I was wondering if anyone has or can let me know where I can find pics of the EVO with the JIC suspension kit on it. I seen the pics of the EVO with the TEIN kit on and it looks bad ***. Just wanting to compare for my own needs. thanks

 

Here's a link to ccnada's thread: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=34371

I've got a set of JIC FLTA2s comming also - I'll post some picks once they are in.

 

Thanks I appreciate it. What did you pay for those? where did you get them if you didn't mind me askin?

 

Hey just to let everyone know. We will sell the EVO 8 JIC suspension kit for $1775.00. And for a limited time we will give free shipping in the continental US. If any of you are interested please contact Buschur Racing at 440-839-1900 or on the internet at www.buschurracing.com. Thanks alot!

 

I installed my JIC FLTA2s last Friday. I was planning to drop my car about 4cm but ended up with about 4.5cm all the way around; it looked and felt good so I left it. I'll get some pictures up in the next day or so.

My struts came with 10k front and 9k rear spring rates; I've got the dampers set to full soft. The car is much stiffer than stock, and corners much harder (and flatter). I track my car, so this is pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

I wouldn't recomend this mod for someone who likes the the stock suspension, but just wants a lowered car. These springs are stiff, and a wavy concrete freeway at can feel like a pogo-stick. For most of my driving this set-up is great; it rides other roads and freeways just fine. Its very firm, but not objectionable.

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I snapped a couple of pics last night, but didn't have time to get them posted; I'll do that this evening.

 

Thanks I am looking forward to checking it out keep me posted!

 

Side view:


Front 3/4 view:


Rear 3/4 view:


Enjoy

 

*bump* Just because I like to see pics of my car while at work

 

I dropped it about an inch in the back and two in the front. I think I may drop the rear another half inch though.

 

Error - I would seriously consider dropping your car the same amount in all four corners, even if means having uneven wheel gaps between the front and rear. My reasoning is that when you change the ride heights unevenly, you start to change the front to rear balance of the car. With a 2" drop in fron and a 1" drop in the rear, you essentially move weight from the rear tires to the front tires. That would probably be ok for street driving, but if you do any hard driving you've just changed how your car enters corners, brakes, and how the car will react when you accelerate through a corner. I use my car for track days, so I'd be hesitant to make those kinds of changes without alot of research.

I will admit, though, I do wish the front and rear wheel gaps were a touch more balanced.

 

Honestly, I really does not matter how he has his suspension setup. Unless it is corner and diagonally balanced/weighted, one has no idea of what the F/R balance is.

However I understand why you said that he should try and maintain the same hight at all corners. =)

 

umm....if posted pix of a car on cut springs and a similar car on a $2000 set of coilovers would you be able to tell the difference?

 

Ok.. i'm a newbie to this board. I just got my evo less then ten days ago and found myself impressed with the car. I'm seriously considering coilovers for the car. The stock suspension is very good so i feel i need to be very cautious on what i change.. To begin with it understeers rather badly, i'm used to tail happy cars, i find it difficult to get the rear around on the evo.. I live for a nice trailing throttle oversteer. I'm thinking of trying vishnus rear bar but i was also thinking about going farther and doing a full set up.. I would like to get some feed back from the board on what your experiences have been with doing coilovers and adding bars to the evo. How did it change balance, how did it feel afterwards, does it still handle bumps ok.. The current car is amazing on bumpy roads. Sorry for being so verbose..

Thanks

 

katzman.. sorry for the offtopic, what color evo did you get? i'm from los angeles too

 

My car is really stiff over bumps with the JIC coilovers. On the box it shows a spring rate of 10kgm front 9kgm rear. If I have the conversion right that works out to 1382 ft-lbs front and 1244 ft-lbs in back.

Given that the car is rock-stead on the track; even while near WoT through a banked corner in 3rd gear with esentially no roll, I can believe the rates might be accurate. They really are too high if you're looking for a comfortable daily driver.

As for the changing the handeling characeristics, I haven't noticed any differences in how the car drives; even when making high speed corrections on-track or recovering from entering a corner a bit too hot. It feels just like a stock Evo, except without the body roll.

I'd be willing to bet that alot of the credit goes to the tires though. Maintaining the stock F/R and L/R balance by lowering the car evenly probably helps, too.