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Old 08-18-2011, 03:32 PM
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Coilovers? Springs? Questions

I hate to ask this question when there is so much info on here, only I was hoping I can get some opinions?

I was going to get some springs originally to drop my '04 Sport Suspension Sedan, only after reading everyone seems to agree coilovers are the way to go. So I was thinking about the Tein Basics (cost is a factor) only there are so many others out there.

What kinda of Coilovers?

I am looking to put 19" on it and want the tires very close to even or a little tucked in the front, I use this as a daily driver and want the suspension to be able to handle the corners on mountain roads only still have some kinda of comfort. (my past MK4 Supra was dropped and beat the SH^% out of me on these bad roads) This car is still a luxury car and I want to make it an aggressive luxury car.

So now you have an idea how much drop, would I need the camber kits with the coilovers to get that kinda drop?

So any opinions and ideas on what I would need to do this correctly would be a big help.
 
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I wouldn't go with basics. For the price they are now you can go with other options such as bc, f&f, possibly some stances, or whatever those off-brand ones are. All of which let you have adjustable dampening and I believe more height adjust ability.
 
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Ok, good to know...
 
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Originally Posted by erocken
I hate to ask this question when there is so much info on here, only I was hoping I can get some opinions?

I was going to get some springs originally to drop my '04 Sport Suspension Sedan, only after reading everyone seems to agree coilovers are the way to go. So I was thinking about the Tein Basics (cost is a factor) only there are so many others out there.

What kinda of Coilovers?

I am looking to put 19" on it and want the tires very close to even or a little tucked in the front, I use this as a daily driver and want the suspension to be able to handle the corners on mountain roads only still have some kinda of comfort. (my past MK4 Supra was dropped and beat the SH^% out of me on these bad roads) This car is still a luxury car and I want to make it an aggressive luxury car.

So now you have an idea how much drop, would I need the camber kits with the coilovers to get that kinda drop?

So any opinions and ideas on what I would need to do this correctly would be a big help.
G35/350Z would be the best bet. I was considering that myself but it still hurts the ride quality and I didn't want to ruin that luxury ride our cars have.
 
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Keep the spring rates as close to oem as you can.

Tein CST
HKS III (non sport)
Bilstein Pss (avoid the Pss10 unless your willing to stick with full soft 100% of the time and your willing to give up some performance)

More sport, but more spring
Eibach Pro-S (clone of the Kw Variant1)
Kw Variant 2
Cusco Zero2

I do not recommend anything generic, like Bc, Stance, MDU, F&F ect.
 
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Old 08-19-2011, 11:28 AM
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^ Glad to see you're still around man.

OP if you're gonna look for advice, you can't go wrong with his - he created that Mother of all Suspension threads
 
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