The is almost no reason for anybody to have coil-overs for a street ONLY driven car. Raising the height in the winter, in my opinion, is useless.

If you're driving fast enough to need coil-overs on the street, death is near. Or life in prison

If you REALLY want to adjust the height, I'd get a cheaper set. Don't spend thousand on coil-overs that are ment for racing or it's just a waste of money.

 

Is this attriutable better camber correction of the suspension on the road or is it because you set the camber at a more positive angle than stock? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

i just installed the bc br coilover set up on my 05 mr and i love them the adjustability is awesome and they ride better than my bilsteins ever did and then i can make it super stiff for the track yo.

 

I actually run a lot more aggressive camber settings now with coilovers. It used to be -1.7 stock in the fronts, now it is -2.3. I don't know the exact reasoning behind why the tires are wearing much more uniformly but that's my experience and my buddy's.

 

If your intent is to have a really good range of height adjustability, then you may want to take a serious look at these: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/7024588-post8.html
Made for rallying, which means they should work great in the snow, and according to the poster, they work good on the street as well. Needless to say, they have me intrigued.

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i say do it, its probably the first thing i am going to do when i get my evo, and those fortune coilevers looks like a good deal ^^

 

Lifetime warranty FTW. Coilovers are great, as long as you get a setup built for your needs.

 

This is a function of your alignment....your toe was probably off when you were on the stock set-up.

- Andrew

 

Could be, but I had many alignments from many places when I had the stock suspension. The stock setup would usually wear the tires on the side 2inches pretty easily, usually the insides.

 

There have been a lot of posts on here of people getting crappy alignments.

Really though, a proper alignment and you'll get even wear whether you have coilovers or stock struts.

- Andrew

 

Does anyone have opinions on coilovers and road salt? Any seizing etc.? Still adjustable after a few winters?

 

Definitely depends on the coilovers....i've seen some completed turned into piles of rust in a year or two. On the other hand, KW's are stainless steel and i've never seen a problem with corrosion.

- Andrew

 

KW's are what I was leaning towards to begin with. That rally type coilovers sound good too due to the rough roads around here. But how do they handle on tarmac?

 

Andrew,
How does the ride on your KW's compare to my KYB/lowering spring combo or the Bilstein HD/Swift combo that I used to run? That setup was very comfortable but I took it off due to greatly increased body roll, and I was missing the looks of the lowered ride height. So I'd be looking to run the KW's quite low in the summer and higher in the winter. How do they feel on the street?

 

All I can say is if you get coilover get something good or just put springs on. Pointless if you don't track.