Just wondering because I was thinking about buying them for my G35 coupe considering the price point, but it seems like everybody has these for their sedan? I see on the tanabe website it says they fit the coupe but have dashes next to the drop. Do these not lower the car or something?

If I am missing something retarded please let me know , I am looking for the best street coils that wont **** me off with annoying sounds for around 1K

Thanks all

 

I have them for my coupe...



I cant get it as low as i want. I removed the helper springs up front and removed the adjustment collars in the rear. Id rather get BC Racing Coilovers. for the same price.

 

do you have any likes/dislikes overall? Ive just heard the BC coils rattle and get noisy, not trying to add any more noise considering all the rattles our cars already have built in.

 

Rides very much like our stock suspension Maybe just a little bit more stiff but it isnt to stiff for daily driving. It feels very comfortable and I drive on SF roads all the time.
I dislike the lack of adjustability

 

Can anybody else comment on how they like these? It seems a lot of sedan owners do but I dont know how that translates to coupes.

Thanks

 

I've got them on my coupe too...rides a little firmer than stock, no noise, good build quality. Excellent system!!!

 

I just got these installed on my 04 coupe last year, and love them! I think the car now handles much better than stock IMHO, but that said, I bought my coupe used with original (old OEM) suspension so perhaps it's not quite a fair comparison. There is now significantly less body roll when cornering and I can feel the road much more, which I like (I'm on 19" wheels) but I still do plan to get upgraded sway bars and endlinks to improve the handling further.

EDITED FOR CLARITY AND TO ADD THE FOLLOWING ABOUT NOISE: There is no noise from the coilovers (since replacing the OEMs there is noticeably much less noise from the car), but I must admit that I think my OEM endlinks are still squeaking, which is part of why I want to change the endlinks, because the squeaking annoys me too. I guess I could have gone with a stiffer system, but as you've pointed out, the price point of these coilovers is quite attractive and the quality is great for the price (I got them for about $800 with a hookup). My garage was impressed with them.

The only disadvantages to these coilovers in my experience is that although they do come with helper springs, they don't come with new top hats--you have to reuse the OEM ones--so that was kind of a pain for the garage to take them off the old struts, and also the lack of adjustable dampening, but since I happen to like the ride quality (for spirited daily driving, >90 miles a day, mostly highway and also a few unpaved roads in horse country), the fixed dampening is fine for me. I specifically went for these coilovers because the description (an upgrade to OEM and primarily for street use) seemed to match my driving style, plus I trust the company's reputation (they also make SSR wheels). I do plan on taking the car to the track at some point someday, but it's not like I ever plan on doing that every weekend.

As for ride height, I have it set about in the middle, which works out to about 1" lower in front and the same height off the ground on the sides as the DG coupe in 05scoobyroo's avatar, and maybe 1" higher off the ground in front and 2" higher on the sides than sacpbyee's DG coupe), but this is as low as I'm comfortable with for driving on awful LA roads, since I have an aftermarket AIT front bumper which does make my car lower in front regardless of the suspension, so I still scrape quite a lot on driveways and speed bumps even at this height...IMHO, it would be undrivable if it were any lower LOL, but I'm guessing that at the lowest setting, it still could be another couple of inches lower if I wanted that. Hope that helps!

 

I also have the Hotchkis sways (built in collars, 4 adjustment holes up front) and the powergrid front endlinks.....this thing handles, but isnt overbearing! If you do decide to go the coilover route and add sways to your setup, i think at least front endlinks are a minimum requirement, as your front endlinks will experience stress at an angle that they werent designed for which will cause premature failure, in turn causing noise. In addition, if you can adjust the pre-load (force being applied to the sway bar before the suspension moves) of the sway bar by adjusting the endlink length, handling will greatly improve!!