Hello everyone, I have a 2008 EVO X GSR. I am looking to buy a set of coilover around $1000 to $1500, for street, and can lower my car and make my car looks aggresive : )

I need your suggestions !!

 

You'd be better off with a set of quality lowering springs than any of the "pick your color" cheap coilovers.

 

I am newbie, So $1000-$1500 standard coilovers are still bad quality?

 

Stick with coilovers.

 

Have you looked at Fortune? There are still skeptics but reviews are generally positive

 

Except the ones where the brake lines crack.

 

They have brake line brackets now

 

This is fixed...and Fortune maybe and option or BR coilovers

 

Yes. The cheapest I've seen true quality colovers for is $1800, but realistically plan to spend $2k+.

 

Why waste money and put cheap coilovers on a $25K+ car? Save up and get quality parts and you wont regret it.

 

Google "cognitive dissonance" and get back to us, OK?

 

Are Tein coilovers any good?

 

If you drive a '90s Civic.

 

I am by no means a suspension guru, but i have had my fair share of cars on lowering springs and i feel like they all have the same problem. A shorter spring on stock length strut will put the piston of strut lower in the body of the strut and it seems to me this doesnt make the struts too happy.

I will admit i am guilty of over lowering my car for looks which i know can cause handling problems, but with that being said the best handling car i have ever driven is a friends FC RX-7 that is on Stance GR+ pro coilovers. I like that you can adjust the ride height with the strut mount and not spring preload like many of the coilovers that are on the market.

So my advice is if you are looking for an aggressive look and pretty good performance for the street something with a body length adjustable mount like the Fortune autos, stance, BC's will all work well and give you the ability to chance the ride height of your car.

I am just a little tired of people telling everyone to buy springs or $5k coilovers, i dont think its always the best solution

ok im done now let the flames being

 

Hm. In general, having the piston lower in the body is good, because it reduces the leverage that causes side-forces that cause "stiction." The real problem with over-lowering on a stock-length strut is the lack of suspension travel. Bumpstops are not meant to be used ... at least not as springs.