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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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Racing Gear coilvers

I was wondering if anyone has experince with Racing Gear Coilovers sold through invidia-usa? There are supposed to be high end coilovers from Japan.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:45 AM
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I've only had the opportunity to drive an Integra R (DC2) with RG coilovers and only on the track (Willow Springs: big track). At around 120mph, the ride is amazingly stable and I almost thought I was going too slow. Amazing high speed stability... Driving around the pits, though, I felt every pebble and crack on the surface of the road.

I'm not sure if RG makes a "street" biased coilover, but their circuit coilovers I would consider "track only".
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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They are supposed to be highly regarded by teams in JGTC so I would suspect most their coilovers would be fairly stiff.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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i'd say their coilovers are only for the circuit...
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by poo_on_u
They are supposed to be highly regarded by teams in JGTC so I would suspect most their coilovers would be fairly stiff.
Yes, so what did you want to know about them specifically?
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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If anyone has a set of these on their fd and if the are good for the street vs like jic-magic flt-a2.
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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Does anyone know the website for RG suspensions?

A google search comes up with nothing.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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the only american one is invisia-usa.com the actual japanese one is www.racinggear.jp/products/catalog/index.html
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:34 AM
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The only thing I could find from translating their Japanese website is the only FD application is the V-spec coilovers. Spring rates appear to be 10/8 (558/447). These are reasonable spring rates (a little high in the rear) -- BUT, why would you go to the effort of getting coilovers with essentially zero USA support? Why wouldn't you look at Zeal, Tein, or JIC, which at least have a USA branch? Or Ground Control, which is USA based?
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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Because I was getting a deal for them $1250 new.
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