joe88convertable

i have a s4 vert and im looking for which brand of coils will get me the lowest. i cant find to much on the ride hight specs when searching. does anyone know?

Tofuman FC3S

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Reasons for going lower than low? You will need to address your suspension geometry.

Riz.

JerryLH3

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Generally, those interested purely in being low won't be bothered by the adverse handling. So, he probably won't worry about suspension geometry affects.

MMoore4545

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apparently megan tracks and rotary works coils will pretty much set your frame on the ground.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...mmed+coilovers

and Idk if you searched too hard.
https://www.rx7club.com/drifting-226/who-has-tha-lowest-fc-848725/

A lot of the guys who are low are running the rotary works coils too. I stopped on page 5. You can figure out what people are running by searching for their build threads or looking in their signatures.
https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=112

AKILEEZ_777

Dude, I have a coupe and went 1 inch lower. I would not advise that you go too far. I'd recommend the same and 1.5 inch if you really wanna push it. I would imagine that you ride yours a lot and for extended periods of time. I may not like the stiffer ride or the boucing effect (depending on what kind of kit you get or how you get it done). Then you will have to keep up with alignments to avoid going thru tires quickly. Just to say a few an offer my two cents but its up to you.

Hypertek

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any major coilover with adjustable mounting perch will get you super low.

Throw on a bodykit and you wont have to be super low, the kit will do it for you.

MMoore4545

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+1 on both parts

I only posted because the "lowest FC" thread has been around for a while and was within easy google search.

As for tire wear, if you wanna go low, don't forget to save 100 bucks in your budget for a rear camber bar and/or more for the adjustable rear camber links.

joe88convertable

i still have handling in mind, and i want a stiffer ride. i wouldnt max them out for daily, i want the option for nights i go to meets. iv thought about body kits but i like how the car looks now, maybe a front lip and those rear bumper corner flare things but not to much more then that. and i have a hunter alignment lift available for me to do my alignments so im not too worried about that. why would i need a camber bar or links? is it cuz the stock rear camber is none adjustable?

MMoore4545

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yea, the rear camber link is solid non-adjustable.

joe88convertable

what brand of camber links do you recomend

FC_fan

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FC rear camber gets ridiculously negative as you go super low. I lowered my car maybe 1.5" and I had to get a rear camber link thats adjustable to take out some negative camber for daily. tires were getting worn on the inside very fast. also, because of the way the camber sublink works, I have a clunk on hard shifts which is my subframe hitting chassis slightly. thats because the sublink basically brings the subframe up in the middle and this also affects your pinion angle. I would suggest an adjustable sublink AND individual camber adjusters if you want your rear camber to be equal on both sides.

and to stop the subframe clunk, you just need to do the $10 pinion snubber mod.

rotorpride

Godspeed are very cheap and go low as hell look at my profile picture

RED87FC

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www.flatout-motorsports.com They have a modified, stock type, unit
that can be adusted on car. When I had my s4 with 'pogo-stick-megans', it
brought the rear camber back to factory specs. It's also very well made for $125.

joe88convertable

for a daily your car sits right where id want mine. iv heard godspeed arent that great? i was leaning more towards magen and now iv heard about rw and they seem to do what i want to.

joe88convertable

i jumped on rw site just now and they dont advertise 1986-1988 years for coils would s5 work for it?

FC_fan

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meagans are slightly better ride quality then godspeeds in the same cheap price range I hear. Some people like them since they get the job done cheap but a lot of people who have been on good coilovers do not like the ride qaulity. Stance GR+ are very good ride qaulity for the street, haven't heard one complaint on them in an FC application.

Mind you its kind of personal preference on what you want to deal with everyday. I have Parts Shop Max coils with 10kg F/8kg R that I daily on shitty VT roads. They are aimed towards drifters so the dampers are notoriously stiff. My ride is very stiff and bouncy on full soft even but I like them. I have the old version but PSM have new springs they use now which are linear and not progressive like mine which they say makes them softer. Probably not what you are looking for though unless you are big on drifting at the expense of ride quality. you can't go wrong with Stance though, few hundred more then meagens but you gt what you pay for. $1400 but twice as good as meagens if you ask me.

FC_fan

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I'm pretty sure the strut setup is the same S4/S5. S5 control arms don't have replacable ball joints though, you have to do the whole control arm. S4 has bolt on ball joints. everything else should be the same suspension wise though

MMoore4545

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"S5" coilovers will work fine

joe88convertable

iv looked into the stance gr+ a little deffinitley top of the line. i was stuck between megan track and the stance gr+ that shouldnt even be a question huh?

Phoenix Jones

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CX Racing = Rotary works coilovers.

The Kid wants to be hellaflush, just buy the cheapest ones you can find.

FC_fan

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^ ya, but being hellaflush AND having decent ride quality is nice. its preference like I said. you want to just go low and bounce around and break your spine, you go cheap. you want decent quality ride and low, few hundred more. you want to be the BEST on the circuit you dish out an ungodly amount for ohlins or something. Stance is in a different league then meagen. meagan and godspeed are on the same level though imo. I'd go stance and be done with it. only a few hundred more but its worth the difference in ride. Best in the 1k-1500 price range according to a lot of people. you won't be disappointed especially if you have ridden on cheap coilovers before. your choice with what you want to live with. People spend more on wheels and tires so why skimp on something thats even more important and noticable to the driver? only reasons to cheap out are 1) you don't understand what/how to buy but we've got ya covered there. 2) they just want to go drift or out to the track and have limited funds. 3) a shock or spring is blown and you want to "upgrade" cheapely at which point you are better off sourcing a good used on and saving for decent suspension. If you daily drive it, get the stance and avoid starting to hate driving your car through town. lol

FWIW, I've heard rotary works coilovers aren't terrible.

Phoenix Jones

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Megans aren't as bad as everyone says they are. I've put 25k plus miles on mine driving some of the worst roads in America, not slowing down for potholes, running over curbs, etc.. and mine still function like day one. Just because it doesn't have a name like JIC, HKS, Blistien, OR Ohlins doesn't mean they are poor quality.

In the end, the kid is going to buy whatever his heart desires, whether they are Tien to godspeed, they will serve the purpose he wants them to do.

Tofuman FC3S

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Oxymoron.

Riz.

beachFC

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I have some 2 week old megan tracks.. Stiff, and go super low.. I need to sell them because I just got fired.. Pm me if you're interested.

FC_fan

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all I'm saying is that the stance would ride better being super low then the meagens would. he did say he would only be going super low for hard parking, and be raising it a lil for daily so your comment was kinda unnecessary. they will perform ok for daily if he is at a decent ride height and not dragging frame. I don't understand why anyone would drive a car daily that low. hard parking, sure. not my thing but w/e.

I'm not saying meagens are junk either. they are quality products but the damper design just isn't as good as stance. thats the main thing that separates coilovers along with them having either progressive or linear springs. stance just has way better damper designs/function then the meagens. meagens get the job done performance wise but stance is going to give you better ride and be better on bumpier circuits/roads while performing any "spirited driving". Sounds like he should just get meagens if all he cares about is hard parking but even if thats all I cared about I'd still go stance if I daily'd the car too. but what do I know, I like drifting and deal with stiff coils daily because I like the way they feel when I drift.