Stance coilover help
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I would rather a set of Bilstein HDs and a good set of springs for a street only EVO.
Are you prepared to mess with filling the canister with nitrogen? Are you prepared to spend hours setting the 3 different damper adjustments? Do you know where to begin setting up a 3 way damper? It's not easy. 3x the settings to mess up.
It's just not necessary IMO. But maybe that's a good deal, so maybe it's worth it for you. A poorly or incorrectly set up 3 way will SUCK.
- Andrew
Are you prepared to mess with filling the canister with nitrogen? Are you prepared to spend hours setting the 3 different damper adjustments? Do you know where to begin setting up a 3 way damper? It's not easy. 3x the settings to mess up.
It's just not necessary IMO. But maybe that's a good deal, so maybe it's worth it for you. A poorly or incorrectly set up 3 way will SUCK.
- Andrew
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Thats not totally true, coilovers nowadays are not made just for racing applications like in years prior. Today there are tons of companies that are making JUST street application coilovers, and they even specify it in their descriptions of the product. I understand that the GR+3ways are not a street only coilover but at a discount price it could prove to be worth it. I've had coilovers on other cars and lowering springs and I always liked the adjustability of the coilover over the lowering springs, I can honestly say I will never have lowering springs again, coilovers only. And if you do the math on getting a good set of springs AND shocks matched to handle the lowering you will end up in the same ball park as a decent street coilover.
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There definitely ARE spring rates, valving, and designs that will work better for one application (street use) than others (track use), but do you know what those are? If not, then are you ready to just accept the manufacturer's word for it, or are you going to ask questions and determine exactly what it is you're spending $800 or $8000 on?
Your most likely not hearing the answers you want to hear, but the voice of reason in these threads is always going to suggest staying away from coilovers on a street car. If you really want to base your decision on other peoples' opinions, and don't think it's necessary to begin doing some research on your own, then listen to the majority here.
^^^Excellent advice. One more thing I thought I should add to the poster. Not all lowering springs will blow your struts, any more then the stock springs would. It all depends on the drop and the spring rate and of course the steets you drive on. Any time you slam a car yes even top notch coilovers will fail, they just simply are not designed for that. I know you seem pretty set on your ways just from your responces, but just consider the fact that all of these people are not saying it's overkill and not any real advantage to it.
I've had the Megan Racing Street ... and the Track coilovers. The streets were excellent but the track set was brutal. So brutal that I removed them and purchased a set of MR Blistien struts with RobiSpec Springs.
The Blistien combo is nice for daily driving and pretty darn good on the track but I still think I liked the Street coilovers better. Problem with low end coil overs is the rings tend to come loose and their lifespan isn't always any longer than spring'd struts. Quite a few people seem to have odd noises and such as well. The nice thing about them is they are lighter and allow for completely adjustable height, camber, and dampening. Its a wash in my mind.
The Blistien combo is nice for daily driving and pretty darn good on the track but I still think I liked the Street coilovers better. Problem with low end coil overs is the rings tend to come loose and their lifespan isn't always any longer than spring'd struts. Quite a few people seem to have odd noises and such as well. The nice thing about them is they are lighter and allow for completely adjustable height, camber, and dampening. Its a wash in my mind.
I have 0 experiecne w/ the 3-ways but I have the GR+ model and run a 8kF/10kR setup for dailydriving and high speed autocross
They arent terribly harsh on the street but if I had no track intentions, Id stick with factory struts and Swift or maybe Espiler springs. Much cheaper even than the $800 deal you are getting.
They arent terribly harsh on the street but if I had no track intentions, Id stick with factory struts and Swift or maybe Espiler springs. Much cheaper even than the $800 deal you are getting.
Are you prepared to spend hours setting the 3 different damper adjustments? Do you know where to begin setting up a 3 way damper? It's not easy. 3x the settings to mess up.
It's just not necessary IMO. But maybe that's a good deal, so maybe it's worth it for you. A poorly or incorrectly set up 3 way will SUCK.
- Andrew
You will need understand high speed / low speed / compression / rebound...what they do, and how they relate to one another.
As andrew has stated... for anyone not familiar with properly adjusting the suspension, you could do more harm then good.
...Properly tuned... unleash the beast...
