okay so i want to lower my evo and i dont know whats the best to do..went to tuning technologies today and they suggest going with some kw coilovers or even zeals..but i probably wont be going to the track a lot maybe not at all..the main reason is to lower it with a more agressive look, but at the same time having good ride quality..i def do not want to just throw something on to lower it but sacrifice my ride quality.does anyone suggest anything..i dont really want to go with a $2000 full blown set-up if im not going to take it to the track...what options can i go with..thanx for the help/suggestions

what ever you do dont get springs. They only make your car look nice and thats about it. I bought hotchkis springs and it was good for the first 600 miles or so. After that they got worse and I think my stock struts are damaged already. Just not really worth it imo...save your money and wait until you can afford coilovers. Unless you dont mind crappy handling and ride go ahead and spend the extra few hundred on springs, install and alignment... in the end you will want to take them off anyways. Do you want your car to have more body roll on turns than your stock shocks? because changing springs will mess everything up.

I would recommend you to get a set of Tein Flex or Cusco Zero 2e...they are not that expensive as to Zeals. Many of my customers come change out their lowering springs to coilover system because the car handles really crappy with the unmatched setup. Gluck with them!

Tom

what about the tein basics?..how do they hold up..besides its just street use..or will it just be better to get the tein flex..??

Read his post again, looks is all he wanted.

I could not disagree more. Like anything else you do to the car, there are "good" ones and bad ones. Simply suggesting all coilovers are superior to all springs is not accurate at all.....I have been in several coilover equipped cars that were awful....and some that were stellar.

If you are after a lowered stance but with increased grip and a nice ride, I would look towards Tanabe springs. They are literally the best spring we have used to date on the Evo, and we have used them all at this point. There is no point in having coilovers, in my own opinion, if you have no plans to track the car UNLESS, you decide for yourself they are something you just want (nothing wrong with that).

he did mention that he didnt want to sacrifice ride quality also.. I should of made it more clear that with Hotchkis springs I personally felt the ride quality was worse

maybe the Tanabe is a much better choice, I should of been more specific and said that from my experience the hotchkis I used werent that good

I heard somethings on the CUSCO suspension today, something abt the coilovers and lower arm braces, if you had these as a combo, and then added the front sway bar the cars handling ws thrown off, any info on this not to hijack thread either

Well, suspensions work as a fluid unit like most other pieces in the car...any changes you make to it affect other aspects and can alleviate or exacerbate positive and negative characteristics that were already there. So, if you ahve coils and add sways, some adjustments to preload and/or dampening and alignment miught now be in the cards to make the best use of that sway bar. make sense?

yes, most definte, I thought tht might be the case, had a front sway bar on another car and it seemed to help, so of course it can help if the setup is done correctly, thanks

Ksport coilovers are awesome. I have had mine for a month and Im loving them. The price is awesome also.

has anyone tried the Ralliart coilover setup, or even the Ralliart/Bilstein coilover combination, how do they ride on street?

I have a friend who has the ralliart coilovers, only went for a ride in it around a block on some uneven roads..it felt pretty nice and noticeably stiffer than stock.