Time to upgrade to coilovers
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Time to upgrade to coilovers
I'm still running the stock suspension in my FD, and I want to upgrade to a nice set of coilovers. But I have a problem...
I need a set of coilovers that don't make my car running lower. What I mean is that I want a set that I can adjust in height, and the maximum height shoud be equal to stock.
In our cities there are thousands of obstacles in the road. They're put in order to make the cars running slowly inside the cities, but these obstacles are really high. I've to pass them very very slowly, and sometimes I can hear the sound that makes my front lip when grazing these f***ing things. And they're putting them everywhere. Besides, as soon as I go out of my garage I find the first one, and it's the worst of all them, the higher. It's like trying to jump in a sidewak!!
If I lower my car I won't be able to pass over them, so, do you know which kits will be the ones that will keep my car higher??
I forgot to mention. I have a set of Racing Beat springs at home from a Racing Beat suspension kit, but I've heared they really lower the FD so I've never installed them. Is it true???
I need a set of coilovers that don't make my car running lower. What I mean is that I want a set that I can adjust in height, and the maximum height shoud be equal to stock.
In our cities there are thousands of obstacles in the road. They're put in order to make the cars running slowly inside the cities, but these obstacles are really high. I've to pass them very very slowly, and sometimes I can hear the sound that makes my front lip when grazing these f***ing things. And they're putting them everywhere. Besides, as soon as I go out of my garage I find the first one, and it's the worst of all them, the higher. It's like trying to jump in a sidewak!!
If I lower my car I won't be able to pass over them, so, do you know which kits will be the ones that will keep my car higher??
I forgot to mention. I have a set of Racing Beat springs at home from a Racing Beat suspension kit, but I've heared they really lower the FD so I've never installed them. Is it true???
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Tein Coilovers and EDFC
I'm still running the stock suspension in my FD, and I want to upgrade to a nice set of coilovers. But I have a problem...
I need a set of coilovers that don't make my car running lower. What I mean is that I want a set that I can adjust in height, and the maximum height shoud be equal to stock.
In our cities there are thousands of obstacles in the road. They're put in order to make the cars running slowly inside the cities, but these obstacles are really high. I've to pass them very very slowly, and sometimes I can hear the sound that makes my front lip when grazing these f***ing things. And they're putting them everywhere. Besides, as soon as I go out of my garage I find the first one, and it's the worst of all them, the higher. It's like trying to jump in a sidewak!!
If I lower my car I won't be able to pass over them, so, do you know which kits will be the ones that will keep my car higher??
I forgot to mention. I have a set of Racing Beat springs at home from a Racing Beat suspension kit, but I've heared they really lower the FD so I've never installed them. Is it true???
I need a set of coilovers that don't make my car running lower. What I mean is that I want a set that I can adjust in height, and the maximum height shoud be equal to stock.
In our cities there are thousands of obstacles in the road. They're put in order to make the cars running slowly inside the cities, but these obstacles are really high. I've to pass them very very slowly, and sometimes I can hear the sound that makes my front lip when grazing these f***ing things. And they're putting them everywhere. Besides, as soon as I go out of my garage I find the first one, and it's the worst of all them, the higher. It's like trying to jump in a sidewak!!
If I lower my car I won't be able to pass over them, so, do you know which kits will be the ones that will keep my car higher??
I forgot to mention. I have a set of Racing Beat springs at home from a Racing Beat suspension kit, but I've heared they really lower the FD so I've never installed them. Is it true???
Not too sure on the other kit though, I just decided to buy a quality set.
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These are the obstacles I mean. They're everywhere:
Take a look at the white car. It's my daily drive car, a Seat Ibiza. It is almost touching the ground. With my FD and stock suspension it's almost impossible not to touch it, so if I lower the car maybe I won't be able to pass over it! That's why I can not lower my car even a bit...
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What about other possibilities? Are there any coilover kit with the possibility of keeping the stock ride height and also the choice of Damping Force Adjustability?
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err... in my experience most integrated coilovers have the adjustment range to retain stock (or even TALLER than stock) height
and most coilovers have damping adjustability, although its usefulness is often limited imo
koni yellows with stock springs is much cheaper and the shocks you get are on par if not better than the shocks in most jdm coilover sets. not a bad idea at all.
and most coilovers have damping adjustability, although its usefulness is often limited imo
koni yellows with stock springs is much cheaper and the shocks you get are on par if not better than the shocks in most jdm coilover sets. not a bad idea at all.
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I agree with Mahjik completely.
Upgrade to Konis and retain stock springs. That's the only way you'll retain stock height unless you get some
Ground Controls with Konis and make sure you get proper spring lengths out of the GC Springs so that you can go to stock height.
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Upgrade to Konis and retain stock springs. That's the only way you'll retain stock height unless you get some
Ground Controls with Konis and make sure you get proper spring lengths out of the GC Springs so that you can go to stock height.
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As Rishie mentions, you'll have to make sure to have the proper spring lengths from Eibach to ensure that stock ride height is achievable with GC's.
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That is absolutely false on the FD. It might be true with their kit on other cars (I know a lot of BMW M3 owners who use GC and love it and they don't have a problem) but not with the FD. I know several guys who have run GC's with Tokico's (so not Koni's which have an adjustable perch) and they dropped their cars damn low.
As Rishie mentions, you'll have to make sure to have the proper spring lengths from Eibach to ensure that stock ride height is achievable with GC's.
As Rishie mentions, you'll have to make sure to have the proper spring lengths from Eibach to ensure that stock ride height is achievable with GC's.
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I have the JIC magic FLT-A2's on my FD and can tell you they have an ENORMOUS range of adjustability in both spring and perch height as well as the bottom bracket...these might be able to give you the ground clearance you are looking for....and the handling is nothing short of spectacular!
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errr... honestly, i hate KONI.... and i recall everyone on the US turning down Konis several years ago... then all of the suddent, everyone loves them....
anyways, with almoust all coilovers i've seen (except usually the really race only ones) can adjust height. And preatty sure you can set it to stock height.
Tein SS/Flex, Cusco, Greddy, etcs... are good choices.
anyways, with almoust all coilovers i've seen (except usually the really race only ones) can adjust height. And preatty sure you can set it to stock height.
Tein SS/Flex, Cusco, Greddy, etcs... are good choices.
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I have the JIC magic FLT-A2's on my FD and can tell you they have an ENORMOUS range of adjustability in both spring and perch height as well as the bottom bracket...these might be able to give you the ground clearance you are looking for....and the handling is nothing short of spectacular!
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For the USA folks, they can also be easily rebuilt here in the US by many shops across the country as well as revalved to support much higher spring rates. Honestly, for the money there probably isn't a better, more versatile shock available.
Victor, if you aren't lowing the car, there is no reason to spend the money on a coilover system. You can achieve the same and probably better result buy just upgrading your shocks and keeping your stock springs. Using a highly sprung coilover but keeping the center of gravity raised to stock height will probably cause an adverse effect when you do track the car. I would recommend upgrading the shocks and keeping the stock springs.
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i think he is intending to keep the car at stock ride height only for street driving and for the track he will be lowering....seems to me he already understands the consequenses and is only looking for individual experience with coil-over systems....i understand the stock springs with upgraded shocks will improve handling a bit and keep stock ride height...but for track performance and adjustability...you cannot beat a quality coil-over system...it is HANDS DOWN the BEST option for a person looking for the best performance(spring/dampening/CG) AND the adjustability to maintain a stock ride height while daily driving....
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i think he is intending to keep the car at stock ride height only for street driving and for the track he will be lowering....seems to me he already understands the consequenses and is only looking for individual experience with coil-over systems....i understand the stock springs with upgraded shocks will improve handling a bit and keep stock ride height...but for track performance and adjustability...you cannot beat a quality coil-over system...it is HANDS DOWN the BEST option for a person looking for the best performance(spring/dampening/CG) AND the adjustability to maintain a stock ride height while daily driving....
Obviously there's a language issue I'm trying to explain myself the best I can but I recognize I should improve my English. This is exactly what I want!! For street driving I need stock ride height, but I'd like to have the choice of lowering ride height in track days
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Ideally, the car should be cornered weighed for the coilovers. Unless you have scales of your own to do it, you'll just be adjusting the coilovers by sight. While that can work, its less than ideal. Also, you said one of the largest bumps is right outside your place; so you plan to drive to your track event, do the following at the event:
https://www.rx7club.com/suspension-wheels-tires-brakes-20/diy-how-adjust-coilovers-correctly-600868/
then after the event, undo the above and then drive back home? IMO, that's a lot of work for not a lot of benefit.
https://www.rx7club.com/suspension-wheels-tires-brakes-20/diy-how-adjust-coilovers-correctly-600868/
then after the event, undo the above and then drive back home? IMO, that's a lot of work for not a lot of benefit.