I am looking to get in a coilover kit soon and I cant decide what to get. I want to drop my car but I want the ride to still feel smooth. I understand it wont be stock smooth but it seems the closest I could get to stock is the Tein CS. I am mainly just looking for something smooth and a drop. Any ideas on what I should do? I am new to the suspension part of cars. Thanks.

 

do NOT get tein cs, they suck when it comes to comfort, when i was deciding on coilovers and drove in a few of my friend's g's, one had tein cs, one had tein basic, one had stance, and then a 350Z had hypermax3, stance and basic were the worst for me, compared to all, hypermax3 were the best out of all of them, but then my friend got me a deal for greddy type-S coilovers, and imho i thought they were as good or better then the hypermax3, they both have pillow ball so thats good, and its pretty darn close to stock, but definitely get spl pro rear camber arms if you are going with an inch or more drop, they have +/-10 degree camber

 

I have H&R coilovers and they are pretty comfortable and you can get them for about $800.

 

Stance

 

if money is tight Megan Street
if not then HKS hypermax 3, JIC set to soft

 

since you are new you might want to search some more

start off with some camber kits which will run up the bill, then on coilovers you want soft get some JIC's, gotta pay to play

 

From experience, it all depends on your budget. If you truly want a soft and smooth ride, hands down look into Impul Ohlins and Bilstein PSS9's.

The Ohlins are absolutely amazing and I'm sure they'll deliver much better than most coilover setups out there. The Bilstein's from what I've heard provide a smoother ride, close to stock and I think even smoother on it's softest setting.

I believe I saw the Bilstein's FS either here or on my 350z for a good deal a couple weeks ago, not sure if they're still available. You can ask bluevelvet if he's willing to sell his Ohlins still. I was the original owner, didn't put much miles on them and I don't believe he did either.

The JIC's, not sure how smooth those will be, it's kinda stiff, but not sure how it is on the soft setting.

HKS Hypermax III's street version, which I have and are for sale are great too. Even on the stiffest setting they're quite smooth and comfortable.

Most other coilovers come from the same build house, all they do is have different sizes for the damper, different preloads, just minor things really. When paying more for coilovers like the Ohlins, HKS, Billstein, Zeal, etc...you're getting the quality and R&D out of it, which IMO opinion is a great thing to have.

Another thing to consider is how low you want to go. As for camber arms, don't worry about that too much. For the rears just get toe bolts and as long as your toe is in spec, you don't have much to worry about since it's actually the toe that leads to major tire wear. I'm running -4.7 degrees of camber up front and my toe is within spec so you don't have to worry about buying anything to adjust the to in front.