This is NOT a DRIVING Failure problem with the factory suspension ONLY a strong recommendation. The Si appears to be intentionally designed to have understeer like most factory tuned cars. The Si's factory suspension is "sport injected" or stiff in daily driving with fairly improved handling over a regular Civic and most compact cars but does not provide good cornering at higher speeds and tighter corners (assuming all tires equal). The springs on the 8thgen Si are stiff at a certain load (daily driving) but become easily & immediately compressed at any higher loads thus creating hideous body roll, acceleration squat, and street cornering understeer that will require constant left foot braking correction, which can get really annoying. Anyone looking to buy a used 8thgen Si MUST switch out the OEM suspension for truly meaningful, sporty driving. The suspension parts are only slightly stiffer than the regular Civic parts in fact not much different.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This is NOT a DRIVING Failure problem with the factory suspension ONLY a strong recommendation. The Si appears to be intentionally designed to have understeer like most factory tuned cars. The Si's factory suspension is "sport injected" or stiff in daily driving with fairly improved handling over a regular Civic and most compact cars but does not provide good cornering at higher speeds and tighter corners (assuming all tires equal). The springs on the 8thgen Si are stiff at a certain load (daily driving) but become easily & immediately compressed at any higher loads thus creating hideous body roll, acceleration squat, and street cornering understeer that will require constant left foot braking correction, which can get really annoying. Anyone looking to buy a used 8thgen Si MUST switch out the OEM suspension for truly meaningful, sporty driving. The suspension parts are only slightly stiffer than the regular Civic parts in fact not much different.
- si_matt, Chicago, IL, US