's exactly what you want. On a daily-driven Civic with the stock seats and worn bushings, it will feel busy over broken pavement, and that's the coilover doing its job rather than something being wrong.

If you're deciding between this and something with adjustable damping, be honest about whether you'll adjust it. Plenty of adjustable coilovers spend their whole lives on the setting they came out of the box on. If that's you, the fixed valving here costs you nothing. If you genuinely corner-balance and change settings between sessions, spend the difference on the Pro-C.