Coilovers and maintaining ride height

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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Coilovers and maintaining ride height

Hello,

I have a G35 Coupe RWD completely stock. I'm looking for a set of coilovers that allow me to maintain stock height during weekdays and lower it during trackdays. The reason to buy coilovers are the trackdays and time attacks, I really enjoy them and although I'm not looking for the top end product I want to improve handling.

I need to keep the car's height as stock as possible because of many high speed-bumps around my area. My car is already scrapping many of them, and even 1/4" drop would be a big issue for me. I also want my car to be relatively soft, so I dont want to go over 10Kg/mm.

I've read that BC racing, for example, provides longer springs and some spacers to raise the car a little bit.

I'm kind of new into the G world, so any help would be well appreciated.

Thanks!
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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i have bc coils and i love them... but if you plan on consistently changing ride height your in for a headache! its very time consuming to get all four sides even. i would suggest springs with a mild drop for you or air bags so you can just hit switches to change ride height. you'll need to be fairly low and stiff for great handle.... you'll also need camber kits, sway bars, strut bars IMO to get handling down.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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^^lets not forget adjustable endlinks incase he decides to go low. last thing you need is one of those snapping off at the track. A very good way to improve handling is replace all those stock bushings with performance bushing. Makes a big difference believe me.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Thanks for your answers.

Actually, I just ordered front and rear Stillen Swaybars.
I really don't mind having to work a lot on changing heights before/after going to the racetracks because this happens roughly every two or three month and I actually enjoy changing heights and strength.

I don't think I will ever drop the car more than 1 inch and this would be for an occasional Sunday as I mentioned before.

So I just want to know which coilover doesnt drop my car at maximum height.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 03:39 PM
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I'd check out stance..
 
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