Andy @ AMR Engineering
Andy @ AMR Engineering
This past spring I had a lengthy phone conversation with Andy at AMR Engineering about building a coilover setup that would suite my needs.My car is mainly a daily driver, but I do a handful of track events each year so I was looking for a setup that would give me a good balance between both.
A couple months later I received my new coilovers, I knew they'd take some time to build since he was in the process of moving into his new building, but I was fine with that. I'm not going to pretend I'm a suspension expert, but I can tell these were quality built pieces and with a lifetime warranty I knew he stood by his product. Being able to contact Andy with one phone call for any tech support is definitely an added plus.
These coilovers were going to replace my stock struts with Swift sport springs which I used at one track event.The install was very straightforward and I was able to do everything by myself with just basic tools. At first, I set the ride height to about 1" or so less than the stock ride height, since I had a track event in the coming weeks and I didn't want any negative handling characteristics. Like I said before I'm by no means a suspension expert, but I've owned cars with both Tein and BC coilovers. I can definitely say without a doubt, my AMR coilovers are felt much more precise and predictable compared to any other suspension I've tracked with. Turn-in was spot on and the car just did what I wanted to do with very predictable behavior. I shaved a good 2 seconds of my previous best track times from last year with my swift springs. This is definitely a huge difference, since an average lap at this track is less that one minute.
After I got my car home from the track event I decided I wanted to go for more looks rather than function, so I decided I wanted to drop the car pretty low. Unfortunately, the dampers wouldn't allow me to get my desired ride height, so I gave Andy a call and explained my situation to him. Without any hesitation, he sent me out 4 brand new dampers that would get me to that "slammed" ride height I was looking for. I doubt there are any other companies out there who would have done this for their customers and wasn't expecting this at all!
Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience with other forum members. Andy has a great product and by far the best customer service I've ever dealt with.
after first install:
at the track:
slammed!
A couple months later I received my new coilovers, I knew they'd take some time to build since he was in the process of moving into his new building, but I was fine with that. I'm not going to pretend I'm a suspension expert, but I can tell these were quality built pieces and with a lifetime warranty I knew he stood by his product. Being able to contact Andy with one phone call for any tech support is definitely an added plus.
These coilovers were going to replace my stock struts with Swift sport springs which I used at one track event.The install was very straightforward and I was able to do everything by myself with just basic tools. At first, I set the ride height to about 1" or so less than the stock ride height, since I had a track event in the coming weeks and I didn't want any negative handling characteristics. Like I said before I'm by no means a suspension expert, but I've owned cars with both Tein and BC coilovers. I can definitely say without a doubt, my AMR coilovers are felt much more precise and predictable compared to any other suspension I've tracked with. Turn-in was spot on and the car just did what I wanted to do with very predictable behavior. I shaved a good 2 seconds of my previous best track times from last year with my swift springs. This is definitely a huge difference, since an average lap at this track is less that one minute.
After I got my car home from the track event I decided I wanted to go for more looks rather than function, so I decided I wanted to drop the car pretty low. Unfortunately, the dampers wouldn't allow me to get my desired ride height, so I gave Andy a call and explained my situation to him. Without any hesitation, he sent me out 4 brand new dampers that would get me to that "slammed" ride height I was looking for. I doubt there are any other companies out there who would have done this for their customers and wasn't expecting this at all!
Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience with other forum members. Andy has a great product and by far the best customer service I've ever dealt with.
after first install:
at the track:
slammed!
