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Old Feb 1, 2014 | 10:18 PM
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What to do with coilovers

Im over the whole super low stance thing.. I have stance true setup on my car now.. Im looking for a comfortable ride now and raising my car.. My question is what should I do with my coils to make them ride like stock?? Replace them with another brand?? I heard bc's ride great.. Turn the dampening all the way down?? They are about half stiff now.. Or upgrade my springs on my stances to swift springs??
 
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Old Feb 1, 2014 | 11:29 PM
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What spring rates are on the car now?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 02:21 AM
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Sell them and go back to stock. Prob less trouble in the long run.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 09:28 AM
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What spring rates are on the car now?
Im not sure exactly, I think 12k and 6k.. Im gonna email stance to find out..
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 09:30 AM
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Sell them and go back to stock. Prob less trouble in the long run.
I dont wanna go that high.. lol I just wanna go with a less aggressive drop and have it ride better.. I'd like to just upgrade my coils now if I can, I dunno if id have to get them revolved though if I change the springs..
 

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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 11:16 AM
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There's no cheap solution. Shocks in the kit are quite stiff and putting softer springs will not help. I went from 14 to 12 kg front and 5 to 4 rear on my Buddy Club-it was absolutely no difference in ride quality. Besides, you cannot use too soft of a spring-it will mess up a shock.
You can revalve shocks to go with factory spec spring rates. Feal performance can do it.
Find more comfortable tire with bit higher aspect ratio(like go 45 from 40), not sure what you are running right now.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 11:37 AM
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There's no cheap solution. Shocks in the kit are quite stiff and putting softer springs will not help. I went from 14 to 12 kg front and 5 to 4 rear on my Buddy Club-it was absolutely no difference in ride quality. Besides, you cannot use too soft of a spring-it will mess up a shock.
You can revalve shocks to go with factory spec spring rates. Feal performance can do it.
Find more comfortable tire with bit higher aspect ratio(like go 45 from 40), not sure what you are running right now.
Yeah I'm not trying to break the bank.. Im thinking it will be a little better once I raise it up and mess with the dampening.. Im on 35 series tires now which might not be helping because of such a small sidewall..
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 11:53 AM
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What brand are you running?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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What brand are you running?
Stance gr true
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 07:33 AM
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Have you turned the shocks down to full soft yet? My Flex's ride a little stiffer than stock on full soft.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 11:18 AM
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Have you turned the shocks down to full soft yet? My Flex's ride a little stiffer than stock on full soft.
Na, I dont have rear extenders for my dampening so id have to take them out but I think im gonna try that when I get some suspension work done this spring..
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 06:19 PM
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sell them and switch to mild lowering springs
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 06:54 PM
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sell them and get eibachs or h-techs or tein basics
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 07:11 PM
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I had tein basics.. I think im just gonna turn the dampening all the way soft..
 
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 07:22 PM
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Frankie I have the same setup and I think they ride great even on full stiff. I say keep, raise, and soften them.
 
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