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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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JIC blows, literally.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by andy2434
What is your primary consideration for installing coilovers? Are you planning on tracking your car, improve handling, lowering, etc?

For myself, I wanted to enhance the handling performance over my existing aftermarket set-up for spirited weekend twisty runs . . . While attempting to maintain a certain ride quality as a daily driver, as well. Believe me, I was quite cautious in choosing a set-up, as I work in the San Francisco Downtown/Financial district, which is filled with pot holes, dips and bumps.

After much research/consideration and speaking with other local G members, I finally decided on the Tein Basic coilover. The said has met all of my expectations in what I was searching for.

Consider the selection process based on your needs and requirements. That said, hopefully, you will settled on a set-up which you will be really pleased with.
I want to keep it a comfortable set-up for daily driving, but also responsive enough if I want to track it on the weekends...and to take through the turns and twisties in the mountains....and it wont botom out or scrape over dips, the streets where I live have really bad potholes and contruction and crap

I am going to be riding on 20x8.5 in the front and 20x10 ( iForged ) in the rear, with my tires at 245-35-20 and 275-30-20. I want to drop it so that there is no gap at all and it sits very aggresively

I also plan to buy stillen sway bars and a camber kit (not sure which brand yet..if you want to suggest one) for the rear and throw them on at the same time as my wheels and coils

I think I have narrowed it between the KW V2 and the HKS, probably the RS
Which do you think I should go with??

Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated and very helpful, as I am purchasing them as soon as I can decide, hopefully by friday.

I have ruled out JIC because I heard it was a very stiff set-up...and silkroads cuz they are so hard to get...
 
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 05:06 AM
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i got my silkroads pretty quick. took about two weeks from the time i ordered them.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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WOW...glad to know. I need to do some serious research.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:08 AM
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dang attacking mountains with 20's?

i had a friend do that in a lexus... pretty scary.. but then again it wasn't a G... even then 20's...


i'm going for the hks rs!! got a swt @ss deal!
 
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Triple8Sol
Most people don't know what they're doing, and are making it worse than stock settings. For this guy, I think Tein Basics are the way to go. No need for anything more expensive or complicated.
well i just need to lower my car just for the look. but i want a comfortable ride. i dont drift or race. i just dont want a wheel gap.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ckrug03
im in the same boat. Im going to go with tein basics because of the height adjustability. Just my .02
yeah i want to be able to adjust height also. i have the junction produce scaras. it has an aggressive offset. i want to be able to adjust hieght to get my camber close to stock with my camber kit.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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I have had the Tein CS with EDFC for a couple months now and am very happy with the results.
 
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Old May 1, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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does the tein basic ride like stock.? i had the tein ss on my honda prelude. it was 16 way adjustable. i just left it right at 8. it was fine. is the basic like a stock shock setting.
 
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Old May 1, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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The basic will be firmer than stock. The CS is a little firmer than stock.
 
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