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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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I've had the K Sport Kontrol Pro Coilovers on the G for about a week now and can't say enough good things about them. I set the ride height so that I'm 1.25 lower than stock in the front and .75 lower than stock in the rear. When I went to get the alignment they were able to get the camber for both rear wheels to -1.4 and the front wheels to -1.9 for the right front and -1.6 for the left. They were also able to get the toe up front to 0.00 and the rear to -0.03. With those numbers I was told that tire wear will be kept to a minimum. Now to the ride. A lot of you know that I used to have IMPUL springs and the ride was a little stiffer than stock and the coilovers aren't that much different. The ride is perfect for me and I've tried it on the highway, around town and on brick roads. All and all I haven't found much that I don't like about these. For the money, you get a great product that performs really well. The handling of these is great, body roll is greatly reduced. Enough rambling, here are some shots of the car from earlier today.....Enjoy!







 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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im not going to pretend i know much about springs or nethign so im just going to ask, y spend the money on the coilovers when you can just get the springs that are cheaper? Im not trying to be mean or anything cause it definitly looks sexii i just want to know what the differences are?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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^ springs you can't raise when you want to. But with Coils you can raise and lower it with out taking the suspension out of the car.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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Looks great~!
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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^ springs you can't raise when you want to. But with Coils you can raise and lower it with out taking the suspension out of the car.
Exactly. You can also adjust the rebound and dampening that firms up the ride and determines how far the shocks go up and down when going over bumps.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Looks great~!
Thanks for the compliment.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 11:36 PM
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Agreed, Looks great.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Sorry i forgot to say i love how the wheels look.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 01:54 AM
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Looks good. Drop the rear some more, I see some gap back there. lol
How much did the K Sports run you?
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 02:52 AM
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Bring the rear down, it looks raked.

Car looks wicked though, like the concave on the second generation.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 03:21 AM
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You should keep you coilovers on full stiff. I heard that K-Sports coilover blows easily so if you keep it at full stiff then it might prevent it from blowing. But overall, I like the stance of the car.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:19 AM
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+ 1 on dropping the rear a tad bit more. The rear end almost looks stock to my eyes. Overall, the car looks great!
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:04 AM
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Nice, the stance looks good as well, I'd say stick to what you're happy with when it comes to how the car sits. Many people on driver would suggest I lower my car even more than it is but with the roads I drive on there's no way of that happening.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Thanks for all the compliments. I dropped the front and the rear .5 more than what it was at and with all the brick roads I like it the way it is. The parking lot and the road I was on I don't think was completely level. Also, turning in to the right and then taking pictures makes the left look higher and visa versa.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Can you pm where and how much you spent on these? Drop looks perfect.
 
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