HR Springs Sport Lowering Springs for 16-21 Civic Sedan

H&R Sport Lowering Springs - 2016-2021 Honda Civic Sedan

The 10th-gen Civic sedan looks great until you see it from the side. There's a big gap over every tire. Honda did that on purpose. It leaves room for speed bumps, steep driveways, and a full load of passengers. But it makes a sleek car look like it's standing on its toes, and it costs you some handling, too. The higher the car's weight sits, the more it shifts to the outside tires in a corner, and the more the body leans before the car settles in.

These H&R Sport springs take about 1.25in out of the front and 1.0in out of the rear. The gap closes up, and since the nose comes down a little more than the tail, the car gets a slight forward rake. It looks right. On the road, the car leans less, turns in more crisply, and feels more planted on the highway. Is it a whole new car? No. It's the same Civic, just tighter. The ride gets a bit firmer than stock, but most people would still call it comfortable.

Why It Still Rides Well

It comes down to the spring rate. A regular spring is equally stiff from top to bottom, so if you go stiffer to lower the car, you feel it on every bump. These are progressive. The coils at one end are wound closer together, and those compress first, soaking up broken pavement and small bumps without much drama. Lean on the car in a corner or hit a big dip, and the spring gets stiffer as it compresses, holding the body up and keeping it from bottoming out. You get a soft spring for everyday bumps and a firm one when you're really pushing.

They Won't Sag

Cheap lowering springs have a habit of settling. You install them, the car looks perfect, and six months later it's sitting lower than you wanted and rubbing on bumps. H&R winds these from 54SiCr6, a high-tensile silicon-chromium spring steel that holds its height over time. Then every spring gets shot-peened. That's a process where the surface is blasted with tiny steel balls to toughen it, so fatigue cracks have a harder time starting. H&R says that more than triples the spring's life. They're made at H&R's ISO 9001 certified facility in Germany.

Install Notes

You'll need a real spring compressor for this, not the cheap rental-store kind if you can avoid it. If you've never done a spring swap, let a shop handle it. A compressed spring stores a lot of energy, and it can do real damage if it gets loose. Reuse your factory top mounts and isolators if they're still in good shape. Then drive it a few hundred miles to let the springs settle, and get an alignment. Lowering the car changes camber and toe, and if you skip the alignment, you'll see it on the inside edges of your tires soon enough.

Fitment

• 2016-2021 Honda Civic Sedan: LX, LX-P, EX, EX-L, EX-T, Sport, Sport Touring, and Touring
• About 1.25in lower in front and 1.0in lower in the rear
• Does not fit the Civic Type R. See H&R's Type R-specific springs