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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 08:45 PM
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BC coilovers question

Does this sound right? Front= 10k spring rate with 200mm length and Rear=8k with 255mm length. It doesnt seem right to me that the fronts are 200mm and rears are 255mm. Is the way it should be?
 
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Not sure about the lengths but the spring rates look good. Usually a stiffer front is typical on RWD cars, and lets your car understeer instead of more dangerous oversteer.
 
Old Mar 11, 2015 | 10:31 AM
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Not sure about the lengths but the spring rates look good. Usually a stiffer front is typical on RWD cars, and lets your car understeer instead of more dangerous oversteer.
So what should i do about the lengths? should i request both front and rear to be 255mm or another length?
 
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anyone?? I'm trying to figure whether to buy or not and whether the fronts are supposed shorter than the rears.
 
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Contact BC?
 
Old Mar 12, 2015 | 06:40 AM
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You're gonna want higher spring rates with shorter springs so you don't risk bottoming out. Which it looks like you've got. But besides that I don't think the spring length is super important unless your coilovers lower based on the spring preload (like TEIN basis).

Actually for our G's I think shorter springs in the front are good because the front has way more wheel gap than the rear. To get rid of my wheel gap I'm lowered 2.25" in the front but only 1.75" in the back, roughly.
 
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