In your opinion, what is the best suspension setup for street use and the occasional road course.

 

how much do you want to spend? I'm running the m2/ad coilovers and they are a bit pricey at $2300. Excellent setup though for both street and track.

 

That is about what my price would be

 

You could try to get the m2's but I think they have a different set up now. I hear the JIC's are real nice as well as the teins and tanabes.

 

I'd go with a JIC or HKS hyperdamper. The JIC will be the most comfortable out of all of them unless you go with a truly entry level system like the Tein HA's. The HA's do not allow you to retain full piston travel when lowering though, whereas the JIC FLTA2 and Hyperdampers do.

For street mostly and occassional track I'd go JIC.

Rishie

 

And, for 100% track use? I'm looking for a stepping stone - I will ultimately want JRZs, but I can't spend that this year. I was considering the Tein RE, but someone mentioned that Tein makes twin-tube shocks. Their literature specifies "single rod construction" or something like that. I don't know if that's a poor translation from Japanese and it means monotube or not.

I haven't found any technical literature on the JIC.

 

JIC FLT A2 suspension is available in Race only versions as well. It is a Single Monotube design dampener with ride height adjusted by lower bracket( not spring perch)
dampening is 15 way adjustable. Pillow ball uper mounts are included MSRP is $ 1850.00. Rishie can hook up a good price for club members...(shameless plug for a good dealer) back to the tech stuff...JIC can build custom race only applications but they ride really stiff on the street. JIC USA does re-engineer all suspension for the US market so JDM and USDM kits will ride and feel different from each other. Typically JDM kits from any manufacturer ride really bad and are way over dampened for these crappy roads that we have in the US. Be wary of what you buy and make sure you guys do your homework. Don't trust some guy who claims that brand X is the BEST just because he has them on his car. "some guy" may not know any better and may lead you to make a bad descision.

your friendly neighborhood magicman

 

Ok..now where is the best place to buy a good suspension?

 

There are several places that offer most of the good kits available in the US. however few are qualified to walk you through your needs and functions. If you PM or e-mail we can go through your needs so you can decide what a "good suspension" is for yourself.

I have club pricing for the guys here and can definitely say that you'll be happy with a club vendor. Our goal is to make sure you're setup with something that you'll keep for 3-5 years or as long as you own your car. RX's cost a lot to modify properly so it's best to do your homework.

Rishie

Any place is capable of selling suspension. Ask the right questions and you'll know who you want to buy your stuff from.

 

I heard that Auto R&D in San Jose CA is a good place to buy wheels and suspension.......

your friendly neighborhood magicman

 

Thanks for the plug Mr. Magic. Most appreciated. How's Dan and Tang doing? hehe.

Rishie

 

DAN is just hangin'..............

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your friendly neighborhood magicman

 

$2300 is pretty steep but from what I heard m2/ad coilovers are sick.

 

Yeah, that's just a GC setup. ADvanced design is GC's product. I think that's too much money, although you will have separate adjusters for compression and rebound I'm sure.

the problem is that 90% of people don't know what to do or what to feel for when making these adjustments. So mostl likely it will be set once and never changed.

I would really recommend the FLT-A2's or something of that sort which gives you all the functionality, maybe a little more in certain areas and will cost quite a bit less.

thanks, Rishie