ive been drifting a few diffrent cars this year (240, miata) and i just bought a s5 gxl. i need some suspension but am too cheap for coils...i know...i know...but anywho what a good spring/shock combo for the fc?

 

Try the classifieds "d00d".

 

try savin the scratch to get coilovers. Spring/strut combo's are the poop when it comes to drifting. You need to be able to adjust your **** and your lookin down the wrong road.

 

cutting corners to save time will take longer and being cheap will cost more.

 

coilovers come cheap as low 700's for the FC.

decent springs/strut combo is at least 500-600.

Your choice.

 

Cheap coilovers are not worth ****, get a set that actually has decent valving.

 

brands? at this price range...i might just have to save...does stance make coils for the fc?

 

Koni/Eibach is the best combo, probably better than 95% of Coilovers you can buy anyway which have cheap shocks but look nice. According to many things I have read there are only a few companies that are actually worth a **** when it comes to shocks: Koni, Bilstein, Penske, Ohlins, and a couple of others. Anything else is most likely to be total crap.

 

interesting...do you actually drift on these? if so hows the feel? stiff?

 

No I am not a drifter, I race wheel to wheel/time attack or 'grip' I guess is the cool word for it

I had a set of the JIC FLT-A2's and swapped them out for a custom set of Koni double adjustable coilovers built by Tri-Point...the difference is literally night and day, and the JIC's aren't particularly cheap either.

 

Custom built does not count!!!!! lol. If I had the loot to have a custom set of adjustable coils built, I so would.

I rock Stance GR+ and love them!!!! Tien cant hold a candle to them, and they can be had NEW for roughly a grand. Add up the cost of DECENT struts/springs and your almost 3/4 the cost of coils.

 

Coilovers are rice when it comes to performance. They look good but they don't perform well. What do you have into your spring strut sleeves and camber/caster plates?

 

I think you can build the whole setup for about $3500...the real problem is the rear shocks as Koni does not sell a double adjustable rear, so you have to custom make it through Koni which is around $600/per shock.

If you went with a single adjustable Koni sport (yellow) rear and a single adjustable race strut insert with AWR strut tubes and camber plates at the front you could do it for under $2k, which is comparable to a 'high end' coilover. All those parts are available off the shelf and do not require any work.

But back to the OP, you should find some Koni shocks and get Eibach springs...it's by far the best setup for the $ despite not looking as cool.

 

are you serious?

 

Hmm, I might have to go that way next year. Right now I'm more worried about getting the 13b-re running.

 

Yes. I dare you to find anyone who runs road races competitively with coilovers. I'll wait.

 

i had a set of tein springs on tokico blues. They were not a bad combo. It was sure an upgrade from stock and i felt like they were a good combo.

 

I also remember seeing a shock dyno on the KSPORT units where full hard on one dampener was way softer then full soft on another.

 

UMM.... Penske, Moton , JRZ , Stance , Quantam , Aragosta , KW ...


I'm sorry what kind of drift car are you building again?

Saving up for the good stuff huh?

What might those be... Just curious

 

nothing to compete or anything...just something to have fun with at out local track events...i dont have anywhere close to enough money to make a full out drift car...

 

sideways i think he is talking to turbo 2 rotor.

 

Part Shop Max is a good bang for buck, $1000 for the full set. the customer service that dan, martin and dave put out our great. I watched this company grow stateside as i've been friends with them for a long time.

 

oh...epic fail

 

well if your really in a budget get used coilovers on ebay, or check the 2nd gen parts for sale, sometimes ou can swoop on great deals..i Got my set of teins for $500 used at a jdp import shop Jpr motoring... I had them for 3 years now , and until last year maxing them out daily driving till now hasnt blown yet. Knock on wood... They arnt the best, but for the price eh im okay.

 

there are always deals out there on rotary parts- u just got to look. most people get one, decide they don't have the time to keep up with it and sell all their stuff cheap. that's how i got my suspension, LSD, and 5-lug with upgraded brakes. ebay has good deals on stuff, but my best deals came from a rotary shop by my house.